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See also: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, 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's defeat and See also:death in 655. In 658 or 659, however, the Mercians threw off the supremacy of See also:Oswio, king of See also:Northumbria, and Wulfhere became their king. He took energetic See also:measures to spread See also:Christianity, and was greatly helped by his See also:bishop, Jaruman, and afterwards by St See also:Chad. Outside See also:Mercia he did something to induce the See also:East and the See also:South See also:Saxons to accept Christianity, and is said to have founded one or two monasteries. He gained See also:Lindsey from Northumbria in 6J7, and was successful against Wessex. He extended his See also: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, and he was succeeded by his See also:brother Aethelred. His only son Coenred became king in 704 in See also:succession to Aethelred. His only daughter was St Werburga or Werburh, See also:abbess of See also:Ely.
See See also: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, The Making of See also:England (1897—1899).
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