Æthelric of Bernicia

This article is about the fourth king of Bernicia. For other uses, see Aethelric (disambiguation).

Æthelric
King of Bernicia
Reign	568-572
Predecessor	Adda
Successor	Theodric

Issue	Æthelfrith of Northumbria
House	Leodwaldings
Father	Ida of Bernicia

Aethelric was the fourth known king of the Kingdom of Bernicia which he ruled from 568 to 572.

Aethelric was one of the sons of Ida of Bernicia, founder of the kingdom. During his reign the Bernicians met the Britons in three important battles, the first on the offensive, the others on the defensive.^[1]

He was the father of Æthelfrith, who was the first monarch to rule both Bernicia and Deira, the two constituent parts of what came to be considered Northumbria.

Notes

↑ Leonard Dutton, The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: the power struggles from Hengist to Ecgberht (1993), p. 108

External links

Æthelric 3 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Preceded by Adda	Kings of Bernicia 568-572	Succeeded by Theodric

Monarchs of Bernicia

Ida (547–559) Glappa (559–560) Adda (560–568) Æthelric (568–572) Theodric (572–579) Frithuwald (579–585) Hussa (585–593) Æthelfrith (593–616) Edwin (616–632) Eanfrith (632–633) Oswald (634–641) Oswiu (642–670)

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