See also:

• WULFHERE (d. 675)

WULFHERE (d. 675)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the Mercians, was a younger son of King See also:

• PENDA

Penda, and was kept in concealment for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time after his See also:

• FATHER

father's defeat and See also:

• DEATH

death in 655 . In 658 or 659, however, the Mercians threw off the supremacy of See also:

• OSWIO (c. 612-670)

Oswio, king of See also:

• NORTHUMBRIA (regnum Northanhymbrorum)

Northumbria, and See also:

• WULFHERE (d. 675)

Wulfhere became their king . He took energetic See also:

• MEASURES

measures to spread See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, and was greatly helped by his See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, Jaruman, and afterwards by St See also:

• CHAD
• CHAD [CEADDA], SAINT (d. 672)

Chad . Outside See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia he did something to induce the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East and the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons to accept Christianity, and is said to have founded one or two monasteries . He gained See also:

• LINDSEY, THEOPHILUS (1723—1808)

Lindsey from Northumbria in 6J7, and was successful against Wessex . He extended his See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders in all directions, and was the founder of the passing greatness of Mercia, although he lost Lindsey just before his death . Wulfhere's wife was Eormenhild, a daughter of Erconberht, king of See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent, and he was succeeded by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother Aethelred . His only son Coenred became king in 704 in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to Aethelred . His only daughter was St Werburga or Werburh, See also:

• ABBESS (Lat. abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot)

abbess of See also:

• ELY
• ELY, RICHARD THEODORE (1854— )

Ely . See See also:

• BEDE, BEDA, or B
• BEDE, CUTHBERT

Bede, Historia ecclesiastica, ed . C . Plummer (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1896) ; and J .

R . See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green, The Making of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England (1897—1899) .