Ethelhere

Family: East Angles · Role: king · First appears: Book III · Chap. XXIV

Life events

c. 653 · Ethelhere was killed in battle after losing his army and auxiliaries.(Book III · Chap. XXIV · 📍 the river Winwaed)
- “among whom was Ethelhere, brother and successor to Anna, king of the East Angles. He had been the occasion of the war, and was now killed, having lost his army and auxiliaries. The battle was fought near the river Winwaed”

enemies with Oswy “The engagement began, the pagans were put to flight or killed, the thirty royal commanders, who had come to Penda’s assistance, were almost all of them slain; among whom was Ethelhere, brother and successor to Anna, king of the East Angles.”
siblings with Anna “among whom was Ethelhere, brother and successor to Anna, king of the East Angles.”
sworn: Penda “the thirty royal commanders, who had come to Penda’s assistance, were almost all of them slain; among whom was Ethelhere, brother and successor to Anna, king of the East Angles.”

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