Aethelfrith of Bernicia and Deira

E829564

Aethelfrith of Bernicia and Deira was an early 7th-century Anglo-Saxon king who united the northern kingdoms of Bernicia and Deira to form the powerful realm of Northumbria.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aethelfrith of Bernicia and Deira canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon king ⓘ
King of Deira ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aethelfrith of Bernicia and Deira ⓘ
Æthelfrith of Northumbria ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 7th century ⓘ
child Eanfrith of Bernicia ⓘ
Oswald of Northumbria ⓘ
Oswiu of Northumbria ⓘ
Æbbe of Coldingham ⓘ
conflict Battle of Degsastan ⓘ
Battle of the River Idle ⓘ
country Northumbria ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
dateOfDeath c. 616 ⓘ
dynasty Bernician royal house ⓘ
linked to: Bernician dynasty
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
father Æthelric of Bernicia ⓘ
floruit early 7th century ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
historicalPeriod Heptarchy ⓘ
languageOfName Old English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in battle ⓘ
mother unknown ⓘ
notableEvent defeat and death at the River Idle ⓘ
victory over the Scots at Degsastan ⓘ
notableFor uniting Bernicia and Deira into Northumbria ⓘ
occupation monarch ⓘ
opponent Edwin of Deira ⓘ
Áedán mac Gabráin ⓘ
placeOfDeath Battle of the River Idle ⓘ
positionHeld King of Bernicia ⓘ
King of Deira ⓘ
King of Northumbria ⓘ
predecessor Æthelric of Bernicia ⓘ
Æthelric of Deira ⓘ
regionRuled northern England ⓘ
parts of southern Scotland ⓘ
reignedOver Bernicia ⓘ
Deira ⓘ
Northumbria ⓘ
religion paganism ⓘ
sourceMention Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
spouse Acha of Deira ⓘ
successor Edwin of Deira ⓘ
territorialExpansion extended Northumbrian power over much of northern Britain ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deira → hasRuler → Aethelfrith of Bernicia and Deira ⓘ
Æthelfrith of Bernicia and Deira → alsoKnownAs → Aethelfrith of Bernicia and Deira ⓘ