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Æthelberht
King of Kent from 589
Oswald of Northumbria
King of Northumbria
Wulfhere of Mercia
King of Mercia
Edwin of Northumbria
King of Deira and Bernicia
Eadbald of Kent
King of Kent
Peada of Mercia
King of Mercia
Centwine of Wessex
king of Wessex
Sæberht of Essex
King of Essex
Cenwalh of Wessex
7th-century English monarch
Cwichelm of Wessex
7th-century English monarch
Swithhelm of Essex
King of Essex
Sigeberht the Good
King of Essex
Eanfrith of Bernicia
King of Bernicia
Æthelwealh of Sussex
South Saxon monarch
Merewalh
Merewalh (sometimes given as Merwal or Merewald was a sub-king of the Magonsæte, a western cadet kingdom of Mercia thought to have been located in Herefordshire and Shropshire. Merewalh is thought to have lived in the mid to late 7th century, having acceded the throne during the time of Penda of Mercia, who, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle : implies, was his father. Though Merewalh's name implies that may have been a Briton. It is possible that Merewalh was a British leader, rewarded by Penda for his aid in war, perhaps at the Battle of Maserfelth. We know nothing of the origins of his first wife, w