- Patrick, Bede,
Bretwaldas and the
Origins of the Gens Anglorum, pp. 118–119. Fanning,
Steven (1991), "Bede, Imperium, and the
Bretwaldas", Speculum, vol...
-
other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
Ceawlin is also
named as one of the
eight "
bretwaldas", a
title given in the
Chronicle to
eight rulers who had overlordship...
- and he was the
eighth king who was 'Wide-ruler'. The
previous seven bretwaldas are also
named by the Chronicler, who
gives the same
seven names that...
- the late
ninth century Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he is
referred to as a
bretwalda, or "Britain-ruler". He was the
first English king to
convert to Christianity...
-
Legendary kings of
Britain List of
British monarchs,
since 1707
England Bretwaldas /
Heptarchy Angles Bernicia Deira East
Anglia Elmet Es****
Hwicce Isle...
- in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle,
written centuries after his death, as a
bretwalda (an Old
English term
meaning 'Britain-ruler' or 'wide-ruler'). He was...
- Anglo-Saxon monarchs, and the Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle gives him the
title bretwalda, or "ruler of Britain". In 627,
Edwin was
baptised under the influence...
- than king).
Alternative successions of the
English and
British crown Bretwalda Demise of the
Crown Heptarchy History of the
English monarchy Succession...
- more
under the year 827,
where he is
listed as the
first of the
eight "
bretwaldas", or "Britain-rulers". The list
consists of Bede's
original seven, plus...
- Chronicle—another
important source for the period—describes
these seven as
bretwaldas or brytenwaldas, a
title translated as "Britain-ruler" or "Wide-ruler"...
