Acha_of_Deira

Acha of Deira

Acha of Deira

Anglo-Saxon princess

Acha of Deira was a princess of Deira, and the daughter of Ælla of Deira.[1][2] She was the sister of Edwin of Northumbria.

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Biography

She married Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia.[3] He may have married her prior to taking power in Deira, in which case the marriage may have facilitated it, or he may have done so afterwards in order to consolidate his position there.[4][5] They had eight children:

References

  1. [1]
    Charles Oman (1924). England Before the Norman Conquest. Рипол Классик. pp. 243–. ISBN 978-5-87804-834-7.
  2. [2]
    James E. Fraser (19 January 2009). From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 136–. ISBN 978-0-7486-2820-9.
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    David Adam (20 February 2009). The Holy Island of Lindisfarne. SPCK. pp. 76–. ISBN 978-0-281-06307-9.
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    Lawler, Jennifer (16 January 2018). Encyclopedia of Women in the Middle Ages. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0111-3.
  5. [5]
    D. P. Kirby, The Earliest English Kings
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