Bede's
Queens |
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Book |
Chapter |
Page |
Name |
Husband(s) |
Parents |
Sister(s) |
Brother(s) |
Children |
characteristics |
notes |
1. |
1 |
18 |
Picts |
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uxores, de feminea regum prosapia |
kings from female royal line |
1. |
8 |
36 |
Helena |
Constantius |
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Constantine |
concubina Helena |
AD 306 |
1. |
25 |
72 |
Bertha |
Aethelberht |
Charibert, K of Paris |
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Eadbald, Aethelburh |
uxorem Christianam |
prayed at ancient church of St. Martin in Canterbury |
1. |
27 |
88 |
woman |
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pregnans mulier, mulier |
Aug's 8th question |
1. |
27 |
78n1 |
Brunhild |
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Gregory writes her to instruct consecration of Augustine; not in text |
2. |
3 |
142 |
Ricula |
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Aethelberht |
Saeberht |
soror |
East Saxon sister of K. Aethelberht of ES at London |
2. |
4 |
148 |
MARY |
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sanctae Dei genetricis |
Pope Boniface turns Pantheon into St Mary's and Martyrs, 609ad |
2. |
5 |
150 |
Bertha |
Aethelberht |
Charibert, K of Paris |
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Eadbald |
Berctae regina (condita est), uxorem patris |
B is buried in P&P church S Martin chapel next to King, married her
son (?) |
2. |
6 |
154 |
woman |
Eadbald |
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conubio non legitimo |
Bishop Lawrence scourged, K. Eadbald gives up illegal wife |
2. |
6 |
156 |
MARY |
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sanctae Dei genetricis |
church in St. Peter's built by K Eadbald |
2. |
9 |
162-4 |
Aethelburh |
Edwin |
Aethelberht |
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Eadbald |
Eanflaed |
conjugem … filia, virgo, regina (p 164) |
also called Tate, lengthy story about her |
2. |
9 |
164 |
Eanflaed |
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Aethelburh, Edwin |
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filia regi |
daughter of Queen Aethelburh |
2. |
11 |
172-4 |
Aethelburh |
Edwin |
Aethelberht |
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Eadbald |
Eanflaed |
conjugem, filia, regina |
Letter of Pope Boniface to Queen Aethlburh |
2. |
12 |
180-1 |
queen |
Raedwald |
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regina |
persuades K Raedwald not to give Edwin up to his enemies |
2. |
14 |
186-7 |
Cwenburh |
Edwin |
Ceorl, K of Mercia |
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Osfrith, Eadfrith |
filia, regina |
Mentioned after Edwin's death w/resp to her children |
2. |
14 |
186-7 |
Aethelthryth |
Ecgfrith, Tondberht |
Edwin, Cwenburh |
Osfrith, Eadfrith, Aethelhun,
Uscfrea |
filia |
mentioned ina list of children of Q. Cwenburh |
2. |
15 |
190-1 |
woman |
Raedwald |
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uxor |
his queen, seduced Raedwald from Christianity |
2. |
16 |
192-3 |
woman |
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mulier (proverbial) |
Mulier with a new-born could walk unharmed in Edwin's kingdom |
2. |
20 |
202-3 |
women |
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mulier / muliebri (adj) |
Penda killed women and children |
2. |
20 |
204-5 |
Aethelburh |
Edwin |
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regina, matertera (aunt, 3.8) |
taken by Paulinus to Kent |
2. |
20 |
204-5 |
Eanflaed |
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Aethelburh |
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Uscfrea |
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filia |
taken by Paulinus to Kent |
3. |
5 |
226-7 |
women |
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feminae (religiosi) |
women and men instructed by Bishop Aiden |
3. |
5 |
228-9 |
mother |
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mater (proverbial) |
discretion is the mother of all virtues |
3. |
6 |
230-1 |
Bebbe |
Aethelfrith |
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regina |
Bamburgh named after Queen Bebbe (again at III,16, 263) |
3. |
6 |
230-1 |
Acha |
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Edwin |
Oswald |
sorore |
King Oswald nephew of Edwin through E's sister Acha |
3. |
7 |
232-3 |
Cyneburh |
Oswald |
K. Cynegisl |
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filia, coniunx |
unnamed, mentioned as furutre wife of King Oswald |
3. |
7 |
232-3 |
woman |
Cenwealh |
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Penda |
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soror |
repudiated wife, innamed, of K. Cenwealh, son of K. Cynegisl |
3. |
7 |
234-5 |
woman |
Cenwealh |
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uxor |
unnamed wife of K. Cenwealh after previous repudiated wife |
3. |
8 |
236-7 |
Eorcengota |
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Eorcenberht |
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filia, virgo, abbatissa, sponsa Christi |
neice of Aethelthryth et al, abbess of Faremoutier-en-Brie, buried in St.
