Peada of Mercia

Peada
Peada as portrayed in sculpture at Lichfield Cathedral
King of [Southern] Mercia
Reign654 or 655–656
PredecessorEowa
SuccessorOswiu
DiedSpring 656
Burial
Worcester Cathedral
SpouseAlhflæd, daughter of Oswiu
DynastyIclingas
FatherPenda
MotherCynewise
ReligionPagan; later converted to Christianity by Alhfrith, husband of Cyneburh

Peada (died 656), a son of Penda, was briefly King of southern Mercia after his father's death in November 655 and until his own death at the hands of his wife in the spring of the next year.

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