Bede's Ecclesiastical History

Yffi

Family: Northumbrians · Role: son of Osfrid · First appears: Book II · Chap. XIV

Life events

  • 633 · Ethelberg sent Wuscfrea and Yffi to Gaul, where both died in infancy.(Book II · Chap. XX · 📍 Gaul)
    • With: Ethelberg Wuscfrea King Dagobert
    • “Afterwards Ethelberg, for fear of the kings Eadbald and Oswald, sent Wuscfrea and Yffi over into Gaul to be bred up by King Dagobert, who was her friend; and there they both died in infancy”

Book II · Chap. XIV

  • parent: Osfrid “Yffi, the son of Osfrid, was also baptized, and many other noble and royal persons.”
  • mentor: Paulinus “Yffi, the son of Osfrid, was also baptized, and many other noble and royal persons.”

Book II · Chap. XX

  • parent: Osfrid “Yffi, the son of Osfrid, Edwin’s son”
  • with Paulinus (Yffi travelled with Paulinus.) “having with him Eanfled, the daughter, and Wuscfrea, the son of Edwin, as well as Yffi, the son of Osfrid, Edwin’s son”
  • with Ethelberg (interaction) “Afterwards Ethelberg, for fear of the kings Eadbald and Oswald, sent Wuscfrea and Yffi over into Gaul to be bred up by King Dagobert”
  • guardian: King Dagobert “sent Wuscfrea and Yffi over into Gaul to be bred up by King Dagobert”

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