Peada of Mercia

（重定向自Peada）

Peada as portrayed in sculpture at Lichfield Cathedral

Peada (died 656), a son of Penda, was briefly King of southern Mercia after his father's death in November 655 until his own death in the spring of the next year.

In about the year 653 Peada was made king of the Middle Angles by his father. Bede, describing Peada as "an excellent youth, and most worthy of the title and person of a king", wrote that he sought to marry Alchflaed, the daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria; Oswiu, however, made this conditional upon Peada's baptism and conversion to Christianity, along with the Middle Angles (Peada was, at this time, still a pagan, like his father). Bede says that Peada eagerly accepted conversion:

单词	Peada
释义	Peada 英语百科 Peada of Mercia （重定向自Peada） Peada (died 656), a son of Penda, was briefly King of southern Mercia after his father's death in November 655 until his own death in the spring of the next year. In about the year 653 Peada was made king of the Middle Angles by his father. Bede, describing Peada as "an excellent youth, and most worthy of the title and person of a king", wrote that he sought to marry Alchflaed, the daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria; Oswiu, however, made this conditional upon Peada's baptism and conversion to Christianity, along with the Middle Angles (Peada was, at this time, still a pagan, like his father). Bede says that Peada eagerly accepted conversion:
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