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Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.
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Battle of Hatfield Chase
Battle between the kingdoms of Northumbria, Gwynedd and Mercia (633 AD)
The Battle of Hatfield Chase was fought on 12 October 633 It pitted the Northumbrians against an alliance of Gwynedd and Mercia. The Northumbrians were led by Edwin and the Gwynedd-Mercian alliance was led by Cadwallon ap Cadfan and Penda. The site of the battle was a marshy…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Edwin of Northumbria
King of Deira and Bernicia from 616 to 632/633
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 northern English kingdoms and the first to convert to Christianity. After he…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Penda of Mercia
King of Mercia from c. 626 to 655
Penda was a 7th-century king of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the Midlands. A pagan at a time when Christianity was taking hold in many of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Penda took over the Severn Valley in 628 following the Battle of Cirencester before…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cadwallon ap Cadfan
King of Gwynedd from c. 625 to 634
Cadwallon ap Cadfan was the King of Gwynedd from around 625 until his death in battle. The son and successor of Cadfan ap Iago, he is best remembered as the King of the Britons who invaded and conquered Northumbria, defeating and killing its king, Edwin, prior to his own death…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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