Oswiu of Northumbria faced Penda's massive coalition army — including British kings and thirty Mercian leaders — and destroyed it at a flooded river crossing, possibly near Leeds. Penda and thirty Mercian princes were killed. The battle ended Mercian supremacy in England and made Oswiu briefly the dominant English king. Yorkshire was secured from Mercian ravaging. Bede considered this the most important battle of his age.
Penda and most of his army killed; many drowned
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