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  Æthelfrith of Northumbria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the first king to unite Northumbria, which had previously been divided between the kingdoms of Deira and Bernicia, and he was especially notable for his successes against the Britons.
Around the year 598, it was probably Aethelfrith who defeated the northern Briton people in a major battle at Catraeth; such successes paved the way for Anglian territorial expansion at the expense of the Britons.
Aethelfrith invaded Deira in 604, conquering it and killing its king, Aethelric.
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 Battle of Degsastan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Battle of Degsastan was fought in 603 AD between the Anglo-Saxon king Aethelfrith of Northumbria and the Scots under Aedan of Dalriada.
Aethelfrith carried the day, although Aedan survived as King of Dalriada until 608 when he was succeeded by his Son Eochaid, but we know almost nothing else about the battle, not even where "Degsastan" was supposed to be.
Aethelfrith and went on to establish Northumbria as the union of Bernicia and Deira, while the Dalriadans refrained from attacking the Angles for many years thereafter.
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 Aethelfrith av Northumbria - Wikipedia
Senere, antagelig i 616, angrep Aethelfrith waliserne, og slo dem i slaget ved Chester.
Omkring år 616 ble Aethelfriths styrker slått i slaget ved Idle av en hær ledet av Raedwald.
Aethelfrith selv falt i slaget, og Raedwald innsatte Edwin som konge i Northumbria.
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 Oswald of Northumbria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the son of Aethelfrith of Northumbria and came to rule after a period of exile, and he is best remembered as a Christian saint and martyr.
Oswald's father Aethelfrith was the first ruler of a united Northumbria; Northumbria consisted of two kingdoms, Bernicia (in the north) and Deira (in the south), and the king of Bernicia, Aethelfrith, came to rule Deira as well around the year 604.
When Raedwald of East Anglia defeated and killed Aethelfrith at the River Idle around 616, a member of the Deiran line, Edwin, became king of Northumbria, and Oswald fled to Dalriada, where he was converted to Christianity by the monks of Iona.
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 Aethelfrith of Northumbria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He was the first king to unite Northumbria, which hadpreviously been divided between the kingdoms of Deira and Bernicia, and he was especially notable for his successes against the Britons.
Around the year 598, it was probably Aethelfrith who defeated the northern British in amajor battle at Catraeth ; such successespaved the way for Anglian territorial expansion at the expense of the Britons.
Later in his reign, probably in 613, Aethelfrith attacked the Welsh and defeated them in a great battle at Chester.He also massacred the monks of Bangor who were assembled to aid them by their prayers.
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 Northumbria - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Northumbria is primarily the name of an Anglian or Anglo-Saxon kingdom which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, and of the much smaller earldom which succeeded the kingdom.
Northumbria was founded around 604 by the union of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Deira and Bernicia under Aethelfrith of Bernicia.
To acknowledge the remote independence of Northumbria and ensure England was properly defended from the Scots William gained the allegiance of both the Bishop of Durham and the Earl and confirmed their powers and privileges.
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 Encyclopedia: Aethelfrith of Northumbria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Northumbria is primarily the name of an Anglian or Anglo-Saxon kingdom which was formed in Great Britain at the beginning of the 7th century, and of the earldom which succeeded the kingdom.
Events Aethelfrith of Northumbria possibly defeats the northern British in a major battle at Catraeth.
Northumbria, an kingdom of Angles in northern England, was initially divided into two kingdoms, Bernicia and Deira.
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 Science Fair Projects - List of monarchs of Northumbria
Northumbria, a kingdom of Angles in northern England, was initially divided into two kingdoms, Bernicia and Deira.
The two were first united by Aethelfrith around the year 604, and except for occasional periods of division over the subsequent century, they remained so.
The exceptions are during the brief period from 633 to 634, when Northumbria was plunged into chaos by the death of King Edwin in battle and the ruinous invasion of Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd.
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 Aethelfrith of Northumbria Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Æthelfrith (?-616), king of Northumbria, is said to have come to the throne in AD 593, being the son of Æthelric (probably reigned 568-572).
This war may have been due partly to Æthelfrith's persecution of Edwin, but it had a strategic importance in the separation of the North Welsh from the Strathclyde Britons.
He was succeeded on the throne of Northumbria by Edwin.
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 AETHELFRITH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
AETHELFRITH, king of Northumbria, is said to have come to the throne in A.D. 593, being the son of AEthelric (probably reigned 568-572).
The appearance of Hering, son of Hussa, AEthelfrith's predecessor, On the side of the invaders seems to indicate family quarrels in the royal house of Bernicia.
In 617 AEthelfrith was defeated and slain at the river Idle by Raedwald of East Anglia, whom Edwin had persuaded to take up his cause.
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 northumbria
Northumbria was one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England, named from lying north of the River Humber.
