Offa

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Offa of Mercia
King of Mercia
In office 757 – July 29, 796
Preceded by	Beornred
Succeeded by	Ecgfrith

Died	July 29, 796

Offa (died July 29, 796) was King of Mercia 757-796 and Bretwalda of the other kingdoms of the Heptarchy. His power was so great that he declared himself King of the English in 774, the first person in Britain to use that title. He made a trade agreement with Charlemagne in Europe, and introduced the pound as a unit of currency in England.

Offa gives his name to Offa's Dyke, a wall which once marked long stretches of the border between England and Wales (similar to Hadrian's Wall between England and Scotland, although the latter is substantially older and also more famous and impressive).

v • d • e English Monarchs

Pre Norman conquest	Offa • Egbert • Ethelwulf • Ethelbald • Ethelbert • Ethelred I • Alfred the Great • Edward the Elder • Elfward • Athelstan • Edmund I • Edred • Edwy the Fair • Edgar • Edward the Martyr • Ethelred the Unready • Edmund Ironside • Sweyn Forkbeard • Canute • Harold Harefoot • Harthacanute • Edward the Confessor • Harold Godwinson • Edgar the Atheling

Post Norman conquest	William I • William II • Henry I • Stephen (King of England) • Matilda • Henry II • Richard I • John • Henry III • Edward I • Edward II • Edward III • Richard II • Henry IV • Henry V • Henry VI • Edward IV • Edward V • Richard III • Henry VII • Henry VIII • Edward VI • Jane • Mary I • Elizabeth I • James I • Charles I • Oliver Cromwell • Richard Cromwell • Charles II • James II • William III • Mary II • Anne

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