Ecgfrith of Northumbria - Ecgfrith of Northumbria Ecgfrith (d. 20 May 685 Angus, Scotland), king of Northumbria, succeeded his father Oswio in 671. He was married to Æthelthryth, daughter of Anna of East Anglia, who, however, took the veil shortly after Ecgfrith's accession, a step which possibly led to his long quarrel with Wilfrid archbishop of York. Ecgfrith married a second wife, Eormenburg, before 678, the year in which he expelled Wilfrid from his kingdom. Early in his reign he defeated the Picts who had risen in revolt. Between 671 and 675 Ecgfrith defeated Wulfhere of Mercia and seized Lindsey. In 679, however, he was defeated by Æthelred of Mercia, who had married his sister Osthreth, on the river Trent. Ecgfrith's brother Ælfwine was killed in the battle, and the.
Oswiu of Northumbria - Oswiu of Northumbria Oswiu, also Oswio, Oswy, Osuiu (c. 612 - 670), king of Northumbria and Bretwalda, son of Æthelfrith and brother of Oswald, whom he succeeded in Bernicia in 642 after the battle of Maserfeld, was the seventh of the great English kings enumerated by Bede. He succeeded in making the majority of the Britons, Picts and Scots tributary to him. At Gilling in 651 he caused the murder of Oswine, a relative of Edwin who had become king of Deira, and a few years later took possession of that kingdom. He appears to have consolidated his power by the aid of the Church and by a series of judicious matrimonial alliances. It was probably in 642 that he married Eanfled, daughter of Edwin, thus uniting.
Kingdom of Sussex - slew all the inhabitants. Ella is the first king of the invading race whom Bede describes as exercising supremacy over his fellows, and we may probably regard him as an historical person, though little weight can be attached to the dates given by the Chronicle. The history of Sussex now becomes a blank until 607, in which year Ceolwulf of Wessex is found fighting against the South Saxons. In 681 Wilfrid of York, on his expulsion from Northumbria by Ecgfrith, retired into Sussex, where he remained until 686 converting its pagan inhabitants. According to Bede, AEthelwald, king of Sussex, had been previously baptized in Mercia at the suggestion of Wulfhere, who presented him with the Isle of Wight and the district about the Meon. After Wilfrid's exertions in relieving a famine.
679 - Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Heads of states Events Births Deaths Æthelthryth, wife of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria, and later saint Heads of states Japan - Temmu Emperor of Japan (672-686)\n.
685 - up Sussex against Hlothhere Pope Benedict II succeeded by Pope John V Cuthbert consecrated bishop of Lindisfarne Battle of Nechtansmere: Picts defeat Northumbrians Births Deaths Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria (killed in battle) Heads of states Holy See Benedict II pope (684-685) John V pope (685-686) Japan - Temmu Emperor of Japan (672-686)\n.
681 - Births 3 Deaths 4 Heads of states Events Bulgaria is recognised as an independent state. Wilfrid of York is expelled from Northumbria by Ecgfrith and retires into Sussex Births Deaths January 10 - Pope Agatho Ebroin, Mayor of the Neustrian Palace Heads of states Japan - Temmu Emperor of Japan (672-686)\n.
Aethelred of Mercia - he ravaged Kent with fire and sword, destroying the monasteries and churches and taking Rochester. Æthelred married Osthryth, the sister of Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria, but in spite of this connexion a quarrel arose between the two kings, presumably over the possession of the province of Lindsey, which Ecgfrith had won back at the close of the reign of Wulfhere. In a battle on the banks of the Trent in 679, the king of Mercia was victorious and regained the province. Ælfwine, the brother of Ecgfrith, was slain on this occasion, but at the intervention of Theodore, archbishop of Canterbury, Æthelred agreed to pay a wergild for the Northumbrian prince and so prevented further hostilities. Osthryth was murdered in 697 and Æthelred abdicated in 704, choosing Wulfhere's son Cenred as his.
