Redwald

Also known as: king of the Angles · Family: East Angles · Role: king · First appears: Book II · Chap. XII

Life events

• c. 624 · Redwald grants Edwin protection from Ethelfrid during his exile.(Book II · Chap. XII)
  • With: Edwin
  • “at last came to Redwald, beseeching him to give him protection against the snares of his powerful persecutor. Redwald willingly received him, and promised to perform what was asked of him.”
• c. 624 · Ethelfrid's bribes and threats induce Redwald to promise Edwin's betrayal.(Book II · Chap. XII)
  • With: Ethelfrid Edwin
  • “Redwald, whether terrified by his threats, or won over by his gifts, complied with this request, and promised either to kill Edwin, or to deliver him up to the envoys.”
• c. 624 · Redwald refuses to surrender Edwin and helps him recover his kingdom.(Book II · Chap. XII)
  • With: Edwin Ethelfrid
  • “In short, the king did as has been said, and not only refused to deliver up the banished man to his enemy’s messengers, but helped him to recover his kingdom.”
• c. 624 · Ethelfrid and Raegenheri are killed in Redwald's battle against Ethelfrid.(Book II · Chap. XII · 📍 Idle)
  • With: Ethelfrid Raegenheri
  • “who, meeting him with much inferior forces, (for Redwald had not given him time to gather and unite all his power,) was slain on the borders of the kingdom of Mercia, on the east side of the river that is called Idle. In this battle, Redwald’s son, called Raegenheri, was killed.”
• c. 627 · Redwald was initiated into the mysteries of the Christian faith.(Book II · Chap. XV · 📍 Kent)
  • “And indeed his father Redwald had long before been initiated into the mysteries of the Christian faith in Kent”
• c. 627 · Redwald abandoned the Christian faith and resumed serving his former gods.(Book II · Chap. XV)
  • “but in vain; for on his return home, he was seduced by his wife and certain perverse teachers, and turned aside from the sincerity of the faith”

Book II · Chap. XII

• with Edwin (Redwald protected Edwin and helped restore his kingdom.) “In short, the king did as has been said, and not only refused to deliver up the banished man to his enemy’s messengers, but helped him to recover his kingdom.”
• enemies with Ethelfrid (Ethelfrid threatened war against Redwald.) “He sent a second and a third time, offering a greater bribe each time, and, moreover, threatening to make war on him if his offer should be despised.”
• child: Raegenheri (Raegenheri is identified as Redwald's son.) “In this battle, Redwald’s son, called Raegenheri, was killed.”

Book II · Chap. XV

• child: Earpwald “Edwin was so zealous for the true worship, that he likewise persuaded Earpwald, king of the East Angles, and son of Redwald, to abandon his idolatrous superstitions, and with his whole province to receive the faith and mysteries of Christ.”
• parent: Tytilus “The aforesaid King Redwald was noble by birth, though ignoble in his actions, being the son of Tytilus, whose father was Uuffa, from whom the kings of the East Angles are called Uuffings.”

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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.