Who is Ida the Flamebearer?
Ida “the Flame-Bearer” of Bernicia (505-559) was King of Bernicia from 547 to 559, preceding Glappa. A leader of the Germanic Angles, he defeated King Morcant Bulc of Bryneich and conquered the Brittonic kingdom, renaming it to Bernicia. Why was Ida the Flamebearer significant? 559–60) is the first known king of the Anglian kingdom of…