Æthelthryth - was the daughter of Anna, King of East Anglia, and wife of Ecgfrith, the King of Northumbria. She took the veil shortly after Ecgfrith's accession, a step which possibly led to his long quarrel with Wilfrid archbishop of York. Ecgfrith married a second wife, Eormenburg, before 678, the year in which he expelled Wilfrid from his kingdom. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, she founded the monastery at Ely in 673. Bede tells how after her death, her bones were disinterred by her sister and successor Abbess Seaxburh and buried in a white, marble coffin from Cambridge..
Battle of Nechtansmere - in 638. For the next thirty years they established political dominance over the Kingdoms of Strathclyde and Dalriada, as well as some of the Picts further to the north. King Ecgfrith of Northumbria invaded lands held by the Picts in 685, apparently to stop them from raiding to the south. They met in battle on May 20 near Dunnichen; the Picts pretended to retreat, drawing the Northumbrians into the swamp of Nechtansmere. The Pictish King Bridei III killed Ecgfrith and destroyed his army and enslaved many of the survivors. After the battle, Northumbria's influence never again extended past the Firth of Forth. Little is known about the actual battle; it was briefly described by the Venerable Bede in the 8th century..
Benedict Biscop - Tarsus came from Rome to Canterbury in 669, and in the same year Benedict was appointed abbot of Ss. Peter and Paul's, Canterbury. Five years later he built the monastery of St Peter at Wearmouth, on land granted him by Ecgfrith of Northumbria, and endowed it with a library. A papal letter in 678 exempted the monastery from external control, and in 682 Benedict erected a sister foundation (St Paul) at Jarrow. Bede tells us that he brought builders and glass-workers from the Francia to erect the buildings in stone. He died on January 12 690..
Theodore of Tarsus - On the death of Wighard, who had been sent to Pope Vitalian by Ecgberht of Kent and Oswio of Northumbria in 667, apparently for consecration as archbishop, Theodore, who had become prominent in the Eastern work of the church, was recommended by Hadrian of Niridanum to fill the vacant see. Vitalian consecrated Theodore in April 688 on condition that Hadrian, afterwards abbot of St Peter's, Canterbury, should go with him. Hadrian was detained for some time by Ebroin, the Neustrian Mayor of the Palace, but Theodore reached England in May 669. According to Bede's account he made a tour of the whole of Anglo-Saxon England, reforming abuses and giving instruction as to the monastic rule and the canonical Easter. Bede also declares that he was the first archbishop to whom all.
Penda of Mercia - it is doubtful whether he actually became king of Mercia until 633, the year of the defeat and death of Edwin of Northumbria. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle he was eighty years old at his death, but the energy of his administration and the evidence with regard to the ages of his children and relatives render it almost impossible. In 628 the Chronicle records a battle between him and the West Saxons at Cirencester in that year. In 633 Penda and Ceadwalla overthrew Edwin at Hatfield Chase; but after the defeat of the Welsh king at Oswald at "Hefenfeith" in 644, Mercia seems to have been for a time subject to Northumbria. In 642 Penda slew Oswald at a place called Maserfeld. He was continually raiding Northumbria and once almost succeeded.
Wilfrid - 24, 709) was an English archbishop. Born of good parentage in Northumbria. When serving in King Oswiu's court, he attracted the notice of the queen, Eanfled who, fostering his inclination for a religious life, placed him under the care of an old noble, Cudda, now a monk at Lindisfarne. Later on Eanfled enabled him to visit Rome in the company of Benedict Biscop. At Lyons Wilfrid's pleasing features and quick intelligence made Annemund, the archbishop, desire to adopt him and marry him to his niece. Resisting his offers, the youth went on to Rome, received the papal benediction, and then, in accordance with his promise, returned to Lyons, where he stayed for three years, till the murder of his patron, whose fate the executioners would not let him share. On his.
Mercia - Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands. Its neighbors included Northumbria, Powys, the kingdoms of southern Wales, Wessex, Sussex, Essex, and East Anglia. Mercia's exact evolution from the Anglo-Saxon invasions is more obscure than Northumbria, Kent, or even Wessex. Archeological surveys show that Angles settled the lands north of the Thames river by the sixth century. The name Mercia is Old English for "boundary folk", and the traditional interpretation was that the kingdom originated along the frontier between the Welsh and the Anglo-Saxon invaders, although P. Hunter Blair has argued an alternative interpretation that they emerged along the frontier between the kingdom of Northumbria and the inhabitants of the Trent river valley. While the earliest known king of Mercia was named Cearl, and is only.
