Peada of Mercia

Peada
Peada as portrayed in sculpture at Lichfield Cathedral
King of [Southern] Mercia
Reign654 or 655–656
PredecessorEowa
SuccessorOswiu
DiedSpring 656
Burial
SpouseAlhflæd, daughter of Oswiu
DynastyIclingas
FatherPenda
MotherCynewise
ReligionPagan; later converted to Christianity by Alhfrith, husband of Cyneburh

Peada (died 656), a son of Penda, was briefly King of southern Mercia after his father's death in November 655[1] and until his own death at the hands of his wife in the spring of the next year.

  1. ^ The year could be pushed back to 654 if a revised interpretation of Bede's dates is used.