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==== Britain ====
* [[Ceolred of Mercia|Ceolred]] becomes king of [[Mercia]], after his cousin [[Coenred of Mercia|Coenred]] abdicates the [[throne]]. Dynastic rivalries lead to the banishment of his second cousin, prince [[Æthelbald of Mercia|Æthelbald]], who flees to the [[East Anglia]]n controlled [[Crowland|Crowland Fens]]. 
* Kings [[Swæfred of Essex|Swæfred]] and [[Sigeheard of Essex|Sigeheard]] of [[Essex]] share power with [[Offa of Essex|Offa]]. He abdicates the throne in order to become a [[monk]] in [[Rome]], along with Coenred. [[Saelred of Essex|Saelred]] rules jointly with [[Swæfberht of Essex|Swæfberht]] the sub-kingdom of [[Middlesex]].