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King Æthelbald is assassinated by his bodyguard …
Years: 757 - 757
King Æthelbald is assassinated by his bodyguard in 757, and his cousin Offa, after a brief, successful civil war against Æthelbald’s murderers, becomes King of Mercia.
The conflict over the succession suggests that Offa needed to reestablish control over Mercia's traditional dependencies, such as the Hwicce and the Magonsæte.
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- Saxons
- Angles
- Anglo-Saxons
- Wessex, English Kingdom of
- Lindsey, Kingdom of
- Mercia, Kingdom of
- Britain, Medieval
- Hwicce
- Magonsæte, minor sub-Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia
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Years: 757 - 757
Locations
People
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- Saxons
- Angles
- Anglo-Saxons
- Wessex, English Kingdom of
- Lindsey, Kingdom of
- Mercia, Kingdom of
- Britain, Medieval
- Hwicce
- Magonsæte, minor sub-Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia
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Subjects
Regions
Subregions