Æthelric (Bernicia)

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Æthelric (also Aedilric, Eðilric, Æðelric or Æþelric ; † 572 ) was a king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Bernicia . The years around 568 to 572 are considered to be the years of government.

Life

Æthelric was the son of King Ida of Bernicia . He succeeded his brother Adda on the throne around the year 568 . According to different information, Æthelric was a son of Adda. When he died in 572, his brother Theodric succeeded the throne. Æthelric was the father of Æthelfrith , who later also became king, and of Theobald, who fell under Aidan in the battle of Daegsastan (exact location unknown) in an attack by the west Scottish empire of Dalriada in 603 .

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literature

  • Simon Keynes: Kings of Northumbria . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 .
  • David W. Rollason: Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom , Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0521813358

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of Northumbria . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 502-505. In the older research partly different rule dates were given.
  2. ↑ a b to the succession to the throne: Simon Keynes: Kings of Kent ; on kinship: Ida in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  3. ↑ Nennius : Historia Brittonum chap. 63.
  4. ↑ David W. Rollason: Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom , Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 9780521813358 , p. 7.
  5. ↑ Beda: HE 1.34
predecessor Office successor
Adda King of Bernicia
568-572 		Theodric
personal data
SURNAME Æthelric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aethelric; Aedilric; Eðilric; Æðelric; Æþelric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Bernicia
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century
DATE OF DEATH 572