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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 (Old English: Ecgfrið) was the name of
several Anglo-Saxon
kings in England, including:
Ecgfrith of Northumbria, died 685
Ecgfrith of Mercia...
- 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...
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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...
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Ecgfrith (/ˈɛdʒfrɪð/; Old English: Ecgfrið [ˈedʒfrið]; c. 645 – 20 May 685) was the King of
Northumbria from 670
until his
death on 20 May 685. He ruled...
- 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...
- 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...
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Centwine was
married to a
sister of
Queen Eormenburg,
second wife of King
Ecgfrith of Northumbria. Her name is not
reliably recorded, and the
suggestion that...
- king in his place. In 670, Ælfwine, the
brother of the
childless king
Ecgfrith, was made king of Deira; by this
point the
title may have been used primarily...
