Ludeca of Mercia
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Ludeca of Mercia
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Ludeca or Ludica was the King of Mercia from 826 to 827. He became king after the death of Beornwulf in battle against the rebellious East Angles, but he too was killed in another failed attempt to subjugate them in the following year. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle simply states that Ludeca "was slain, and his five Ealdormen with him", but Florence of Worcester fleshes out the story: "Ludecan, king of the Mercians, mustered his forces and led an army into the province of the East Angles, for the pur
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King of Mercia from 826 to 827
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludeca_of_Mercia
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2023-12-27T22:03:23Z
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