Burgwine Ricfriding

Burgwine Ricfriding (478 - 526) was a Talorian nobleman and military commander during the early 6th Century. He led the Ricfriding Fyrdmen during the Red Plains War, sustaining an arm injury during the Battle of Fenfield. He died due to an infection in this wound three years later.
Burgwine was the second son of Wulfstan Ricfriding, the 5th head of the house. Leadership of the house in Burgwine's time passed to his older brother Burgwulf, and later to Burgwulf's son Beorhtwig.
Burgwine was known to be a realistic man. He saw no value in deluding himself otherwise, and tried to impress these beliefs upon whoever would listen. Because of this, he was seen as a defeatist during the Red Plains War, and was initially blamed for the loss at Fenfield. While the blame was removed when his commander's tactics were revealed, the effect of this shame was never entirely removed.
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