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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. He converted to Christianity and was baptised in 627. After he fell at the Battle of Hatfield Chase, he was venerated as a saint .
- 616 – 12 October 632/633
- Osfrith, Uscfrea, Eadfrith, Æthelhun, Eanflæd, Æthelthryth
- Ælle
- Cwenburg, Æthelburg of Kent
Feb 29, 2024 · Edwin was an Anglo-Saxon king of Northumbria from 616 to 633. He was the most powerful English ruler of his day and the first Christian king of Northumbria. The son of King Aelle of Deira, one of the two Northumbrian kingdoms, Edwin fled into exile when Aethelric, king of Bernicia, seized power in.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Northumbria’s first two kings were a Bernician called Æthelfrith and a Deiran called Edwin. Æthelfrith was a pagan, but King Edwin of Northumbria became the North’s first Christian king after baptism at York in 627AD.
Nov 29, 2018 · In 633 CE, he defeated Northumbria at the Battle of Hatfield Chase; Edwin and his son Osfrith were both killed and Northumbria's power collapsed. Reunification Under Oswiu. Edwin had converted to Christianity in 627 CE, the first Northumbrian king to do so, and all the kings who succeeded him would be Christian.
- Joshua J. Mark
Sep 14, 2023 · Take the fate of the kingdom of Elmet, in what’s now West Yorkshire – perilously close to the core territory of the eminent Deiran ruler Edwin. In the 610s, Edwin invaded Elmet and ejected Ceredig, its Brittonic-named king, possibly using as an excuse the poisoning of a Deiran noble in Elmet.
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EDWIN, KING OF NORTHUMBRIA, ST. B. 585; d. Oct. 12, 633. As king of Deira (616) Edwin first united the Northumbrian kingdoms, and then became overlord of all English peoples south of the Humber except those of Kent. In 625 he married ethelburga, daughter of ethelbert of kent.
St. Edwin, King of Northumbria. (AD 584-AD 633) Edwin was a prince of the Deiran Royal family from Yorkshire, the eldest son of King Aelle.
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