Hereswith or Hereswitha (Old English: Hereswiþ), also spelt Hereswithe, Hereswyde or Haeresvid, was a 7th-century Northumbrian saint. She married into...
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assumed that Hilda remained with the Queen-Abbess. Hilda's elder sister, Hereswith, married Ethelric, brother of King Anna of East Anglia, who with all of...
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he was identical with Æthelric, who married the Northumbrian princess Hereswith and was the father of Ealdwulf of East Anglia. The primary source for...
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sibling fathered Hereric, who in turn fathered Abbess Hilda of Whitby and Hereswith, wife to Æthelric, the brother of king Anna of East Anglia. The Anglo-Saxon...
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664 – 713 Predecessor Æthelwold Successor Ælfwald Died 713 Issue Ælfwald Ecgburga Dynasty Wuffingas Father Æthilric Mother Hereswith Religion Christian...
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information about Hereswith made an "erroneous assumption" regarding her connection with Anna and his family. Bede is clear that Hereswith had left East Anglia...
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Eni of East Anglia Anna Saewara Æthelhere Æthelwold Æthelric Hereswith Eorcenberht of Kent Seaxburh Æthelthryth Æthelburh Jurmin Ealdwulf Ermenilda Wulfhere...
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Hild until around 647 when having decided not to join her older sister Hereswith at Chelles Abbey in Gaul, Hild returned north. (Chelles had been founded...
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Saint Aigulphus of Provence (Ayou, Ayoul), Abbot of Lérins (c. 676) Saint Hereswith, a princess from Northumbria in England, and sister of St Hilda, she ended...
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been firmly committed to Christian rule: Æthilric married the Christian Hereswith, the great-niece of Edwin of Northumbria. Anna is described by Bede as...
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