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Ecgfrith (auch Ecgfrithus, Ecgfrid, Ecgfridus, Egfridus, Ecgferð, Ecgferþ, Æcgfrid etc.; * 645/646; † 20. Mai 685) war von 664 bis 670 Unterkönig des angelsächsischen Königreiches Deira und von 670 bis 685 König von Northumbria.
Ecgfrith (/ ˈ ɛ dʒ f r ɪ ð /; Old English: Ecgfrið [ˈedʒfrið]; c. 645 – 20 May 685) was the King of Deira from 664 until 670, and then King of Northumbria from 670 until his death in 20 May 685 possibly at age of 31.
Ecgfrith († Dezember 796, auch Egfrid von Mercien) war ein König des angelsächsischen Königreichs Mercia. Als Sohn Offas und Cynethryths wurde er 787 zum Mitregenten seines Vaters erhoben und folgte ihm im Juli 796 auf den Thron.
Ecgfrith was king of Mercia from 29 July to December 796. He was the son of Offa, one of the most powerful kings of Mercia, and Cynethryth, his wife. In 787, Ecgfrith was consecrated king, the first known consecration of an English king, probably arranged by Offa in imitation of the consecration of Charlemagne's sons by the pope in 781.
16. Mai 2024 · Ecgfrith (died May 20, 685, near modern Forfar, Angus, Scot.) was an Anglo-Saxon king of the Northumbrians from 670 who ultimately lost his wars against the Mercians on the south and the Picts on the north.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
22. Aug. 2018 · King Ecgfrith of the Northumbrians (670–685) was a major figure in later seventh-century Insular politics. His political supremacy in northern England, the influence he won over certain of England’s southern kingdoms and his Irish connections made him a major figure not just in northern Britain, but in the Insular world more ...
16. März 2020 · One of the most puzzling episodes in the history of Northumbria is the attack on Brega in the midlands of Ireland instigated by Ecgfrith, king of the Northumbrians, in the year before he died. Anglo-Saxon sources do not mention any reason for the attack.
