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Died August 31, 1057 • England
Offa
Offa
Anglo-Saxon king
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Wulfhere
king of Mercia
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Penda
Anglo-Saxon king
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Aethelflaed
Anglo-Saxon ruler
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Eadric Streona
Mercian noble
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Aethelbald
king of Mercia
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Burgred
king of Mercia
Aethelred
Aethelred
king of Mercia
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Cenwulf
Anglo-Saxon king
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Saint Chad
English clergyman
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Ceolwulf
Anglo-Saxon king
Alfred the Great
Alfred
king of Wessex
Harold II
Harold II
king of England
Edward the Confessor and Duke William of Normandy, from the Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery, 11th century, located at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, France.
Edward
king of England [1002?-1066]
St. Bede
St. Bede the Venerable
Anglo-Saxon historian
Willibrord, Saint
Saint Willibrord
Anglo-Saxon missionary
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Saint Benedict Biscop
English abbot
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Cynewulf
English poet
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Tostig, earl of Northumbria
Anglo-Saxon earl
King of England
Ethelred the Unready
king of England