Cnebba

{{Short description|King of Mercia}}

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{{Infobox Monarch

| name=Cnebba

| image=Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Cnebba Iceling (British Library Cotton MS Tiberius A VI, folio 12v).jpg

| caption=Cnebba's name in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

| succession=King of Mercia

| rank=

| reign={{circa|535|554}}

| predecessor=Icel

| successor=Cynewald

| death_date= {{circa|554}}

| spouse=

| issue=Cynewald

}}

Cnebba was king of Mercia from {{circa|535|545}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/timeline/Kingdom_of_Mercia/|title=Kingdom of Mercia Timeline|publisher=World History Encyclopedia|access-date=22 January 2024}}

Cnebba was the only son of Icel of Mercia.{{cite web|url=https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Kings-Queens-of-Mercia/|title=Kings and Queens of Mercia|author=Ben Johnson|publisher=Historic UK|access-date=15 January 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.historicmysteries.com/mercia/|title=Mercia: Lost Great Kingdom of the Britons|author=Robbie Mitchell|date=21 February 2023|access-date=22 January 2023}} He had a son called Cynewald who succeeded him as king and reigned from {{circa|554|584}}.{{cite book|title=Mercia: An Anglo-Saxon Kingdom in Europe|author1=Carol A. Farr|author2=Michelle P. Brown|year=2005|publisher=Bloomsbury |isbn=9781441153531}}

It has been suggested that the village of Knebworth was named after Cnebba as Ickleton is suggested to be named after Icel of Mercia.{{cite book|title=The Kings & Queens of Anglo-Saxon England|author=Timothy Venning|year=2013|isbn=9781445624594|publisher=Amberley Publishing}}