{"slug": "thelfrith-of-northumbria", "label": "Æthelfrith of Northumbria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelfrith_of_Northumbria", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [593, 616], "span_label": ["593 CE", "616 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "northern-england", "label": "Northern England", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-gwynedd", "label": "Kingdom of Gwynedd", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edwin-of-northumbria", "label": "Edwin of Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bernicia", "label": "Bernicia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "picts", "label": "Picts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oswiu", "label": "Oswiu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oswald-of-northumbria", "label": "Oswald of Northumbria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "deira", "label": "Deira", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 593, "year_label": "593 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Æthelfrith of Northumbria succeeds Hussa as king of Bernicia (Scotland). His accession possibly involves dynastic rivalry and the exile of Hussa's relatives.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755561#Britain", "title": "593", "revid": 1364755561, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 603, "year_label": "603 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Degsastan: King Æthelfrith of Northumbria defeats the combined forces of the Strathclyde Britons and Scots under Áedán mac Gabráin, establishing the supremacy of the Angles in the northern part of what will become known as the British Isles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752956#Britain", "title": "603", "revid": 1364752956, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 604, "year_label": "604 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Æthelfrith of Northumbria invades Deira and kills its king, Æthelric. Prince Edwin, son of the late king Ælla of Deira (possibly a nephew of Æthelric), flees to the court of King Iago of Gwynedd (northwest Wales).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754628#Britain", "title": "604", "revid": 1364754628, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 605, "year_label": "605 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelfrith annexes the neighboring kingdom of Deira (Northern England). The region between the Forth and Humber rivers will hereafter be known as Northumbria, the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364904400#Britain", "title": "605", "revid": 1364904400, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 615, "year_label": "615 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Bangor Massacre: The Anglo-Saxons, under King Æthelfrith of Northumbria, after defeating the Kingdom of Powys, finally reach the Irish Sea and massacre 1,200 Christian monks at their monastery, in Bangor (Wales).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752554#Britain", "title": "615", "revid": 1364752554, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 616, "year_label": "616 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Rædwald of East Anglia conquers Northumbria (Northern England) at the Battle of the River Idle. King Æthelfrith is killed during the fighting and his children are forced to flee north. His heir, prince Eanfrith (age 26), seeks refuge with his mother's family, probably in Gododdin (modern Scotland), and moves further north into Pictland. Princes Oswald (age 12), Oswiu (age 4) and others escape to the court of King Eochaid Buide of Dál Riata, where they are converted to Christianity by the monks of Iona.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367636041#Britain", "title": "616", "revid": 1367636041, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 616, "year_label": "616 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Æthelfrith, king of Northumbria (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367636041#Deaths", "title": "616", "revid": 1367636041, "section": "Deaths"}}]}