Æthelred of Mercia defeated and killed Ecgfrith's brother Ælfwine at the River Trent in 679, checking Northumbrian southern expansion. Archbishop Theodore personally intervened to prevent further war and negotiated a peace settlement and wergild payment for Ælfwine. The battle ended Northumbrian ambitions in Mercia.
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