Bretwalda

It's not clear what, if any, real political power the 'Bretwalda' exercised over the other kingdoms, but if Lindsey had an overlord in AD 605 I think it would most likely have been Aethelbert of Kent.

Miss Snark reviews my synopsis Carla 2006

Aethelbert of Kent was 'Bretwalda' over the kingdoms south of the Humber (which would certainly have included Lindsey) when St Augustine died around AD 604-609 (Bede, Book II, Ch 3).

Archive 2006-01-01 Carla 2006

It's not clear what, if any, real political power the 'Bretwalda' exercised over the other kingdoms, but if Lindsey had an overlord in AD 605 I think it would most likely have been Aethelbert of Kent.

Archive 2006-01-01 Carla 2006

Aethelbert of Kent was 'Bretwalda' over the kingdoms south of the Humber (which would certainly have included Lindsey) when St Augustine died around AD 604-609 (Bede, Book II, Ch 3).

Miss Snark reviews my synopsis Carla 2006

One question regarding dynastic matters and the Bretwalda - It was common in early 'Canada' for French settlers to marry into the Native tribes and take on Native names, and later it became common for Natives to take on French or Scottish identities A lot of modern Ontario Scots are what we used to call Black Scots or Countryborn, and a DNA test wouldn't find much Celt in there.

Cearl, King of the Mercians Carla 2009

E.g. the East Angles called themselves Wuffingas according to Bede, and Wuffa was the grandfather of Raedwald who was Bretwalda in the 620s and very likely the Sutton Hoo man.

Cynddylan Carla 2009

Another theory is that Bretwalda refers to a war-leadership, or _imperium_, over the English south of the Humber, and has nothing to do with Britons or

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

Less likely is the theory of Palgrave that the Bretwaldas were the successors of the pseudo-emperors, Maximus and Carausius, and claimed to share the imperial dignity of Rome; or that of Kemble, who derives Bretwalda from the British word _breotan_, to distribute, and translates it "widely ruling."

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various

This Ethelbert was the Bretwalda, King of Kent, husband of the Christian queen Bertha.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See W. D. Sweeting

The school reference librarian selected some 60 topics of English history -- Bretwalda, Sir Isaac Newton, East India Company, the Great Commoner, etc.

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