Kings of Mercia / KOM

The Kingdom of Mercia was a state in the English Midlands from the 6th century to the 10th. For some two hundred years from the mid-7th century onwards it was the dominant member of the Heptarchy ( Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, and Wessex) and consequently the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

During this period its rulers became the first English monarchs to assume such wide ranging titles as King of Britain and King of the English.