Ida from Bernicia

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Northern Britain in the 6th century

Ida († around 559 or 560) was king from 547 until his death and possibly the founder of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Bernicia .

Life

family

Ida's grandfather Oesa was the first of the family to come to Britain. Ida's father was called Eoppa, his mother is unknown.

Ida was married to Bearnoch and is said to have had twelve sons. He is considered to be the progenitor of the Northumbrian royal family. Florentius of Worcester , a 12th-century chronicler, wrote that Adda , Belric, Theodric , Æthelric (son or grandson), Theodhere, and Osmer were legitimate sons. Occa, Ealric, Ecca, Oswald, Sogor, Sogethere are said to have fathered Ida with concubines. In the Historia Brittonum Eadric was also named as a son. In older research, the later kings Glappa , Hussa and Frithuwald (Freodulf) were sometimes also considered to be Ida's sons.

Domination

There are indications that Ida, coming from Deira, advanced by sea to Bernicia and established himself in the coastal region. Ida became the first King of Bernica in 547. His empire was surrounded by the hostile British kingdoms Rheged , Manau Gododdin and Dalriada . He is said to have built Bamburgh Castle and fastened it with a hag . As a result, he came into conflict with King Duteness, who presumably ruled the British Kingdom of Strathclyde . At Bamburgh, Ida won an important victory over Dutenes and thereby consolidated his power in the east of northern England. According to another reading, Ida defeated Dutigern (also Euderyn, Outigern) and then occupied Din-Guaïroï, today's Bamburgh. The conquest of Bamburgh by Ida, as narrated by Nennius, is however controversial. Ida's rule was probably limited to a stretch of coastline in the Bamburgh and Lindisfarne area. After Ida's death around 559/560, Glappa probably followed as king.

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literature

  • John T. Koch: Ida . In: John T. Koch (Ed.): Celtic Culture. A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-Clio, 2005, ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0 , pp. 955-956.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Jim Bradbury: The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare. Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0-415-22126-9 , p. 53.
  2. ↑ Historia Brittonum , 57
  3. ↑ Beda: HE 5.24
  4. ↑ Johannes von Worcester (author), Thomas Forester (transl.): The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester with the two continuations. HG Bohn, London 1854, p. 6.
  5. ↑ Historia Brittonum , 61
  6. ^ William Hunt :  Ida . In: Sidney Lee (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 28:  Howard - Inglethorpe. , MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1891, pp. 411 - 412 (English ,, (partly outdated state of research)).
  7. ^ Robin George Collingwood , John Nowell Linton Myres: Roman Britain and English Settlements. Biblo & Tannen, 1998, ISBN 978-0-8196-1160-4 , p. 421.
  8. ^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 547
  9. ↑ Jim Bradbury: The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare. Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0-415-22126-9 , p. 141.
  10. ↑ Christopher Allen Snyder: The Britons. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2003, ISBN 978-0-631-22260-6 , p. 210.
  11. ^ David W. Rollason: Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom. Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-521-81335-8 , pp. 49-50.
  12. ↑ John T. Koch: Ida. In: John T. Koch (Ed.): Celtic Culture. A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-Clio, 2005, ISBN 978-1-85109-440-0 , pp. 955-956.
  13. ↑ 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 978-0-631-22492-1 , pp. 502-505.
predecessor Office successor
none King of Bernicia
547–559 / 560 		Glappa
personal data
SURNAME Ida from Bernicia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ida Eopping
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglo-Saxon king and alleged founder of the Kingdom of Bernicia
DATE OF BIRTH 5th century or 6th century
DATE OF DEATH at 559-560