Event: Prophecy
Cuthbert 1
.prophecy on heir of
Ecgfrith 4
Asserted in:
Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr
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Scholarly Info
Description
Ælfflæd 2
asked
Cuthbert 1
who was to succeed
Ecgfrith 4
as king. He replied that another brother of hers would become king.
Primary Source Info
Date from Source
during their meeting
Persons associated with this Event:
Recipient
:
Ælfflæd 2
(
Abbess of Whitby, d.714
)
Agent
:
Cuthbert 1
(
Saint; bishop of Hexham, 684-685, and Lindisfarne, 685-687
)
(Other)
:
Ecgfrith 4
(
King of the Northumbrians, 670-685
)