Stephens; lots p 239-41, own death revealed to her |
3. |
8 |
238-9 |
daughters |
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filias, sponsas |
daughters of many in Britain sent to Frankish monasteries (listed) |
3. |
8 |
238-9 |
Saethryth |
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Anna |
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filia uxoris (vs. filia naturalis) |
step-daughter of K. Anna (daughter of Aethelburh, Anna's own daughter??) |
3. |
8 |
238-9 |
Seaxburh |
Eorcenberht |
Anna |
Athelthryth, etc |
Eorcengota |
filia, uxor |
Queen of Kent (K. Eorcenberht), mother of saint |
3. |
11 |
246-7 |
Osthryth |
Aethelred |
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regina Merciorum |
Oswald's neice (by brother Oswiu), murdered by her Mercian nobles 697 |
3. |
11 |
246-7 |
Aethelhild |
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Athelwine & Ealdwine |
abbatissa venerabilis |
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3. |
15 |
260-1 |
Eanflaed |
Oswiu |
Edwin |
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coniuga, filia, virgina (mater, 3.24), regina (3.24, 25) |
Aidan gets her from Kent via Bishop Utta (but see II.20, 204)--neice of
Queen Emma (King Eadbald) |
3. |
21 |
278-9 |
Alhflaed |
Peada |
Oswiu, Eanflaed |
Aelfflaed |
Alhfrith, Ecgfrith |
filia, virgina, coniugis? |
Penda's son Peada asks for her hand, he must convert to Christianity. Not
the same daughter as Aelf-flaed / Peada murdered by his coniugis (3.24) |
3. |
23 |
288-9 |
MARY |
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Cedd builds stone church in monastery of Lastingham ded. To Mary |
3. |
24 |
290-1 |
Aelfflaed |
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Oswiu, Eanflaed |
Alhflaed |
Alhfrith, Ecgfrith |
filia, regis filia, virgina, sponsa |
promised by Oswiu to God if he wins over Penda; entered Hartlepool under
Hild |
3. |
24 |
290-1 |
Cynewise |
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? |
regina |
perhaps Oswiu's queen, held hostage in Mercia by Penda |
3. |
25 |
296-7 |
Eanflaed |
Oswiu |
Edwin |
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regina |
(see 3.15); keeps Easter the Roman way while the king kept it the Irish
way--2 Easters a year |
3. |
25 |
298-9 |
Hild |
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abbatissa |
Council of Whitby, Hild defends the Irish side |
3. |
29 |
320-1 |
Eanflaed |
Oswiu |
Edwin |
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coniugi, filia spiritali |
Letter from Pope Vitalian to Oswiu, send his wife (unnamed) cross with
golden key made from fetters of Peter & Paul, priases her fragrant works
of piety |
4. |
1 |
328-9 |
women |
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virginae |
convent of women to whom Andrew, possible substitute for Hadrian, was
attached |
4. |
3 |
338-9 |
Aethelthryth |
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regina |
Owine, monk and chief of her officers and head ]princeps] of her
household, travels with her from East Angles |
4. |
6 |
354-5 |
Aethelburh |
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Eorcenwold |
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soror, mater, nutrix |
mentioned as sister of Eocenwold, Bishop of London, given a monastery
(Barking) for feminarum |
4. |
7 |
356-7 |
women |
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soror, virgina (4.8) |
nuns of Barking |
4. |
8 |
358-9 |
Eadgyd |
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virgina |
One of the nuns of Barking (in a story about a 3 y-o boy named Aesica) |
4. |
8 |
358-9 |
puella |
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puella |
One of the nuns of Barking, dies in the plague, speaks several lies about
a light |
4. |
9 |
359-60 |
Torhtgyth |
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soror |
Sees a vision of golden cords pulling souls into Heaven, foresees
Aethelburh's death |
4. |
9 |
359-60 |
femina |
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femina sanctimonialis |
of a noble family, paralyzed, asks dead Aethelburh for respite, then dies |
4. |
10 |
362-3 |
Hildelith |
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abbatissa |
Abbess of Barking, translated the bones of the nuns to the church of Mary |
4. |
10 |
362-3 |
MARY |
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Curch of Mary at Barking |
4. |
10 |
362-3 |
uxor |
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uxor |
wife of a local gesith who regains her sight at the cemetery of the nuns
of Barking |
4. |
10 |
364-5 |
puellae |
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puellae |
girls/maids who carry the gesith's wife to Barking cemetery |
4. |
11 |
364-5 |
queen |
Sebbi |
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coniugis |
Wife of King Sebbi (E Saxons), obstinate (obstinatus) won't let king go
into monastery |
4. |
13 |
372-3 |
Eabbae |
Aethelwealh |
Eanfrith |
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regina |
Queen of the West Saxons, king baptized by Wilfrid, she already baptized
in Hwicce |
4. |
13 |
374-5 |
slaves |
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ancillas |
baptized by Wifrid, 250 male and female (servos et ancillas), manumitted |
4. |
16 |
382-3 |
sister |
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Wilfrid |
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soror |
mentioned as sister of Wilfrid, mother of Beornwine, who took control of
Wilfrid's holdings in I of Wight |
4. |
19 |
390-1 |
Aethelthryth |
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Seaxburh |
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coniuga, filia, uxor, consortio,
