Magonsæte, minor sub-Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia

Magonsæte is a minor sub-kingdom of the greater Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, thought to be coterminous with the Diocese of Hereford.The British territory of Pengwern is conquered by Oswiu of Northumbria in 656, while he is overlord of the Mercians.

Western Pengwern is then occupied by Anglian groups.

One group bases itself at the old Roman town of Magnis or Caer Magon, modern Kenchester near Hereford.

The sub-kingdom of the Western Hecani exists in the late 7th and early 8th centuries, of which three rulers are known: Merewalh, Mildfrith, and Merchelm.

By the later 8th century, the region would seem to have been reincorporated into Mercia, perhaps as Westerna, becoming known as the Magonsæte by the 9th century.

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