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86 – The Fall of Ceawlin… and others

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Eyla and Seymill - A Germanic Dynasty

We now have a dynasty in Diera, which is just to the south of Bernicia. And sometime around the end of the 6th century, Eyla was king. In 588, or maybe a little bit later, he died. That's about the best we've got. But something we know for certain is that he had a son by the name of Edwin. Athelric might have been Edwin's brother but things from this period are far from clear,. Especially in the north.

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