Northumbria was originally composed of the union of two independent kingdoms, Bernicia and Deira.
Northumbria has been adopted by the English Tourist Board as the name of a region in the North East of England, which comprises of Northumberland, County Durham and Tees Valley (cleveland).
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 AEthelfrith, king of Northumbria, (-616)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ten years later he led an expedition towards the south west, and defeated the Britons at Chester, a battle which may have split the Britons of the North from those of the South.
Edwin, son of AElle, the heir to the Deiran kingdom, part of Northumbria, had been in exile, in part with the Britons.
At the battle of the Idle, Raedwald was victorious, and AEthelfrith was killed, while Edwin became king of Northumbria.
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 616: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about 616   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeats the army of Powys
Aethelfrith meets Rædwald and the army of East Anglia in the Battle of the River Idle[?], is slain by Raedwald.
Rædwald of East Anglia becomes Bretwalda, succeeding Ethelbert of Kent.
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 math lessons - Bernicia
Its territory is said to have stretched from the Tyne northwards, ultimately reaching the Firth of Forth, while its western frontier was gradually extended westward, encroaching on the Cumbric speaking kingdoms of Rheged, Gododdin and Dunbarton.
Aethelfrith, king of Bernicia, united Deira with his own kingdom around the year 604 and ruled the two kingdoms (united as the kingdom of Northumbria) until he was defeated and killed by Raedwald of East Anglia (who had given refuge to Edwin, son of Aella, king of Deira) around the year 616.
The kings of Bernicia were thereafter supreme in Northumbria, although Deira had its own sub-kings at times during the reigns of Oswiu and his son Ecgfrith.
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 Aethelfrith de Northumbria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Alrededor del año 598, era probablemente Aethelfrith que derrotó a Británicos norteños en una batalla importante en Catraeth; tales éxitos pavimentaron la manera para la extensión territorial de Anglian a expensas de los británico.
Deira invadido Aethelfrith en 604, conquistándolo y matando a su rey, Aethelric.
Aethelfrith procuró sin éxito sobornar Raedwald en la matanza Edwin.
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 The Anglo-Saxons and the origins of The English People 410 - 865
Aethelfrith of Northumbria defeated Aeden, King of the Scots.
Eadwine or Edwin was a claimant to the throne of Northumbria, and to escape reprisals had sought safe shelter at the court of Raedwald.
Edwin was given Northumbria as a client king, and the old King of Kent, Ethelbert, died.
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 Aethelfrith of Northumbria - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Aethelfrith of Northumbria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Aethelfrith of Northumbria - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Aethelfrith of Northumbria.
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 Aethelfrith of Northumbria Definition / Aethelfrith of Northumbria Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Aethelfrith of Northumbria Definition / Aethelfrith of Northumbria Research
Aethelfrith succeeds Hussa as king of Bernicia (traditional date).
He was the first king to unite Northumbria, which had previously been divided between the kingdoms of DeiraDeira (from Brythonic Deifr, meaning "waters") was a kingdom in England during the 6th century AD.
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 BBC - Legacies - Immigration and Emigration - England - Tyne - The Irish mission to Northumbria - Article Page 2
Aethelfrith died at the hands of Edwin, a prince whose father he had killed and whose kingdom of Deira (approximately Yorkishire) he had seized some years earlier.
In time, the kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira came to be welded together to form the nucleus of the kingdom of Northumbria, which stretched from the Humber to the Forth.
While Aethelfrith remained a pagan, Edwin married a Christian bride from Kent and eventually accepted Christianity at the hands of a Roman missionary named Paulinus.
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 The Early Irish Church - Timeline   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
616 - Aethelfrith dies, and the Kingdom of Northumbria is secured by Edwin of Deira (to 632).
During Edwin's reign, the sons of Aethelfrith and the rest of the Bernician royal family, with many of the nobility, find refuge in the remoter north, some with the Picts and some with the Scots.
Shortly afterwards, another of the band, an Englishman, Cedd, is sent by King Oswy of Northumbria to the East Saxons whose bishop he becomes.
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 Aethelfrith - Question.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 King Osric of NORTHUMBRIA - Richard NORTON
Ancestors of Uchtred of NORTHUMBRIA, Earl of Northumbria
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 The Ultimate Cadfan ap Iago - American History Information Guide and Reference
The son of King Iago, he likely assumed the crown of Gwynedd around 615, shortly after the Battle of Caer-Legion (also known as Chester), during which the forces of Gwynedd were defeated by Æthelfrith of Bernicia.
Despite Æthelfrith's military victories, Cadfan continued to provide haven for Edwin of Northumbria, whom Æthelfrith regarded as a major threat.
Cadfan was generally considered to have been a wise and just ruler, noted for his ability to maintain the rule of law and peace during an increasingly hostile period in British history.
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 Encyclopedia: 7th century   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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