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Ecgfrith (/ ˈ ɛ dʒ f r ɪ ð /; 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 over Northumbria when it was at the height of its power, but his reign ended with a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Nechtansmere against the Picts of Fortriu in which he lost his life.
"[T]he very next year [685AD], that same king [Egfrid], rashly leading his army to ravage the province of the Picts, much against the advice of his friends, and particularly of Cuthbert, of blessed memory, who had been lately ordained his bishop, the enemy made show as if they fled, and the king was drawn into the straits of inaccessible mountains, and slain with the greatest part of his ...
Egfrid of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne from 821 until his death Egfrid of Northumbria , King of Northumbria from 670 until his death Egfrid (1810 ship) , launched at Shields and condemned at Saint Helena in 1821
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. [1] In 787, Ecgfrith was consecrated king, the first known consecration of an English king, probably arranged by Offa in imitation of the consecration of Charlemagne's sons by the pope in 781.
Wintour, the longest-serving editor-in-chief of Vogue, received the Order of the Companions of Honour from King Charles III. She was appointed to the prestigious order as part of the King’s ...
A member of the Proud Boys smokes a cigar through a face mask as he and other supporters wait outside of the Central Detention Facility in Washington D.C. for those who have been jailed for their ...
For people with healthy cholesterol levels, eating a moderate amount of dairy products (up to 200 grams per day), whether low or full-fat, may not negatively affect their heart disease risk.
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