Ida of Bernicia
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Ida is the first known king of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia, which he ruled from around 547 until his death in 559. Little is known of his life or reign, but he was regarded as the founder of a lin
Imaginary depiction of Ida from John Speed's 1611 "Saxon Heptarchy"
Angles (tribe)
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The Angles were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period. They founded several kingdoms of the Heptarchy in Anglo-Saxon England. Their name, which probabl
Ida of Bernicia
…Ida (; died c. 559) is the first known king of the Anglian kingdom of Bernicia, which he ruled from around 547 until his death in 559. Little is known of his life or reign, but he was regarded as the founder…
The Saint Petersburg Bede, 8th century