Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed …
Years: 633 - 633
October
Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed at Hatfield Chase on October 12, 633, by Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.
Cadwallon, styling himself “king of the Britons,” carries Edwin’s severed head to York, then ravages both Beira and southern Bernicia.
Locations
People
Groups
- Britons (historical)
- Angles
- Anglo-Saxons
- Bernicia, Kingdom of
- Gwynedd, Welsh Kingdom of
- Deira, Kingdom of
- Mercia, Kingdom of
- Britain, Medieval