virgina, regina, connubia, femina, abbatissa, mater, sponsa |
Bede calls her "regina ac sponsa Christi" in 4.20 |
4. |
19 |
392-5 |
Seaxburh |
Eorcenberht |
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Aethelthryth |
K. Hlothhere of Kent |
soror, abbatissa |
Queen of Kent, translates Aeth's body, gets men to take old stone coffin
from Cambridge |
4. |
19 |
396-7 |
virgines |
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wash Aethelthryth's body |
4. |
20 |
396-401 |
saints |
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list of saints in Bede's hymn: Virgin Mary, Agatha, Eulalia, Thecla,
Euphemia, Agnes, Cecilia |
4. |
23 |
404-5 |
Hild |
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K. Hereric, Breguswith |
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abbatissa, filia, femina, ancella, mater |
first woman in Nhum to take religious vows, Ab.Hartlepool, Wear, then
Whitby, sapientia |
4. |
23 |
406-7 |
Hereswith |
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K. Hereric, Breguswith |
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K. Ealdwulf of E. Angles |
soror |
sister of Hild |
4. |
23 |
410-1 |
Breguswith |
Hereric |
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Hild, Hereswith |
mater |
has a dream of a necklace, representativeof Hild's light |
4. |
23 |
412-3 |
servants |
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ancellis Christi, famula (4.26) |
attend to Hild on her deathbed |
4. |
23 |
412-3 |
Begu |
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femina, virgina, soror |
sees vision of Hild's soul ascend to Heaven |
4. |
23 |
412-3 |
Frigyth |
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virgina |
temporary abbess of Whitby who hears Begu's vision |
4. |
23 |
414-5 |
virgina |
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virgina, ancella |
another withness to Hild's ascent, unnamed |
4. |
24 |
420-1 |
virgins |
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monasterium virginum |
describes Coldingham (home ot Adamnan) |
4. |
25 |
424-5 |
Aebbe |
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mater congregationis, abbatissa |
hears Adamnan's vision about the burning of Coldingham |
4. |
25 |
424-5 |
virgins |
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virgines, sponsae |
nuns who imperil themselves by weaving garments to adorn themselves as if
they were brides |
4. |
26 |
428-9 |
Aelfflaed |
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Eanflaed |
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(see 3.24) |
5. |
3 |
460-1 |
Hereburh |
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Cwenburh |
abbatissa |
Abbess of Watton, recieves Bishop John of Hexham; has a daughter |
5. |
3 |
460-1 |
Cwenburh |
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Hereburh |
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puella, virgina |
sick unto death with swollen arm (bled on 4th day of moon); saved by
Bishop John of Hexham |
5. |
4 |
462-3 |
coniunx |
Puch |
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coniunx, mulier |
Wife of comes Puch, healed by Bishop John of Hexham |
5. |
4 |
462-3 |
socrum |
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socrum |
mother-in-law of St. Peter (Mt 8:14-15), comparanda to Puch's wife |
5. |
7 |
472-3 |
feminae |
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feminae |
willing to be pilgrims (viri ac feminae) |
5. |
11 |
486-7 |
Bliththryth |
Pippin |
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conjuga |
Wife of Pippin, father of Charles Martel, gives Willibrord an island in
the Rhine (Kaiserswerth) |
5. |
11 |
486-7 |
CECELIA |
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Church in Utrecht where Willibrord is made Bishop of the Frisians |
5. |
12 |
488-9 |
uxor |
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uxor, conjuga |
wife of Dryhthelm who dies and comes back to life |
5. |
12 |
492-3 |
femina |
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femina |
a woman in hell in Dryhthelm's vision |
5. |
16 |
508-9 |
MARY |
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sancta Maria |
Church in Jerusalem over Christ's manger |
5. |
16 |
508-9 |
HELENA |
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mater |
found the Cross |
5. |
17 |
512-3 |
wives |
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feminae |
wives of the partiarchs, their tombs described |
5. |
19 |
516-7 |
wife |
Offa |
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uxor |
mentioned as having been left by Offa when he took holy orders |
5. |
19 |
518-9 |
Eanflaed |
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(see 3.15) Sends Wilfrid to her cousin Eorcenerht, King of Kent |
5. |
19 |
520-1 |
virgina |
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virgina, coniuga |
offered to Wilfrid, but he chooses the Church |
5. |
19 |
520-1 |
Baldhild |
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regina |
orders Bishop Dalfinus of Gaul to be executed, Wilfrid spared |
5. |
19 |
526-7 |
MARY |
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genetrix, virgina |
intercedes on Wilfrid's behalf in Gaul, so says Archangel Michael in a
vision to W; church in which W is buried (5.20, p. 530) |
5. |
24 |
564-5 |
Eanflaed |
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filia |
(see 3.15) mentioned in Bede's final chronicle recapitulation an.626 |
5. |
24 |
564-5 |
Hild |
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abbatissa |
An. 680 in chronicle recap |
5 |
24 |
564-5 |
Osrthryth |
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regina |
An 697 in chronicle recap |