The rise of Mercia
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I can explain how Mercia came to be the most powerful Anglo-Saxon kingdom by 796 CE.
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By 750 CE the kingdoms of Mercia, Wessex, Northumberland and East Anglia were the most powerful.
By the second half of the 8th century, Mercia was ruled by King Offa and his Frankish queen, Cynethryth.
Sometimes the most powerful Anglo-Saxon kings would claim to be the 'bretwalda', the ruler of all of Britain.
Having won many battles against other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Offa called himself ‘bretwalda’.
Offa was unable to defeat the Welsh; he built a barrier on his western borders to protect his kingdom against them.
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