Peada

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Britain in the 7th century

Peada († Easter 656 ) was from 653 to 655 sub-king of the Anglo-Saxon middle fishing and from 655 to 656 sub-king of the southern part of Mercia .

Life

Peada was a son of King Penda from the Iclingas dynasty , who set him up there as princeps (prince, sub-king) in 653 after conquering the area of ​​the middle fishing grounds . A marriage alliance was planned with Northumbria , actually a rival of Mercia for years: Penda's daughter Cyneburh married Ealhfrith , son Oswius , while Peada married Oswius' daughter Ealhflæd . Peada's conversion to Christianity was a prerequisite for marriage . Peada and his companions were baptized around 653 by Bishop Finan of Lindisfarne in Ad Murum (east of Hexham ). The missionaries Cedd , Adda, Betti and Diuma were given to him to convert the middle fishing rods. The pagan Penda tolerated the successful missionary endeavors. This makes it clear that the territory of Peadas was at that time in the sphere of influence of Northumbria.

In 655 the conflict with Northumbria broke out again; it came to the battle of Winwaed , in which Oswiu was victorious and Penda fell. While the north of Mercias fell under the direct rule of Oswius, he gave the part of Mercias that was south of the Trent to Peada as rule. Diuma was consecrated in 655 by Finan of Lindisfarne as the first Bishop of Mercias and the Middle Angles. However, the exact boundaries of the diocese can no longer be determined. Together with Oswiu, Peada began building Peterborough Cathedral . Peada ruled for only a few months and was murdered at Easter 656 at the instigation of his own queen.

Oswiu then tried to gain control over all of Mercia, but encountered the resistance of the local nobility, who rose against the Northumbrians under Wulfhere , a son of Penda.

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literature

  • Barbara Yorke : Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 . PDF (6.2 MB)
  • Frank M. Stenton: Anglo-Saxon England . 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford 1971, ISBN 0-19-280139-2 .
  • Nicholas J. Higham: The Convert Kings: Power and Religious Affiliation in Early Anglo-Saxon England . Manchester University Press, Manchester 1997, ISBN 0-7190-4827-3 .
  • DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings . Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-041524211-0 .
  • Steven Basset (Ed.): The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms . Leicester University Press, Leicester 1989, ISBN 0-7185-1317-7 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ASC A , s. a. 653
  2. ^ Frank M. Stenton: Anglo-Saxon England . 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1971, ISBN 0-1928-0139-2 , p. 84.
  3. ↑ Beda: HE 3.21
  4. ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings . Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-041524211-0 , p. 80.
  5. ↑ Beda: HE 3.24
  6. ^ Frank M. Stenton: Anglo-Saxon England . 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford 1971, ISBN 0-1928-0139-2 , p. 120.
  7. ↑ ASC , s. a. 655 and 656
  8. ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings . Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-041524211-0 , p. 108.
  9. ↑ ASC A , s. a. 657
predecessor Office successor
--- King of the middle fishing
rods 653–655
as sub-king Pendas 		Oswiu
Penda King of South
Mercia 655–656
as sub-king Oswius 		Oswiu
personal data
SURNAME Peada
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 656