Ecgfrith20 May 685
Defeat leads to the creation of a Kingdom of the Picts in northern Britain.
England · Warfare / Northumbria-Picts War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Defeat leads to the creation of a Kingdom of the Picts in northern Britain.
Defeated by the Picts under Brude mac Bili south east of Forfar.
Drawn by the Picts into unfavourable country & defeated south east of Forfar.
Egfrith & most of his army are slain.
Egfriths army is trapped between the shore of the loch between Dunnichen & Letham.
The Northumbrians are forced to retreat to Lothian & the Tweed Valley.
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