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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.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Ecgred of Lindisfarne (or Egfrid) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 830 until his death in 845. [1 ...
"[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 may refer to: Egfrid of Lindisfarne , Bishop of Lindisfarne from 821 until his death Egfrid of Northumbria , King of Northumbria from 670 until his death
The earliest Mercian king about whom definite historical information has survived is Penda of Mercia, Æthelred's father. [2] The larger neighbouring kingdoms included Northumbria to the north, recently united from its constituent kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira , East Anglia to the east, and Wessex , the kingdom of the West Saxons, to the south.
Two different versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle record the proceedings of the council. The Peterborough Manuscript (Version E) of the Chronicle records the council under the year 785, although the events took place in 787, and states that "here there was a contentious synod at Chelsea and Archbishop Jænberht relinquished some part of his bishopric, and Hygeberht was chosen by King Offa ...
Egfrid was surveyed and condemned as a constructive total loss on 28 September. [8] She was then sold at public auction on 23 October for breaking up. [1] Centurion, Meade, master, sailed from St Helena on 29 September and arrived at Deal on 4 December, with Egfrid ' s cargo. [9]
The defeated king or place named in the graffito was a marking also found in U-j, the name was "Bull's Head", this very likely refers to Taurus (Bull). It is believed that Scorpion I unified Upper Egypt following the defeat of Naqada's king, meaning Nekhen 's royal house had submitted itself into a union with King Scorpion I in Thinis.