the ledger of connections
The Connections of Penda of Mercia
7th-century King of Mercia Every person recorded alongside Penda of Mercia in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Penda of Mercia in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Pybba of Mercia
- Spouses
- Cynewise
- Children
- Wulfhere of Mercia, Æthelred of Mercia, Peada of Mercia, Merewalh, Cyneburh, Cyneswith, Eadburh of Bicester, Edith of Aylesbury, Wilburga of Mercia
- Siblings
- Eowa of Mercia
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 606 CE to 655 CE.
Medieval era
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
c. 570 CE – 8 June 632 CE
Final Prophet of Islam whose message united Arabia and today guides two billion people
Medieval era
Abu Bakr
October 27, 573 CE – August 23, 634 CE
1st Rashidun Caliph and father-in-law of Muhammad
Medieval era
Hasan ibn Ali
March 1, 625 CE – 669 CE
5th Rashidun Caliph (r. 661) and second Shia Imam
Medieval era
Muawiya I
603 CE – 680 CE
Founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate (r. 661–680)
Medieval era
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
646 CE – October 9, 705 CE
Umayyad caliph from 685 to 705
Medieval era
Prince Shotoku
February 7, 574 CE – April 8, 622 CE
Semi-legendary Japanese prince (574–622)
Medieval era
Raedwald of East Anglia
c. 550 CE – 624 CE
7th-century Anglo-Saxon king
Medieval era
Æthelberht of Kent
552 CE – February 24, 612 CE
King of Kent from 589
Medieval era
Oswald of Northumbria
604 CE – August 5, 642 CE
King of Northumbria
Medieval era
Edwin of Northumbria
586 CE – October 12, 633 CE
King of Deira and Bernicia
Medieval era
Musa ibn Nusayr
640 CE – 716 CE
Arab military commander provincial governor (640-716)
Medieval era
Isidore of Seville
560 CE – April 4, 636 CE
Hispano-Roman scholar, theologian and bishop (c. 560–636)