317. Argotta "the mother of all the kings of France" , a Sicambrian heiress
Argatta, the mother of all the Kings of France, married Pharomond, Duke of the East Franks and elected King of the West Franks and reckoned by historians as the first King of France. (See descent from Kings of France.) Then followed Clodio; Sigmerius; Ferreolus; Ausbert; Arncaldus; St. Arnolph; Anchises was Duke of Brabant, having married Begga, heiress of Brabant, daughter of Pipin de Landis, the first Duke of Brabant
Anglo-Saxon king of Northumbria from 616-632. He was the most powerful English ruler of his day and the first christian king of Northhumbria.
The son of King Aelle of Deira, one of the two Northumbrian kingdoms, Edwin fled into exile when Æthelric, king of Bernicia, seized power in Deira in 588 or 590. In 616, King Rædwald of east Anglia defeated and killed Æthelric's son Æthelfrith and installed Edwin on the Northumbrian throne. Edwin conquered part of Wales and was recognized as overlord by all the other English rulers exept the king of Kent.
Edwins conversion to christianity resulted from his marriage to the Christian princess Æthelburth of Kent. She brougt to Northumbria the Roman missionary Paulinus, who converted Edwin and many of his subjects in 627. In 632, king Cadwallon of Gwynedd and king Penda of Mercia inavaded Northumbria and killed Edwin in battle. Paulinus and Æthelburth fled, and teh Northumbrian church was temporarily supressed. The following year, Northumbria was united and ruled by St. Oswald, son of Æthelfrith.
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