Cynewald

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Cynewald (c. 512 - c. 566) was, in semi-legendary Britain, the father of Creoda of Mercia and the son of Cnebba and an ancestor of the royal house of Britain. Nothing is known of him but his name.

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Regnal titles
Preceded by
Cnebba		 King of the Iclingas Succeeded by
Creoda of Mercia
v • d • e
Monarchs of Mercia
Icel • Cnebba • Cynewald • Creoda • Pybba • Ceorl • Penda • Eowa • Peada • Oswiu of Northumbria • Wulfhere • Æthelred I • Cenred • Ceolred • Ceolwald • Æthelbald • Beornred • Offa* • Ecgfrith • Coenwulf* • Cynehelm • Ceolwulf I* • Beornwulf** • Ludeca • Wiglaf • Egbert of Wessex • Wiglaf (again) • Beorhtwulf • Burgred • Ceolwulf II • Æthelred II*** • Æthelflæd*** • Ælfwynn***
* also king of Kent and king of East Anglia
** also king of East Anglia
*** ealdormen in the time of Alfred the Great and Edward the Elder
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