{"slug": "ecgfrith-of-northumbria", "label": "Ecgfrith of Northumbria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecgfrith_of_Northumbria", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453676", "qid": "Q453676", "description": "King of Northumbria", "entries": 13, "years": 12, "span": [645, 687], "span_label": ["645 CE", "687 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "picts", "label": "Picts", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thelred-of-mercia", "label": "Æthelred of Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "dal-riata", "label": "Dál Riata", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "celtic-britons", "label": "Celtic Britons", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lindisfarne", "label": "Lindisfarne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "scottish-people", "label": "Scottish people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "strathclyde", "label": "Strathclyde", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "cuthbert", "label": "Cuthbert", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lincolnshire", "label": "Lincolnshire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 645, "year_label": "645 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973672#Births", "title": "645", "revid": 1347973672, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 671, "year_label": "671 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Two Rivers: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria defeats the Picts under King Drest VI, in the vicinity of Moncreiffe Island, near Perth (Scotland). After the battle the Picts are reduced to slavery, and subject to the yoke of captivity for the next 14 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805234#Britain", "title": "671", "revid": 1340805234, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 673, "year_label": "673 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Domangart mac Domnaill of Dál Riata (Scotland) dies, and is succeeded by his nephew Máel Dúin mac Conaill. He probably submits to King Ecgfrith of Northumbria as his overlord.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805471#Britain", "title": "673", "revid": 1340805471, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 674, "year_label": "674 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ecgfrith of Northumbria defeats a coalition led by the Mercians. He annexes the region of Lindsey (Lincolnshire).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352002710#Britain", "title": "674", "revid": 1352002710, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 678, "year_label": "678 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelred of Mercia defeats the Northumbrian forces under King Ecgfrith, in a battle near the River Trent. Archbishop Theodore helps to resolve differences between the two, Æthelred agreeing to pay a weregild to avoid any resumption of hostilities (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352010309#Britain", "title": "678", "revid": 1352010309, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 679, "year_label": "679 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelred of Mercia marries Princess Osthryth, sister of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204947#Britain", "title": "AD 679", "revid": 1349204947, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 680, "year_label": "680 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Wilfrid returns to Northumbria, with papal support, but is imprisoned by King Ecgfrith, and again exiled. He travels to the Kingdom of Sussex and begins to evangelise the people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331672551#Religion", "title": "680", "revid": 1331672551, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 681, "year_label": "681 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Ecgfrith of Northumbria requests that the monks of Monkwearmouth found a new monastery at Jarrow (or 682).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367426529#Britain", "title": "681", "revid": 1367426529, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 682, "year_label": "682 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Ecgfrith requests Benedict Biscop to build a second monastery at Jarrow (Northumbria). Benedict leaves Monkwearmouth with 20 monks, (including his protégé, the young Bede).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973674#Europe", "title": "682", "revid": 1347973674, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 684, "year_label": "684 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "King Ecgfrith of Northumbria sends a punitive expedition to Ireland under his ealdorman Berht, laying waste to the territory of Meath, ruled by High King Fínsnechta Fledach.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805928#Britain", "title": "684", "revid": 1340805928, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 685, "year_label": "685 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Battle of Dun Nechtain: The Picts under King Bridei III revolt against their Northumbrian overlords. Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarne, advises King Ecgfrith of Northumbria (Bridei's cousin) not to invade Pictland (modern Scotland). Undeterred, Ecgfrith marches his army north to engage the enemy near Dunnichen. The Picts, possibly with Scottish and Strathclyde Briton help, defeat the Saxon guard, killing Ecgfrith, who has reigned for 15 years, routing his army and forcing the Anglo-Saxons to withdraw south of the River Forth.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749113#Britain", "title": "685", "revid": 1364749113, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 685, "year_label": "685 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Ecgfrith, king of Northumbria", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749113#Deaths", "title": "685", "revid": 1364749113, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 687, "year_label": "687 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Adomnán, Irish abbot of Iona, visits the court of King Ecgfrith, to ransom Irish captives (60 Gaels who had been captured in a Northumbrian raid).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806293#Britain", "title": "687", "revid": 1340806293, "section": "Events › By place › Europe › Britain"}}]}