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Eowa
Eowa's name (spelled Eaƿa, with the letter wynn) in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
King of Mercia
Reignc. 626 – 5 August 642 AD
PredecessorCearl
SuccessorPenda
Died5 August 642 AD at the Battle of Maserfield
IssueAlweo
Osmod
DynastyIclingas
FatherPybba

Eowa (or Eawa) (d. 642) was a son of the Mercian king Pybba and a brother of the Mercian king Penda; he was possibly King of Northern Mercia, as the 8th-century Historia Brittonum reports that he was co-ruler with his brother Penda.

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