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		⚫	'''Penda''' (died November 15, 655) was a [[7th century\|7th-century]] [[King]] of [[Mercia]], a [[kingdom]] in what is today the [[England\|English]] Midlands. A [[pagan]] at a time when [[Christianity]] was taking hold in many of the [[Anglo-Saxon]] kingdoms, Penda participated in the defeat of the powerful [[Northumbria]]n [[monarch\|king]] [[Edwin]] at the battle of Hatfield Chase in 633.
	''The '''Wikipaedia''' summary of'' '''Penda''' ''is as follows:''

		⚫	Nine years later, he defeated and killed Edwin's eventual successor, [[Oswald]], at the [[battle]] of Maserfield; from this point he was probably the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon rulers of the time. He defeated the [[East Anglia\|East Angles]], drove the king of [[Wessex]] into exile for three years, and continued to wage [[war]] against the [[Bernicia]]ns of Northumbria. Thirteen years after Maserfield, he suffered a crushing defeat and was killed at the battle of the [[Winwaed]] in the course of a final campaign against the Bernicians.
⚫	'''Penda''' (died November 15, 655) was a [[7th century\|7th-century]] [[King]] of [[Mercia]], a [[kingdom]] in what is today the [[England\|English]] Midlands. A [[~~paganism\|~~pagan]] at a time when [[Christianity]] was taking hold in many of the [[Anglo-Saxon]] kingdoms, Penda participated in the defeat of the powerful [[Northumbria]]n [[monarch\|king]] [[Edwin]] at the battle of Hatfield Chase in 633.~~<br>~~

⚫	Nine years later, he defeated and killed Edwin's eventual successor, [[Oswald]], at the battle of Maserfield; from this point he was probably the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon rulers of the time. He defeated the [[East Anglia\|East Angles]], drove the king of [[Wessex]] into exile for three years, and continued to wage war against the [[Bernicia]]ns of Northumbria. Thirteen years after Maserfield, he suffered a crushing defeat and was killed at the battle of the [[Winwaed]] in the course of a final campaign against the Bernicians.
			''This article was originally the '''[[Wikipedia]]''' [[wikipedia:Penda\|summary of Penda]] .''

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''The '''Wikipaedia''' summary of'' '''Penda''' ''is as follows:''

'''Penda''' (died November 15, 655) was a [[7th century|7th-century]] [[King]] of [[Mercia]], a [[kingdom]] in what is today the [[England|English]] Midlands. A [[paganism|pagan]] at a time when [[Christianity]] was taking hold in many of the [[Anglo-Saxon]] kingdoms, Penda participated in the defeat of the powerful [[Northumbria]]n [[monarch|king]] [[Edwin]] at the battle of Hatfield Chase in 633.<br>
Nine years later, he defeated and killed Edwin's eventual successor, [[Oswald]], at the battle of Maserfield; from this point he was probably the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon rulers of the time. He defeated the [[East Anglia|East Angles]], drove the king of [[Wessex]] into exile for three years, and continued to wage war against the [[Bernicia]]ns of Northumbria. Thirteen years after Maserfield, he suffered a crushing defeat and was killed at the battle of the [[Winwaed]] in the course of a final campaign against the Bernicians.

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