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Edwin had conquered Gwynedd a few years before the battle and driven Cadwallon into exile. When the latter returned to Britain, he forged an alliance with Penda, who was then undertaking a siege of Exeter in Dumnonia, and together they recaptured Gwynedd from the Northumbrians. They then invaded Northumbria itself, and the two sides met at Hatfield Chase, north of DoncasterThis article is about the town of Doncaster in England. See also Doncaster, Victoria for the suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It is popularly known to its residents as Donny . It is the main settlement in th.

The battle was a disaster for Northumbria. With both Edwin and his son Osfrith killed, and his other son Eadfrith captured by Penda (and later executed), the kingdom disintegrated. EanfrithEanfrith (died 633/ 34) was briefly King of Bernicia from 632 to 633, or from 633 to 634. He was the son of Aethelfrith, a Bernician king who had also ruled Deira to the south before being killed in battle against Raedwald of East Anglia, who had given re, a son of the former king Aethelfriththelfrith (died c. 616) was a King of Bernicia (c. 616) and later, of all Northumbria (c. He succeeded his father, Aethelric of Bernicia. He was the first king to unite Northumbria, which had previously been divided between the kingdoms of Deira and Berni, returned from exile to seize power in one of the Northumbrian sub-kingdoms, BerniciaBernicia ( Brythonic, "Brynaich") was a kingdom of the Angles in northern England during the 6th and 7th centuries AD. It later merged with the kingdom of Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria. Its territory is said to have stretched from the Tyne nort, while Edwin's cousin OsricOsric (died 633/ 34) was a King of Deira ( 632 633 or 633 634) in northern England. He was a cousin of King Edwin of Northumbria: the son of Edwin's uncle Aelfric. Osric was also the father of Oswine. After Edwin was killed in battle against Cadwallon ap took over the other sub-kingdom, DeiraDeira (from Brythonic Deifr meaning "waters") was a kingdom in England during the 6th century AD. It later merged with the kingdom of Bernicia (Brythonic, Brynaich to the north to form the kingdom of Northumbria. According to Simeon of Durham it extended. Cadwallon continued to wage a war of ruthless slaughter against the Northumbrians, and was not stopped until the Battle of HeavenfieldThe Battle of Heavenfield was fought in 633 or 634 between a Northumbrian army under Oswald of Bernicia and a Welsh army under Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. It was a decisive Northumbrian victory. Following the Battle of Hatfield Chase on October 12, 63 a year later.