ELLA (d. 867)
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of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
ELLA (d. 867)
, See also: - KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
of the Northumbrians, became king about 862 on the deposition of Osbert, although he was not of royal birth
.
Afterwards he became reconciled with Osbert, and together they attacked the Danes, who had invaded Northumbria, and drove them into York
.
Rallying, however, the Danes defeated the Northumbrians, and in the encounter both Ella and Osbert were slain
.
In certain legends Ella is represented
as having brought about the Danish invasion of Northumbria by cruel and unjust actions
.
See The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, edited by C
.
Plummer ( See also: - OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
, 1892–1899) ; Bede, Historiae ecclesiasticae, edited by C
.
Plummer (Oxford, 1896); See also: - HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum, edited by T
.
Arnold, Rolls Series ( London, 1879) ; Asser, De rebus gestis Aelfredi, edited by W
.
H
.
Stevenson (Oxford, 1904); J
.
R
.
Green, The Making of England (London, 1897), and the Dictionary of National Biography, vol. i
.
(London, 1895)
.
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