The battle of the River Idle — probably on the Nottinghamshire-Yorkshire border near the confluence with the Trent — destroyed Aethelfrith of Northumbria, the most successful warlord of his generation. Raedwald of East Anglia, almost certainly the man buried at Sutton Hoo, led the victorious force and restored Edwin of Northumbria. The battle is one of the most consequential of the 7th century: it ended Northumbrian dominance and established the Midlands/East Anglian axis that would shape England for a generation. Edwin's subsequent conversion to Christianity followed directly from this.
Aethelfrith killed; Northumbrian army destroyed
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