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Ecgfrith (Old English: Ecgfrið) was the name of
several Anglo-Saxon
kings in England, including:
Ecgfrith of Northumbria, died 685
Ecgfrith of Mercia...
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Ecgfrith was king of
Mercia from 29 July to
December 796. He was the son of Offa, one of the most
powerful kings of Mercia, and Cynethryth, his wife. In...
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Ecgfrith (/ˈɛdʒfrɪð/; Old English: Ecgfrið [ˈedʒfrið]; c. 645 – 20 May 685) King of
Northumbria from 670
until his
death in 20 May 685. He
ruled over Northumbria...
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follow the
Roman style.
Oswiu died in 670 and was
succeeded by his son,
Ecgfrith. His
feast is 15
February in the East and in the West.
Oswiu was born circa...
- been
motivated by Offa's
desire to have an
archbishop consecrate his son
Ecgfrith as king,
since it is
possible Jænberht
refused to
perform the ceremony...
- son of
Oswiu of
Northumbria and a
brother of
Ecgfrith of Northumbria.
After the
succession of
Ecgfrith as king of
Northumbria in 670, he made Ælfwine...
- who
ruled Mercia in the
early 7th century. He
succeeded Ecgfrith, the son of Offa;
Ecgfrith only
reigned for five months, and
Coenwulf ascended the throne...
- the Northumbrians, led by King
Ecgfrith, on 20 May 685. The
Northumbrian hegemony over
northern Britain, won by
Ecgfrith's predecessors, had
begun to disintegrate...
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Centwine was
married to a
sister of
Queen Iurminburh,
second wife of King
Ecgfrith of Northumbria. Her name is not
reliably recorded, and the
suggestion that...
- was
subsequently remarried for
political reasons in 660, this time to
Ecgfrith of Northumbria, who was
fourteen or
fifteen at the time.
Shortly after...
