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IDA (d. 559)

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 276 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IDA (d. 559)  , king of
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Bernicia, became king in 547, soon after the foundation of the
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kingdom of Bernicia by the Angles .. He built the fortress of Bebbanburh, the
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modern Bamborough, and after his
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death his kingdom, which did not extend south of the
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Tees, passed in turn to six of his sons . The surname of i The number of names by which this
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species was known in ancient times—Chloris or Chlorion, Galbula (akin to Galgulus), Parra and Vireo—may be explained by its being a
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common and conspicuous
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bird, as well as one which varied in plumage according to age and sex (see ORIOLE) . Owing to its general colour, Chloris was in time transferred to the GREENFINCH (q.v.), while the names Galbula, Parra and Vireo have since been utilized by ornithologists (see
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JACAMAR and JACANA) . Flame-
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Bearer," sometimes applied to him, refers, however, not to
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Ida, but to his son Theodric (d . 587) . See J . R . Green, Making of England, vol. i . (
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London, 1897) .

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