148 – The Fall of King AEthelbald

Alright, as you already know, King AEthelbald of Mercia had a bit of a rough start… what with being exiled and living in a swamp. But once he was able to take the throne, he hit the ground running and it wasn’t long before he was the supreme power in the South with even Bede writing of how he dominated the kingdoms south of the Humber. But it wasn’t all wine and roses for AEthebald. The thing is that he was in a tough situation in many ways. Despite the fact that his neighboring kingdoms w...