Aethelwald (d. after Events November 15 - Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats the pagan Mercian king Penda in the Battle of Winwaed Empress Saimei ascends to the throne of Japan. ...655) was a Northumbria, an kingdom of Angles in northern England, was initially divided into two kingdoms, Bernicia and Deira. ...King of Deira ( Events End of Yazdegard IIIs attempts to drive out the Saracens. ...651 – c. Events November 15 _ Northumbrian king Oswiu defeats the pagan Mercian king Penda in the Battle of Winwaed Empress Saimei ascends to the throne of Japan. ...655). He was the son of Oswald (c. ...Oswald of Northumbria.

After Oswine or Osuine (d. ...Oswine of Deira was killed by King Oswiu (c. ...Oswiu of Northumbria in Events End of Yazdegard IIIs attempts to drive out the Saracens. ...651, Aethelwald became king. In Events Khazaria becomes an independent state (approximate date) Rodoald succeeds his father Rothari as king of the Lombards Births Clotaire III, king of the Franks Deaths Abbas ibn Abd al_Muttalib, uncle of Muhammed, progenitor of the Abbasids Saint Ida of Nivelles, widow of Pippin of Landen, monastic foundress Rothari...652 or Events Pope Martin I arrested Sigeberht II the Good succeeds Sigeberht I the Little as king of Essex Aripert, nephew of Theodelinda, succeeds Rodoald as king of the Lombards Births Deaths Chindaswinth, king of the Visigoths Rodoald, king of the Lombards Abbas, uncle of Muhammad and his chief financial supporter. ...653, he allied himself with Oswiu's enemy, Penda (died November 15, 6551) was a 7th century King of Mercia. ...Penda of Mercia, and according to Depiction of Bede from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 Bede ( Latin Beda), also known as Saint Bede or, more commonly, the Venerable Bede (c. ...Bede, he acted as Penda's guide during the latter's invasion of Northumbria in 655. However, when the armies of Oswiu and Penda met on November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ...November 15 at the The Battle of the Winwaed was fought on November 15, 655 (or perhaps in 654, according to one interpretation of the chronology), between King Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Bernicia, ending in the Mercians defeat and Pendas death. ...Battle of the Winwaed, Aethelwald withdrew his forces. Penda was defeated, perhaps in large part because of this desertion, and afterward Aethelwald seems to have lost Deira to Alchfrith, who was installed there by the victorious Oswiu. Aethelwald's fate is unknown.

Although he allied himself with the Paganism is a catch_all term which has come to bundle together (by extension from its original classical meaning of a pre_Christian religion) a very broad set of not necessarily compatible religious beliefs and practices that are usually, but not necessarily, characterized by polytheism and, less commonly, animism. ...pagan Penda, Aethelwald was nevertheless a pious For other uses of the term Christian, see Christian (disambiguation). ...Christian and was remembered for his generosity towards Chad of Mercia (died March 2, 672) was a monk and priest in 7th century England. ...St. Chad, to whom he granted land for a Buddhist monastery near Tibet A monastery is the habitation of monks. ...monastery.