Edwin of Northumbria
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Edwin, also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from around 616 until his death. He was the second monarch to rule both of these
Stained glass image of St. Edwin of Northumbria at St Mary, Sledmere, Yorkshire.
Depiction of Edwin from John Speed's 1611 "Saxon Heptarchy".
Æthelburh of Kent
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Æthelburh of Kent, was an early Anglo-Saxon queen consort of Northumbria, the second wife of King Edwin. As she was a Christian from Kent, their marriage triggered the initial phase of the conversion
Edwin of Northumbria
…monarchs, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle gives him the title bretwalda, or "ruler of Britain". In 627, Edwin was baptised under the influence of his wife, Æthelburh of Kent, and the Roman missionary Paulinus, who became the first Bishop of York. After reigning for seventeen years, Edwin was defeated and killed in 633 at…
Saxon church at Lyminge founded by Æthelburh in 633, excavated in 2019
Stone in Lyminge Church marking the burial site of the founder