Edwin, Earl of Mercia
Edwin, Earl of Mercia Edwin (died 1070) was the elder brother of Morcar, Earl of Northumbria, son of Ælfgar, Earl ...
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Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia Ælfgar (died 1062) was the elder brother ... as 'The Wake') and son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia and Eldiva (Godiva). He succeeded to his ... August 31, 1057. Ælfgar was succeeded as Earl of Mercia by his eldest son, ...
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List of monarchs of Northumbria
... into chaos by the death of King Edwin in battle and the ruinous invasion of ... heir. Aelfwine was killed in battle against Mercia in 679, and there was not another ... Dynasty 616 to 12/14 October 632 Edwin EDVVIN ÆLLING BERNICIA 7 DEIRA CYNINGEDVVIN REX ... Killed in battle by Penda, King of Mercia Bernicia Dynasty late 632 to 633 Eanfrith ... ET DEIRA Killed by Penda, King of Mercia; Saint Oswald late 641 to 654 ...
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Northumbria
... by Raedwald of East Anglia, who installed Edwin, the son of Aella, a former king of Deira, as king. Edwin, who accepted Christianity in 627, soon grew ... Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda, king of Mercia, at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 633. King Oswald After Edwin's death, Northumbria was split between Bernicia ... power, and Deira, where a cousin of Edwin, Osric, became king. Cumbria tended to ...
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Morcar of Northumbria
... d.1071) was the son of Ælfgar, earl of Mercia, brother of Edwin, earl of Mercia. He was himself the earl of ...
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Harold Godwinson
... unconfirmed) Married Ealdgyth Swan-neck Parents Godwin, Earl of Wessex Gytha Thorkelsdættir Harold Godwinson, or ... Harold's father was Godwin, the powerful Earl of Wessex. Godwin was himself a son ... Queen consort of Edward the Confessor. Created Earl of East Anglia in 1045, Harold accompanied ... died in 1053, Harold succeeded him as Earl of Wessex (a province at that time ... Powerful nobleman In 1058 Harold also became Earl of Hereford, and he replaced his ...
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History of Yorkshire
... of Bernicia, forming the kingdom of Northumbria. Edwin of Northumbria completed the conquest of the ... his subjects, in 627. The defeat of Edwin at the Battle of Hatfield Chase by Penda of Mercia in 633 was followed by continuing struggles between Mercia and Northumbria for supremacy over Deira. The ... Saxons, Normans and Angevins After Offa of Mercia, the Kingdom of England began to ...
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Gruffydd ap Llywelyn
... and totally defeated it, killing its leader, Edwin, the brother of Earl Leofric of Mercia. He then attacked the neighbouring principality of ... which was now ruled by Hywel ab Edwin. Gruffydd defeated Hywel in a battle at ... now allied himself with Ælfgar, son of Earl Leofric of Mercia, who had been ...
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Hwicce
... separated from Wessex in the time of Edwin. History The first kings of whom we ... named Osric, a contemporary of Æthelred of Mercia, and Oshere. In the next generation we ... in 802, is described only as an earl. The district remained in possession of the rulers of Mercia until the fall of that kingdom. Together with the rest of English Mercia it submitted to King Alfred about ...
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Tostig Godwinson
... September 25, 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold ... was born the third son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Kent, and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir ... years later in 1055, Tostig became the Earl of Northumbria upon the death of Earl Siward. In order to secure his rule ... and replaced him with Morcar, brother of Edwin, Earl of Mercia, who declared Tostig ...
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