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  1. Ealflaeda z Nortumbrii, Alchfledam, Eahlflæd (żyła w VII wieku) – anglosaska księżniczka z Nortumbrii, później królowa Mercji. Ealflaeda była córką króla Nortumbrii Oswiu i jego drugiej żony Rieinmellt, wywodzącej się z brytyjskiego plemienia Rheged. Na początku lat 50. VII wieku poprosił o jej rękę mercyjski książę Peada.

    • VII wiek
    • księżniczka Nortumbrii, królowa Mercji
    • VII wiek
  2. Elfleda z Nortumbrii, Ælfflæd, Aelfleda (ur. 654 w Nortumbrii; zm. 8 lutego 713 Whitby Abbey) – anglosaska księżniczka, ksieni benedyktyńskiego klasztoru Whitby Abbey, święta kościoła katolickiego. Elfleda była córką potężnego bretwalda Oswiu z Nortumbrii i jego trzeciej żony Enfledy i wnuczką króla Edwina.

    • naturalna
    • Background and Accession
    • Aldfrith's Northumbria
    • Relations with The Church
    • Northumbria's Golden Age
    • Heirs, Death, and Succession

    By the year 600, most of what is now England had been conquered by invaders from the continent, including Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. Bernicia and Deira, the two Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in the north of England, were first united under a single ruler in about 605 when Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia, extended his rule over Deira. Over the course of the 7th...

    Bede, paraphrasing Virgil, wrote that following Ecgfrith's death, "the hopes and strengths of the English realm began 'to waver and slip backward ever lower'". The Northumbrians never regained the dominance of central Britain lost in 679, or of northern Britain lost in 685. Nonetheless, Northumbria remained one of the most powerful states of Britai...

    Along with the king, royal family, and chief noblemen, the church was a major force in Northumbria. Churchmen were not only figures of spiritual authority, they were major landowners, who also controlled trade, centred at major churches and monasteries in a land without cities and towns. The bishopric of Lindisfarne was held by Cuthbert at Aldfrith...

    Aldfrith's reign is considered the beginning of Northumbria's Golden Age, which lasted until the end of the 8th century. The period saw the flowering of Insular art in Northumbria and produced the Lindisfarne Gospels, perhaps begun in Aldfrith's time, the scholarship of Bede, and the beginnings of the Anglo-Saxon missionsto the continent. The Lindi...

    Aldfrith was married to Cuthburh, sister of King Ine of Wessex; the marriage thus allied Aldfrith with one of the most powerful kings in Anglo-Saxon England. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Aldfrith and Cuthburh separated, and Cuthburh established an abbey at Wimborne Minster where she was abbess. At least two sons were born to Aldfrith, but...

  3. Wynikało to z ich złożonych koligacji rodzinnych i licznych konfliktów w rodzinie: siostra Ostryt, Ealflaeda, podejrzewana była o spisek, w wyniku którego miał zginąć jej mąż a jednocześnie brat Etelreda, Peada; ojciec Ostryt, Oswiu, był głównym wrogiem Mercji; w bitwie z nim pod Winwaed zginął ojciec Etelreda, Penda;

    • morderstwo
    • VII wiek, Nortumbria
    • księżniczka Nortumbrii, królowa Mercji
  4. Ceolwulf. Saint Ceolwulf was King of Northumbria from 729 until 737, except for a short period in 731 or 732 when he was briefly deposed and then restored to power. Ceolwulf ultimately abdicated and entered the monastery at Lindisfarne. He was the "most glorious king" to whom Bede dedicated his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum .

  5. Oswald of Northumbria. Oswald ( Old English pronunciation: [ˈoːzwɑɫd]; c 604 – 5 August 641/642 [1]) was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is venerated as a saint, [2] of whom there was a particular cult in the Middle Ages. [3]

  6. Date of death. 810. Place of burial. Church of St Mary and St Hardulph, Breedon on the Hill. Occupation. sovereign. Position held. King of Northumbria (796–806) King of Northumbria (808–810s)