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RIEDWALD (d. c. 62o)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 812 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RIEDWALD (d. c. 62o) , See also:king of the See also:East Angles, was the son of King Tytili. He became a See also:Christian during a stay in See also:Kent, but on his return to East Anglia he sanctioned the See also:worship both of the Christian and the See also:heathen religions. Very little is known about his reign, which probably began soon after 600. For a See also:time he recognized the overlordship of zEthelberht, king of Kent, but he seems to have shaken off the Kentish yoke. He gained some superiority over the See also:land See also:south of the See also:Humber with the exception of Kent and is counted among the Bretwaldas. Rxdwald protected the fugitive See also:Edwin, afterwards king of See also:Northumbria, and in his interests he fought a sanguinary See also:battle with the reigning Northumbrian king, See also:iEthelfrith, near See also:Retford in See also:Nottinghamshire, where iEthelfrith was defeated' and killed in See also:April 617. He was followed as king of the East Angles by his son Eorpwald. See See also:Bede, Historiae ecclesiasticae, edited by C. Plummer (See also:Oxford, 1896); and J. R. See also:Green, The Making of See also:England (1897-1899).

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