King of Deira (664 to 670), King of Northumbria (670 to 685)
Ecgfrith
King of Northumbria
Reign
670–685
Predecessor
Oswiu
Successor
Aldfrith
Born
645
Died
20 May 685 Battle of Nechtansmere
(Aged possibly 31 years old)
Spouses
Æthelthryth
Eormenburg
Father
Oswiu
Mother
Eanflæd
Ecgfrith (/ˈɛdʒfrɪð/; 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.[1] He ruled over Northumbria when it was at the height of its power, but his reign ended with a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Nechtansmere against the Picts of Fortriu in which he lost his life.
^Stephen of Ripon, Vita Wilfridi.
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