The Key for the New Bretwalder in England

When raidwold died in six 24, edwin's success in northumbria made him the natural successor as bretwolder. The key for edwin to having him accepted as bretwalder was prosperous kent. Edwin sealed his leadership of all the anglo saxon kingdoms not by war, but by marriage,. agreeing to marry a kentish princess, ethelber. But part of the deal was that ethelber would bring her christian religion with her and her chaplain, paulinus of york, as it happens. And edwin had to promise that he'd also consider conversion. Edwin still kicked and screamed and struggled, but as it