Edwin of Northumbria - Edwin of Northumbria Saint Æduini, Edwine or Edwin (c. 584-October 12, 633), king of Northumbria, was the son of Ælla. On the seizure of Deira by Æthelfrith of Bernicia, his brother-in-law, (probably 605), Edwin was expelled and is said to have taken refuge with Cadfan, king of Gwynedd. After the battle of Chester, in which Æthelfrith defeated the Welsh, Edwin fled to Raedwald, king of East Anglia, who after some wavering supported his cause and defeated and killed Ælthelfrith at the river Idle in 617. Edwin then succeeded to the Northumbrian throne, driving out the sons of Æthelfrith. We have little evidence of Edwin's activity outside of Northumbria before 625. It is probable that the conquest of the Celtic kingdom of Elmet, located in the neighbourhood of.
Aethelfrith of Northumbria - Aethelfrith of Northumbria 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). He married Acha, daughter of Ælla, king of Deira, whom he succeeded probably in 605, expelling his son Edwin. In 603 he repelled the attack of Aidan, king of the Dalriad Scots, at Daegsastan, defeating him with great loss. The appearance of Hering, son of Hussa, Æthelfrith's predecessor, on the side of the invaders seems to indicate family quarrels in the royal house of Bernicia. Later in his reign, probably in 614, he defeated the Welsh in a great battle at Chester and massacred the monks of Bangor who were assembled to aid them by their prayers. This war may.
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria - Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (d. 1076) was the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls, remaining in England for a decade after the Norman conquest. He was a son of Earl Siward of Northumbria, and, although he was probably educated for a monastic life, became earl of Huntingdon and Northampton about 1065. After the Battle of Hastings he submitted to William the Conqueror; but when the Danes invaded the north of England in 1069 he joined them and took part in the attack on York, only, however, to make a fresh submission after their departure in 1070. Then, restored to his earldom, he married William's niece, Judith, and in 1072 was appointed earl of Northumbria. In 1075 Waltheof joined the conspiracy against the king arranged by.
Northumbria - 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. King Edwin of Deira (616-32) accepted Christianity in 627 and was Bretwalda of England from 627-632. The Heptarchy: Wessex Essex Kent Sussex Mercia East Anglia Northumbria 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). It is also used as another name for Northumberland in then name of Northumbria Police..
Morcar, Earl of Northumbria - Morcar, Earl of Northumbria Morcar, Earl of Northumbria (fl. 1066), was the son of Earl Ælfgar, brother of Edwin, earl of the Mercians. They assisted the Northumbrians to expel Tostig, of the house of Godwin, in 1065 and Morcar was chosen earl by the rebels. Harold, Tostig's brother, consented to this extension of the power of the Mercian house. In spite of this concession, and the help which he gave them against Tostig and Harald Hardråde, the two brothers left him to fight alone at Hastings. After trying to secure the crown for their own house, they submitted to William, but lost their earldoms. They attempted to raise the North in 1068, and failed ignominiously. They were pardoned, but Morcar afterwards joined Hereward in the Isle of Ely.
Kenneth II of Scotland - ravaging the British kingdom, but he lost a large part of his force on the river Cornag. Soon afterwards he attacked Eadulf, earl of the northern half of Northumbria, and ravaged the whole of his territory. He fortified the fords of the Forth as a defence against the Britons and again invaded Northumbria, carrying off the earl's son. About this time he gave the city of Brechin to the church. According to the English chroniclers, Kenneth paid homage to King Edgar for the cession of Lothian, but these statements are probably due to the controversy as to the position of Scotland. The mormaers, or chiefs, of Kenneth were engaged throughout his reign in a contest with Sigurd the Norwegian, earl of Orkney, for the possession of Caithness and the northern district.
