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Æthelfrith's victory at Chester has been seen as having great strategic importance, as it may have resulted in the separation of the Britons between those in Wales and those to the north ; however, Stenton noted that Bede was mainly concerned with the massacre of the monks and does not indicate that he regarded the battle as a historical " turning-point ".
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Æthelfrith's and victory
Bede says that Æthelfrith's victory was so great that the Irish kings in Britain would not make war on the English again, right up to Bede's own time.
Æthelfrith's and at
Oswald was apparently born in or around the year 604, since Bede says that he was killed at the age of 38 in 642 ; Æthelfrith's acquisition of Deira is also believed to have occurred around 604.
The Historia Britonum credits the later king Penda with first separating the Mercians from the Northumbrians, but if Cearl was able to make this marriage to Æthelfrith's enemy he must not have been subject to him — possibly any subject relationship only developed at a later date.
Their success was short-lived, as Oswald ( one of the dead King of Northumbria, Æthelfrith's, sons ) defeated and killed Cadwallon at Heavenfield near Hexham.
Æthelfrith's and has
It has been suggested that she " was probably Æthelfrith's first and most important wife ".
Thus Æthelfrith's death in battle has been seen as causing " a near total revolution in the politics of what is now northern England ".
Æthelfrith's and been
Oswiu's mother may have been Æthelfrith's only recorded wife, Acha of Deira, Edwin's sister, but the apparent unwillingness of the Deirans to have him as their king may argue against this.
The battle appears to have been costly for Æthelfrith as well, however ; Bede says that Æthelfrith's brother Theodbald was killed, " with almost all the forces he commanded ".
The historian D. P. Kirby speculated that perhaps Cearl was enabled to marry his daughter to Edwin due to the protection of the powerful East Anglian king Raedwald, and that Edwin's subsequent exile among the East Angles may have been due to Æthelfrith's power beginning " to impinge on Cearl or his successors among the Mercians ".
Æthelfrith's and great
Bede tells of Æthelfrith's great successes over the Britons, while also noting his paganism ( the conversion of Northumbria did not begin until a decade after his death ): he " ravaged the Britons more than all the great men of the English, insomuch that he might be compared to Saul, once king of the Israelites, excepting only this, that he was ignorant of the true religion.
Æthelfrith's and may
Æthelfrith, son of Æthelric and grandson of Ida, apparently succeeded Hussa as king of the Bernicians around the year 592 or 593 ; Æthelfrith's accession may have involved dynastic rivalry and the exile of Hussa's relatives.
Æthelfrith may have come to terms with the Irish of Dál Riata after this, judging from the fact that Æthelfrith's subsequent known military campaigns took place in other parts of Britain ; that his sons were later able to take refuge among the Irish of Dál Riata after Æthelfrith's own death in battle may be significant.
That he gained Deira through conquest is suggested by the exile of Edwin, son of the former king Ælla, and Hereric, Edwin's nephew, who were both notable members of the Deiran royal line ; the short five-year reign of Aethelric of Deira, who ruled immediately prior to Æthelfrith's acquisition of Deira, may also indicate conquest.
On the other hand, D. P. Kirby suggested that Æthelfrith's rule of both kingdoms may have represented " a formalization of an existing relationship " of cooperation between the two.
Æthelfrith's and have
The historian D. P. Kirby suggested that the defeat of Edwin was the outcome of a wide-ranging alliance of interests opposed to him, including the deposed Bernician line of Æthelfrith ; but considering the subsequent hostility between Cadwallon and Æthelfrith's sons, such an alliance must not have survived the battle for long.
Historians have noted the marriage as evidence for Cearl's independence from the then-Northumbrian king Æthelfrith, since Edwin was Æthelfrith's rival and Cearl would not have married his daughter to an enemy of his overlord.
Æthelfrith's and north
Following Æthelfrith's death, Edwin became king not just of Deira but of Bernicia as well ; Æthelfrith's sons Eanfrith, Oswald, and Oswiu fled to the north.
Edwin became king of Northumbria upon Æthelfrith's death, and Eanfrith, who was, according to Bede, the eldest of Æthelfrith's sons, went into exile to the north.
Æthelfrith's and Bede
After first killing the monks, Æthelfrith prevailed over the enemy army, although Bede notes that Æthelfrith's own forces suffered considerable loss.
Of the roots of this conflict, Bede mentions only that Áedán was alarmed by Æthelfrith's advance.
Æthelfrith's and was
There were changes of dynasty, and the kingdom was divided, but it was re-united under Æthelfrith's son Oswald ( r. 634-42 ).
Æthelfrith's brother was among the dead, but Áedán was defeated, and the Bernician kings continued their advances in southern Scotland.
In 547 the castle was taken by the invading Angles led by Ida son of Eoppa and was renamed Bebbanburgh by one of his successors, Æthelfrith, after Æthelfrith's wife Bebba, according to the Historia Brittonum.
Edwin was installed as king of Northumbria, effectively confirming Raedwald as bretwalda: Æthelfrith's sons went into exile in Irish Dál Riata and Pictland.
Áedán mac Gabráin, the Irish king of Dál Riata ( to the northwest of Bernicia ), was alarmed by Æthelfrith's successes, and in 603 he led " an immense and mighty army " against Æthelfrith.
It was also around 604 that Æthelfrith's son Oswald was born.
) Raedwald eventually agreed to kill Edwin or hand him over to Æthelfrith's messengers, but was reportedly dissuaded from this by his wife, who said that such a thing was unworthy of his honour.
Æthelfrith's and with
Æthelfrith's power rested on his military success, and this success came to an end in 616, when the exiled Edwin of Deira, with the support of King Rædwald, defeated and killed him in battle by the River Idle.
When his kingship is compared with his pagan brother-in-law Æthelfrith, or to Æthelfrith's sons Oswald and Oswiu, or to the resolutely pagan Penda of Mercia, Edwin appears to be something less than a key figure in Britain during the first half of the 7th century.
Æthelfrith's and monks
Æthelfrith's son Oswald fled northwest to the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata where he was converted to Christianity by the monks of Iona.
Æthelfrith's and indicate
The appearance of Hering, son of Hussa, Æthelfrith's predecessor, on the side of the invaders seems to indicate dynastic rivalry among the Bernicians.
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Kirby also pointed out that Edwin did not necessarily go into exile immediately, and considered it likely that Æthelfrith's hostility towards him " manifested itself only by degrees ".
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