• Hereswith or Hereswitha (Old English: Hereswiþ), also spelt Hereswithe, Hereswyde or Haeresvid, was a 7th-century Northumbrian saint. She married into...
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    assumed that Hilda remained with the Queen-Abbess. Hilda's elder sister, Hereswith, married Ethelric, brother of King Anna of East Anglia, who with all of...
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  • he was identical with Æthelric, who married the Northumbrian princess Hereswith and was the father of Ealdwulf of East Anglia. The primary source for...
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    sibling fathered Hereric, who in turn fathered Abbess Hilda of Whitby and Hereswith, wife to Æthelric, the brother of king Anna of East Anglia. The Anglo-Saxon...
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  • shape in the marriage of his grand-niece Hereswith, sister of Saint Hilda, to Æthilric, Rædwald's nephew. Hereswith and Hilda were under Edwin's protection...
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    Eni of East Anglia Anna Saewara Æthelhere Æthelwold Æthelric Hereswith Eorcenberht of Kent Seaxburh Æthelthryth Æthelburh Jurmin Ealdwulf Ermenilda Wulfhere...
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  • 664 – 713 Predecessor Æthelwold Successor Ælfwald Died 713 Issue Ælfwald Ecgburga Dynasty Wuffingas Father Æthilric Mother Hereswith Religion Christian...
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    information about Hereswith made an "erroneous assumption" regarding her connection with Anna and his family. Bede is clear that Hereswith had left East Anglia...
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    Hild until around 647 when having decided not to join her older sister Hereswith at Chelles Abbey in Gaul, Hild returned north. (Chelles had been founded...
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  • been firmly committed to Christian rule: Æthilric married the Christian Hereswith, the great-niece of Edwin of Northumbria. Anna is described by Bede as...
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    Saint Aigulphus of Provence (Ayou, Ayoul), Abbot of Lérins (c. 676) Saint Hereswith, a princess from Northumbria in England, and sister of St Hilda, she ended...
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    drew several foreign princesses to join the nuns at Chelles, including Hereswith of Northumbria. The abbey swiftly became one of the most favored monasteries...
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  • Hild, who had been baptized by Paulinus. Some time later, her sister, Hereswith became a nun at Chelles Abbey in Gaul, but Hild returned north with some...
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    Whitby had disseminated news of their deaths, and that Aldwulf's mother, Hereswith, living her retirement in the Abbey of Chelles, received the news in Francia...
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  • Hereswitha, sister of Hilda of Whitby, to Æthelric, Rædwald's nephew. Hereswith and Hilda were under Edwin's protection and were baptised with him in...
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  • Æthelberht ♂ Bertha ♀ Anna ♂ king of East Angles Hereswith ♀ Edwin ♂ king of Northumbria Æthelburh ♀ Eadbald ♂ king of Kent Emma ♀ Ecgfrith ♂ king of...
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