Event: Conversion, Marriage
Edwin 2
-
Æthelburg 1
.marriage
Asserted in:
Bede.HE
ii.9
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Scholarly Info
Description
The marriage was the occasion of the conversion of
Edwin 2
and his race.
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Edwin 2
(
King of the Northumbrians, 616-633
)
Agent
:
Æthelburg 1
(
Daughter of
Æthelberht 3
I of Kent; queen of the Northumbrians
)
(Other)
:
Anonymi 619
(
Ambassadors sent by
Edwin 2
to
Eadbald 2
) : They were sent to
Eadbald 2
by
Edwin 2
to ask his sister in marriage.
(Other)
:
Eadbald 2
(
King of Kent, 616-640
) : He first replied that it was not lawful for a Christian maiden to be given in marriage to a heathen.
(Other)
:
Paulinus 1
(
Bishop of York, 625-633; bishop of Rochester, 633-644
) : He accompanied
Æthelburg 1
to Northumbria