King Aethelberht II of East Anglia visited Offa's court and was beheaded — apparently on Offa's orders. The act was widely condemned; Aethelberht was venerated as a martyr and the Cathedral at Hereford is dedicated to him. East Anglia was absorbed into Mercia's orbit, ending its independence for a generation before the Danish invasions ended Mercian overlordship.
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