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Simoncursitor at 14:49, 16 February 2011

2011-02-16T14:49:19Z

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	It is rumoured that Raedwald was opposed, among others, by forces from the Northern [[Wales\|Welsh]] kingdom of [[Gwynedd]]: certainly Edwin was to attack Gwynedd in the 620s.		It is rumoured that Raedwald was opposed, among others, by forces from the Northern [[Wales\|Welsh]] kingdom of [[Gwynedd]]: certainly Edwin was to attack Gwynedd in the 620s.

	Edwin accepted [[Christianity]] in 627CE, and conquered the [[Isle of Man]] and the North [[Wales\|Welsh]] kingdom of Gwynedd before being defeated by an alliance of Gwynedd's exiled king, Cadwallon, and Penda, king of [[Mercia]]. The two then proceeded through Northumbria, defeating two putative successors to Edwin, Osric and Eanfrith. Cadwallon sought to set himself up as the king, but in 634-5 Eanfrith's brother Oswald rose up and killed him at ''Heavenfield'', near Hexham. Eight years later Penda, in turn, defeated and killed Oswald, but fell, in ~~the same year~~, in battle to one Oswiu.		Edwin accepted [[Christianity]] in 627CE, and conquered the [[Isle of Man]] and the North [[Wales\|Welsh]] kingdom of Gwynedd before being defeated by an alliance of Gwynedd's exiled king, Cadwallon, and Penda, king of [[Mercia]]. The two then proceeded through Northumbria, defeating two putative successors to Edwin, Osric and Eanfrith. Cadwallon sought to set himself up as the king, but in 634-5 Eanfrith's brother Oswald rose up and killed him at ''Heavenfield'', near Hexham. Eight years later Penda, in turn, defeated and killed Oswald, but fell, in 655, in battle, to one Oswiu (who may have been Oswald's relative).

			After taking power in Northumbria (and marrying Edwin's daughter Eanflaed), Oswiu went on to take the throne in Mercia (then England's leading kingdom) but was overthrown there by Penda's son Wulfhere, and limited to his North-Eastern realm. Here he was most notable for accepting Roman ecclesiastical dating, over the Celtic alternative, at the Synod of Whitby. He died in 670CE and was succeeded by Ecgfrith his son.

Simoncursitor at 08:35, 18 June 2009

2009-06-18T08:35:53Z

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	It is rumoured that Raedwald was opposed, among others, by forces from the Northern [[Wales\|Welsh]] kingdom of [[Gwynedd]]: certainly Edwin was to attack Gwynedd in the 620s.		It is rumoured that Raedwald was opposed, among others, by forces from the Northern [[Wales\|Welsh]] kingdom of [[Gwynedd]]: certainly Edwin was to attack Gwynedd in the 620s.

	Edwin accepted [[Christianity]] in 627CE, and conquered the [[Isle of Man]] and the North [[Wales\|Welsh]] kingdom of Gwynedd before being defeated by an alliance of Gwynedd's exiled king, Cadwallon, and Penda, king of [[Mercia]].		Edwin accepted [[Christianity]] in 627CE, and conquered the [[Isle of Man]] and the North [[Wales\|Welsh]] kingdom of Gwynedd before being defeated by an alliance of Gwynedd's exiled king, Cadwallon, and Penda, king of [[Mercia]]. The two then proceeded through Northumbria, defeating two putative successors to Edwin, Osric and Eanfrith. Cadwallon sought to set himself up as the king, but in 634-5 Eanfrith's brother Oswald rose up and killed him at ''Heavenfield'', near Hexham. Eight years later Penda, in turn, defeated and killed Oswald, but fell, in the same year, in battle to one Oswiu.

Simoncursitor at 08:38, 15 June 2009

2009-06-15T08:38:30Z

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'''Northumbria''' was one of the seven [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[kingdom]]s of pre-[[Norman Conquest|Conquest]] [[England]].

Its first unified [[king]] was Athelfrith of Bernicia, who conquered Deira around 604[[CE]]. He was killed in battle around 616 by Raedwald of [[East Anglia]], who installed Edwin, son of a former Deiran king, as Northumbrian king.

It is rumoured that Raedwald was opposed, among others, by forces from the Northern [[Wales|Welsh]] kingdom of [[Gwynedd]]: certainly Edwin was to attack Gwynedd in the 620s.

Edwin accepted [[Christianity]] in 627CE, and conquered the [[Isle of Man]] and the North [[Wales|Welsh]] kingdom of Gwynedd before being defeated by an alliance of Gwynedd's exiled king, Cadwallon, and Penda, king of [[Mercia]].