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==Issue==
Penda is known to have married only once, his wife Queen Cynewise (also known as Kineswitha) was recorded by Bede.<ref>Bede, The ecclesiastical history of the English people, p. 150, https://archive.org/details/ecclesiasticalhi00bede_1/page/150/mode/1up</ref><ref>Florence of Worcester, Chronicon ex chronicis, P. 264, https://archive.org/details/florentiiwigorn00florgoog/page/n272/mode/1up; Identifies Cynwise (Cyneswitha) as the wife of Penda and their children as:Peada (Peadam), Wulfhere (Wlferum), Æthelred (Æthelredum), Merewalh (Merewaldum), Mercelin (Mercelmum), Cyneburh (Cyneburgam), Cyneswith (Cyneswitham)
</ref> <ref>William of Malmesbury's Chronicle of the kings of England. From the earliest period to the reign of King Stephen; P.71; https://archive.org/details/williamofmalmesb1847will/page/71/mode/1up; "Penda increased the number of infernal spirits. By his queen Kyneswith his sons were Peada, Wulfhere, Ethelred, Merwal, and Mercelin: his daughters, Kyneburg, and Kyneswith"</ref>Together Penda and Cynewise are believed to have had the following children:
*[[Peada]], succeeded his father in 654 as King Peada of Mercia, married Ealhflæd, daughter of King [[Oswiu]]<ref>Florence of Worcester, Chronicon ex chronicis, P. 264, https://archive.org/details/florentiiwigorn00florgoog/page/n272/mode/1up; Identifies Cynwise (Cyneswitha) as the wife of Penda and their children as:Peada (Peadam), Wulfhere (Wlferum), Æthelred (Æthelredum), Merewalh (Merewaldum), Mercelin (Mercelmum), Cyneburh (Cyneburgam), Cyneswith (Cyneswitham)
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