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Death of Offa

Name: Death of Offa – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

England · House / House of Mercia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

794–796Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

794

Offa794

Mercia · House / House of Mercia

Has King Ethelbert of East Anglia beheaded

796

Offa29 July 796

Mercia · House / House of Mercia

Marks the end of Mercian dominance in England & the beginning of the rise of Wessex. Death of Offa

Names involved

Offa

Provenance

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