Back إدوين ملك نورثمبريا Arabic ادوين ملك نورثمبريا ARZ Edwin Northumbria Breton Edwin de Northúmbria Catalan Edwin Northumbrijský Czech Edwin, brenin Northumbria Welsh Edwin af Northumbria Danish Edwin (Northumbria) German Έντουιν της Νορθουμβρίας Greek Edwin (Northumbria) Esperanto
| Edwin of Northumbria | |
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 Stained glass image of St. Edwin of Northumbria at St Mary, Sledmere,Yorkshire (East riding of Yorkshire), Driffield. | |
| King of Deira and Bernicia | |
| Reign | 616 – 12 October 632/633 |
| Predecessor | Æthelfrith |
| Born | c. 586 Deira, England |
| Died | 12 October 633 (aged 46–47) Hatfield Chase, England |
| Spouse | Cwenburg Æthelburg of Kent |
| Issue | Osfrith, Uscfrea, Eadfrith, Æthelhun, Eanflæd, Æthelthryth |
| Father | Ælle |
| Religion | Christianity |
Edwin (Old English: Ēadwine; c. 586 – 12 October 632/633), also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from about 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 fell in battle, he was venerated as a saint.
Edwin was the son of Ælle, the first known king of Deira, and likely had at least two siblings. His sister Acha was married to Æthelfrith, king of neighbouring Bernicia. Edwin was forced into exile when Æthelfrith conquered Deira. His travels took him to the court of Rædwald of East Anglia, who defeated Æthelfrith in 616, allowing Edwin to ascend the thrones of Bernicia and Deira. After the death of his patron Rædwald around 624, Edwin became the most powerful ruler in Britain. Bede the Venerable includes him in his list of kings who exercised imperium over other Anglo-Saxon 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 the Battle of Hatfield Chase by the combined armies of his supposed foster-brother Cadwallon ap Cadfan and the pagan Penda of Mercia. After his death, Bernicia and Deira were again separated under two pagan kings. Their reunification was accomplished by Oswald, a son Æthelfrith, who defeated and killed Cadwallon and united Northumbria once more.