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Æthelfrith (ĕ`thəlfrĭth, ă–), d. 616, king of Northumbria (c.593–616). He was the first great Anglo-Saxon leader among the northern English; he united Bernicia and Deira into the kingdom of Northumbria. He repulsed an attack by the Scots in 603 and about 10 years later defeated the Welsh at Chester. During Æthelfrith's lifetime (if not solely as a result of the battle of Chester), the English penetrated to the Irish Sea, thus separating the Welsh in Wales from the Welsh in SW Scotland. Æthelfrith was killed in battle at the Idle River by Rædwald of East Anglia near the present-day town of Nottingham.
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No references found | The grandson of King Ida of Bamburgh, Aethelfrith, conquered Deira but was later killed in battle in 616 by the deposed Deiran king, Edwin. The remains have not been dated but each of the skulls were split at the top, suggesting battle injuries which some say points to the Battle of Chester won by King Aethelfrith of Northumbria in 616AD. King Ida kept the native British name of Din Guaroy for the Bamburgh stronghold, but 50 years later the name was changed to Bebbanburg, apparently after Bebba, the wife of Ida's grandson Aethelfrith. |
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