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IETHELFRITH , See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Northumbria, is said to have come to the See also:throne in A.D. 593, being the son of IEthelric (probably reigned 568-572). He married Acha, daughter of See also:Ella (Mle), king of See also:Deira, whom he succeeded probably in 6o5, expelling his son See also:Edwin. In 603 he repelled the attack of See also:Aidan, king of the Dalriad Scots, at Daegsastan, defeating him with See also:great loss. The See also:appearance of Hering, son of Hussa, iEthelfrith's predecessor, on the See also:side of the invaders seems to indicate See also:family quarrels in the royal See also:house of See also:Bernicia. Later in his reign, probably in 614, he defeated the Welsh in a great See also:battle at See also:Chester and massacred the monks of See also:Bangor who were assembled to aid them by their prayers. This See also:war may have been due partly to iEthelfrith's persecution of Edwin, but it had a strategic importance in the separation of the See also:North Welsh from the See also:Strathclyde Britons. In 617 IEthelfrith was defeated and slain
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at the See also:river Idle by Rmdwald of See also:East Anglia, whom Edwin had persuaded to take up his cause.
See See also:Bede, Chronica Majora, § 531; Hist. Ecc. (Plummer) i. 34, ii. 2; Saxon See also:Chronicle, s.a. 593, 603, 605, 6,6; Hist. Brittonum, §§ 57, 63 ; Annales Cambriae, s.a. 613. (F. G. M.
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