Cnebba

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Cnebba
File:Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Cnebba Iceling (British Library Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, folio 12v).jpg
Cnebba's name in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
King of Mercia
Reignc. 535 – c. 554
PredecessorIcel
SuccessorCynewald
Diedc. 554
IssueCynewald

Cnebba was king of Mercia from c. 535 – c. 545.[1]

Cnebba was the only son of Icel of Mercia.[2][3] He had a son called Cynewald who succeeded him as king and reigned from c. 554 – c. 584, according to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle [4]

It has been suggested that the village of Knebworth was named after Cnebba as Ickleton is suggested to be named after Icel of Mercia.[5]

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