Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Aedan

Family: Irish · Role: king · First appears: Book I · Chap. XXXIV

Life events

  • 603 · Ethelfrid defeated Aedan's invading army at Degsastan, forcing Aedan to flee.(Book I · Chap. XXXIV · 📍 Degsastan)
    • With: Ethelfrid
    • “Aedan, king of the Scots that dwell in Britain, being alarmed by his success, came against him with a great and mighty army, but was defeated and fled with a few followers”
  • 603 · Ethelfrid's war against Aedan's Scots ended, preventing further Scottish invasions of Britain.(Book I · Chap. XXXIV)
    • With: Ethelfrid
    • “This war Ethelfrid brought to an end in the year of our Lord 603”

Book I · Chap. XXXIV

  • enemies with Ethelfrid “Hereupon, Aedan, king of the Scots that dwell in Britain, being alarmed by his success, came against him with a great and mighty army, but was defeated and fled with a few followers”

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