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.
Edwinstowe - village in north Nottinghamshire, England. Its name means Edwin's resting place because King (Saint) Edwin of Northumbria's body was hidden in the church after he was killed in a battle near Doncaster. References to Edwinstowe can be found in the Domesday Book..
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.
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.
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.
Harold II of England - deathbed) engineered the swift approval of the Witenagemot, the assembly of the kingdom's leading notables, for his own coronation as king, which took place the following day. The country faced the threat of invasion, however, by both Harald of Norway and William, duke of Normandy, who maintained that he had been promised the English crown by both Edward (probably in 1052) and Harold, who had been shipwrecked in Normandy in 1064 or 1065. It was alleged that, on the latter occasion, William forced Harold to swear to support his claim to the throne, only revealing after the event that the box on which he had made his oath contained holy relics. Invading what is now Yorkshire in September 1066, Harald Hardrada and Tostig defeated and killed the English earls Edwin of.
York Minster - has been destroyed by fire on two occasions; the current device dates from 1829 and was substantially restored in 1993. History York has had a Christian presence from the 300s. The first church on the site was a wooden structure built hurriedly in 627 to provide a place to baptise Edwin, King of Northumbria. Moves toward a more substantial building began in the 630s. A stone structure was completed in 637 by Oswald and was dedicated to Saint Peter. The church soon fell into disrepair and was dilapidated by 670 when Saint Wilfred ascended to the see of York; he put in place efforts to repair and renew the structure. The attached school and library were established and by the 8th century were some of the most substantial in northern Europe..
Eanfled of Deira - Saint Eanfled or Eanfleda (626-685?) was the daughter of Edwin, king of Northumbria. She married Oswiu. She was said to be the first Northumbrian ever to be baptized, was later the patron of Wilfrid, and around 680 became abbess at Whitby..
Eadbald of Kent - Mellitus and Justus, and built a church at Canterbury. He also arranged a marriage between his sister Æthelberg and Edwin of Northumbria, later taking her and Paulinus back when Edwin died in 633. He married the Frankish princess Emma, daughter of Theudebert II of Austrasia, possibly in 624, and they had a son Earconbert, who succeeded Eadbald..
Edmund I of England - king from 924 till 939. Athelstan died on October 27, 939 and Edmund succeeded him as King. Shortly after his preclamation as king he had to face several military threats. King Olaf I of Dublin conquered Northumbria and invaded the Midlands. When Olaf died in 942 Edmund reconquered the Midlands. In 943 he became the god-father of King Olaf of York. In 944, Edmund was successful in reconquering Northumbria. In the same year his ally Olaf of York lost his throne and left for Dublin in Ireland. Olaf became the king of Dublin as Olaf Cuaran and continued to be allied to his god-father. In 945 Edmund conquered Strathclyde but conceded his rights on the territory to King Malcolm I of Scotland. In exchange they signed a treaty of mutual military.
Edgar Atheling - 1057 with his young children, but within days had died, probably murdered at the behest of Harold. Edward raised his nephew's children, Edgar, Margaret and Christina and nominated the young Atheling as his heir. However he was too young at the time of Edward's death in January 1066 to defend the country against impending invasion, and his election as king after Harold's death was no more than a symbolic token of defiance against the invading Norman forces. Edgar relied largely for his support upon Archbishop Stigand and upon Earls Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria and, when this weakened, (within a matter of days of the witan), Edgar was forced inevitably to submit to William at Berkhamstead in either late November or early December 1066. William treated Edgar well. Seeing.
Deira - century AD. It later merged with the kingdom of Bernicia (Brythonic, "Brynaich") to form the kingdom of Northumbria. According to Simeon of Durham it extended from the Humber to the Tyne, but the land was waste north of the Tees. York was the capital of its kings. The date of its first settlement is quite unknown, but the first king of whom we have any record is Ælla. After his death Deira was subject to king Æthelfrith of Northumbria until the accession of Ælla's son Edwin, in 616 or 617, who ruled both kingdoms till 633. Osric, the nephew of Edwin, ruled Deira (633?634), but his son Oswine was put to death by Oswiu in 651. For a few years subsequently Deira was governed by Aethelwald son of Oswald. Bede wrote.
584 - kingdom Kubrat becomes king of the Bulgars. After a ten year interregnum, the Lombards elect Authari as their king. Births Edwin of Northumbria Deaths \n.
616 - 621 Events The Persians capture Alexandria. Eadbald succeeds Ethelbert as king of Kent. 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, which establishes his claim as Bretwalda. Edwin becomes king of Deira Adaloald succeeds his father Agilulf as king of the Lombards (approximate date) Births Deaths Ethelbert, king of Kent and Bretwalda Aethelfrith, king of Northumbria (killed in battle) Seabert, king of Essex (approximate date) Agilulf, king of the Lombards (approximate date)\n.
626 - of Tang China abdicated in favor of his son Li Shimin. Byzantines defeat Avars besieging Constantinople Arioald succeeds his brother-in-law Adaloald as king of the Lombards (approximate date) Edinburgh founded by King Edwin of Northumbria Births Emperor Tenji of Japan Eanfled of Deira Deaths Adaloald, king of the Lombards (approximate date)\n.
633 - Bretwalda. Osric becomes king of Deira. In the Battle of Hatfield Chase, Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Edwin of Northumbria. Li Chung Feng builds a celestial globe. Fourth Council of Toledo is held. Births Deaths Edwin, king of Northumbria\n.
Aella of Deira - the first king of Deira in 559. One of his sons was Edwin of Northumbria. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has this to say: 560 In this year Ceawlin succeeded to the kingdom of Wessex, and Ælla succeeded to the kingdom of the Northumbrians [footnote: Deira]. Ida having died, and each of them reigned thirty years. [The following is supplied from another source:] Ælla was the son of Yffe, the son of Uxfrea, the son of Wilgisl, the son of Westerfalca, the son of Sæfugl, the son of Sæbald, the son of Segegeat, the son of Swebdæg, the son of Sigegar, the son of Wædæg, the son of Woden. 588 In this year King Ælla passed away and Æthelric reigned five years after him. 617 In this year Æthelfrith, King of Northumbria, was.
Battle of Winwaed - the Winwaed was fought in 655 between King Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Northumbria, ending in the Mercians' defeat and Penda's death. Although said to be the most important battle between the northern and southern divisions of the Anglo-Saxons in early Britain, few details are available. For instance, the two armies met on the banks of a river named the Winwaed, but this river has never been identified. (Most likely it was a tributary of the Humber.) The roots of the battle lay in Penda's success in dominating England in the 630s and 640s. He had defeated Edwin of Northumbria at Hatfield Chase in 633 and Oswald of Bernicia at the Battle of Maserfield in 642. Mercian warriors regularly raided into Northumbria, as far north as Bamburgh, and Deira became.
Battle of Maserfield - Bernicia and Penda of Mercia, ending in Oswald's defeat, death, and dismemberment. Since the death of Oswald's uncle Edwin of Northumbria at Hatfield Chase in 633, Mercia under Penda had been dominant in the north of England. Oswald had already avenged Edwin's death by defeating the Britons at Heavenfield, and now purposed to do the same to Penda, bringing his army to Maserfield, now Oswestry ("Oswald's Tree") in Shropshire, near the Welsh border. For his part, Penda gathered with his Welsh allies, including Powys, Gwynedd, and Pengwern. For the battle, no details are known beyond the outcome; Penda defeated and killed Oswald. Oswald's body was cut into pieces, and his head and arms mounted on poles. Penda being pagan and Oswald Christian, this made Oswald a martyr, and Bede reports many.
