{"slug": "aldfrith-of-northumbria", "label": "Aldfrith of Northumbria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldfrith_of_Northumbria", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737618", "qid": "Q737618", "description": "King of Northumbria", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [685, 750], "span_label": ["685 CE", "750 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "wilfrid", "label": "Wilfrid", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lindisfarne", "label": "Lindisfarne", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "episcopal-see", "label": "Episcopal see", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelred-of-mercia", "label": "Æthelred of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iona", "label": "Iona", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "inner-hebrides", "label": "Inner Hebrides", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eadberht-of-northumbria", "label": "Eadberht of Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ine-of-wessex", "label": "Ine of Wessex", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 685, "year_label": "685 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Aldfrith, illegitimate half-brother of Ecgfrith, becomes (possibly with Irish and Scottish help) king of Northumbria. He is brought from Iona (Inner Hebrides), where he is studying for a career in the church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749113#Britain", "title": "685", "revid": 1364749113, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 691, "year_label": "691 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Wilfrid, abbot of Ripon, tries to make himself bishop of all Northumbria. King Aldfrith seizes many of his Ripon Abbey estates, and proposes to create a bishopric there. Wilfrid is banished and flees to Mercia, where King Æthelred makes him bishop of Leicester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806265#Religion", "title": "691", "revid": 1340806265, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 695, "year_label": "695 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Aldfrith of Northumbria marries Princess Cuthburh, sister of King Ine of Wessex (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806239#Britain", "title": "695", "revid": 1340806239, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 704, "year_label": "704 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – Aldfrith, king of Northumbria (or 705)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468074#Deaths", "title": "704", "revid": 1364468074, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 704, "year_label": "704 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 14", "text": "December 14 – King Aldfrith of Northumbria dies after a 20-year reign. His throne is seized by Eadwulf I, of unknown descent. Wilfrid travels to Driffield to support Eadwulf, but his advances are rejected (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468074#Britain", "title": "704", "revid": 1364468074, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 705, "year_label": "705 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Aldfrith, king of Northumbria (or 704)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807090#Deaths", "title": "705", "revid": 1340807090, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 750, "year_label": "750 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Eadberht of Northumbria imprisons Cynewulf, bishop of Lindisfarne, at Bamburgh Castle. King Eadberht does this in order to punish the bishop for sheltering one of his enemies, Prince Offa. He then besieges Prince Offa, son of the late King Aldfrith, in Lindisfarne Priory. Almost dead from hunger, he is dragged from his sanctuary and put to death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358128937#Britain", "title": "750", "revid": 1358128937, "section": "Events › Britain"}}]}