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    630s. Æthelfrith, son of Æthelric and grandson of Ida, apparently succeeded Hussa as king of the Bernicians around the year 592 or 593; Æthelfrith's accession...
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  • Æthelfrith (died c. 616) was King of Bernicia and Deira in northern England. Æthelfrith or Aethelfrith may also refer to: Æthelfrith of Elmham (died c...
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  • Æthelfrith (/ˈæθəlfrɪθ/; died c. 904/915) was an ealdorman of southern Mercia, who flourished in the last two decades of the ninth century and the first...
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  • victory for Rædwald of East Anglia over Æthelfrith of Northumbria in 616 in what is now Nottinghamshire. Æthelfrith was King of Bernicia from c. 593. Around...
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    brother of Edwin, an otherwise unknown Deiran noble, or the father of Æthelfrith. Æthelfrith himself appears to have been king of "Northumbria"—both Deira and...
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    faith. Æthelfrith of Northumbria may have married Acha, who was the mother of his son Oswald (born in about 604), according to Bede. Æthelfrith pursued...
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  • Æthelfrith was a medieval Bishop of Elmham. Æthelfrith was consecrated in 736 and died sometime after that year. Or Eadilfridus or Aethelfrith Fryde, E...
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    Christian Northumbrian king Edwin. A king of Bernicia, Ida's grandson Æthelfrith, was the first ruler to unite the two polities under his rule. He exiled...
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  • battle remains unclear as Æthelfrith died in battle soon after the victory. However other historical accounts hold that Æthelfrith died in 616 AD by Rædwald...
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  • Deira may have been conquered by Æthelfrith, and in this case Æthelric may have been killed during warfare. Æthelfrith ruled both Deira and Bernicia, the...
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  • fought around 603 between king Æthelfrith of Bernicia and the Gaels under Áedán mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riada. Æthelfrith's smaller army won a decisive...
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    (585–593) Æthelfrith, son of Æthelric (593–616) Under Deiran rule 616–633) Eanfrith of Bernicia, son of Æthelfrith (633–634) Under Oswald son of Æthelfrith, Bernicia...
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  • was the daughter of King Æthelfrith of Bernicia and Acha of Deira. Her brothers were Oswald of Northumbria and Oswiu. Æthelfrith invaded the neighbouring...
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  • Æthelfrith, then King of Bernicia; his siblings included older brothers Eanfrith and Oswald and sister Æbbe. Oswiu's mother was likely Æthelfrith's only...
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    centuries. The monastery was destroyed in about 613 by the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelfrith of Northumbria after he defeated the Welsh armies at the Battle of Chester...
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    his death, Deira was subject to king Æthelfrith of Bernicia, who united the two kingdoms into Northumbria. Æthelfrith ruled until the accession of Ælla's...
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    there was a particular cult in the Middle Ages. Oswald was the son of Æthelfrith of Bernicia and Acha of Deira and came to rule after spending a period...
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    into two kingdoms: Bernicia and Deira. The two were first united by king Æthelfrith around the year 604, and except for occasional periods of division over...
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    Bernician exiles, was defeated by Æthelfrith at the Battle of Degsastan. It is supposed, on rather weak evidence, that Æthelfrith, his successor Edwin and Bernician...
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    the deposed Bernician line of Æthelfrith; but considering the subsequent hostility between Cadwallon and Æthelfrith's sons, such an alliance must not...
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  • in 588, although a later source expands and says that he was killed by Æthelfrith, son of Æthelric, the former king of Bernicia. This account is contradicted...
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    Vortigern Vortimer Vortiporius Wulfhere of Mercia Ywain Æthelberht of Kent Æthelfrith of Northumbria Œthelwald of Deira Topics Avalon Battle of Arfderydd Battle...
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    kingdom of Deira; this happened for the first time under Ida's grandson Æthelfrith. The genealogies of the Anglo-Saxon kings attached to some manuscripts...
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  • (590–634) was briefly King of Bernicia from 633 to 634. His father was Æthelfrith, a Bernician king who had also ruled Deira to the south before being killed...
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    before being retaken later the same year. Circa 600, Hussa's successor Æthelfrith passed it on to his wife Bebba, from whom the early name Bebbanburh was...
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    Æthelfrith of Northumbria clashed with Powys. Seeing an opportunity to further drive a wedge between the North Welsh and those of Rheged, Æthelfrith invaded...
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    coast of Scotland. As recorded by Bede, Áedán was decisively defeated by Æthelfrith of Bernicia at the Battle of Degsastan. Áedán may have been deposed, or...
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  • first on the offensive, the others on the defensive. He was the father of Æthelfrith, who was the first monarch to rule both Bernicia and Deira, the two constituent...
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    the century, and Æthelfrith may have been Æthelflæd's chief lieutenant when Æthelred's health collapsed soon afterwards. Æthelfrith may have been of West...
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  • tenth-century ealdorman of Wessex. He was the youngest of four sons of Æthelfrith, an ealdorman in Mercia, and his wife Æthelgyth. From 946 until his death...
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