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King Offa of Mercia

King Offa of Mercia. By Isabel Somavilla. King Offa--Biography . Born 730 AD. Thingfrith ’s son Became king 757 AD. Unification Married Cynethryth Aethelburh , Aethelswith , Aelfflaed and Eadburh . Son was Ecgfrith Died 796 AD. King Offa--Culture .

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King Offa of Mercia

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  1. King Offa of Mercia By Isabel Somavilla

  2. King Offa--Biography • Born 730 AD. • Thingfrith’s son • Became king 757 AD. • Unification • Married Cynethryth • Aethelburh, Aethelswith, Aelfflaed and Eadburh. • Son was Ecgfrith • Died 796 AD

  3. King Offa--Culture • Writing flourished • Buildings • Made Archbishopric of Lichfield. • New currency • Tamworth was capital • Established Hegemony • Unified England

  4. King Offa--Geography • King Offa built a dyke • The ClywdanHills and Haterall Ridges • Dyke in 784 AD • Finished 796 AD. • 180 miles from Prestatynto Chepstow. • Men from Mercian side had to contribute • Twenty-seven meters wide • Eight meters deep. • Man made parts 65 meters wide • Men dug ditches

  5. King Offa --History • 776 AD conquers Kent • 779 AD conquers Wessex • 784 AD defeats the Welsh • 787 AD first Viking raids • 789 AD gains Wessex • 792 AD gains Nothumbria • 792 AD visits the pope in Rome • 793 AD Vikings raid monastery of Lindisfarne • 793 AD St. Albans is established • 796 AD Offa’s dyke finished • 796 AD King Offa dies

  6. King Offa--Science and Technology • King Offa ordered building of Burhs • Wood: for normal settlement • Stone saved for churches • Black basalt • Roman architecture • Bexhill manor

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