Aldfrith of Northumbria
King of Northumbria
7 dated entries naming Aldfrith of Northumbria, drawn from 6 separate years between 685 CE and 750 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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7th century
- 685Aldfrith, 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.source
- 691Wilfrid, 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.source
- 695King Aldfrith of Northumbria marries Princess Cuthburh, sister of King Ine of Wessex (approximate date).source
8th century
- 704December 14 – Aldfrith, king of Northumbria (or 705)source
- 704December 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).source
- 705Aldfrith, king of Northumbria (or 704)source
- 750King 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.source
Named in the same entries
- Northumbria (4)
- Wilfrid (2)
- Lindisfarne (2)
- Mercia (1)
- Episcopal see (1)
- Æthelred of Mercia (1)
- Iona (1)
- Inner Hebrides (1)
- Eadberht of Northumbria (1)
- Ine of Wessex (1)