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Edwin (Old English: Ēadwine; c. 586 – 12 October 632/633), also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from about 616 until his death.
While presented by Bede as being fought simply over the issue of Edwin, this war may have actually involved issues of power and territory between the two rulers. [7] D.P. Kirby has argued that the battle was more than a clash between two kings over the treatment of an exiled nobleman but was "part of a protracted struggle to determine the military and political leadership of the Anglian ...
Edwin (Old English: eadwine) (died 1071) was the elder brother of Morcar, Earl of Northumbria, son of Ælfgār, Earl of Mercia and grandson of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. [1] He succeeded to his father's title and responsibilities on Ælfgār's death in 1062. He appears as Earl Edwin (Eduin comes) in the Domesday Book. [2]
"The next year there came into the province a certain assassin, called Eumer, sent by the king of the West-Saxons, whose name was Cuichelm, in hopes at once to deprive King Edwin of his kingdom and his life.
He exiled the Deiran Edwin to the court of King Rædwald of East Anglia in order to claim both kingdoms, but Edwin returned in approximately 616 to conquer Northumbria with Rædwald's aid. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Edwin, who ruled from approximately 616 to 633, was one of the last kings of the Deiran line to reign over all of Northumbria.
Æthelburh of Kent (born c. 601, [1] sometimes spelled Æthelburg, Ethelburga, Æthelburga; Old English: Æþelburh, Æðelburh, Æðilburh, also known as Tate or Tata), [2] [3] was an early Anglo-Saxon queen consort of Northumbria, the second wife of King Edwin.
Edwin, the most powerful ruler in Britain at the time, had seemingly defeated Cadwallon a few years before the battle. Bede refers to Edwin establishing his rule over what he called the Mevanian islands, one of which was Anglesey, [2] and another source refers to Cadwallon being besieged on the island of Priestholm (AC: Glannauc), [3] which is off the coast of Anglesey.
Edwin of Northumbria (died 632 or 633), King of Northumbria and Christian saint; Edwin (son of Edward the Elder) (died 933) Eadwine of Sussex (died 982), Ealdorman of Sussex; Eadwine of Abingdon (died 990), Abbot of Abingdon; Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II) Edwin Sandys (bishop) (1519–1588 ...