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Deira
Deira was a kingdom in Northern England during the 6th century AD. It
extended from the River Humber|Humber to the River Tees|Tees, and from the sea to the western edge of the Vale of York. It
later merged with the kingdom of Bernicia to the north to form the kingdom of Northumbria.
The name of the kingdom is of Brythonic language|Brythonic origin, perhaps from ''Deifr'', meaning "waters", or from ''Daru'', meaning "oak", in which case it would mean "the people of the River Derwent, Yorkshire|Derwent", a derivation also found in the Latin language|Latin name for Malton, North Yorkshire|Malton, ''Derventio''.[N. J. Higham, ''The Kingdom of Northumbria AD 350-1100,'' p. 81]
According to Simeon of Durham it extended from the Humber to the Tyne, but the land was waste north of the River Tees|Tees. After the Kingdom of Ebrauc|Ebrauc was annexed by Edwin, York (Ebrauc) became its capital. Before this it is likely that the capital would have been at or near Pocklington.
The first Angles|Anglian king of whom we have any record is Aella of Deira|Ælla, who flourished in the later 6th century after conquering the realm from the Britons in 581. After his death, Deira was subject to king Aethelfrith of Northumbria|Æthelfrith of Bernicia, who united the two kingdoms into Northumbria. Æthelfrith ruled until the accession of Ælla's son Edwin of Northumbria|Edwin, in 616 or 617, who also ruled both kingdoms until 633.
Osric of Deira|Osric, the nephew of Edwin, ruled Deira after Edwin, but his son Oswine of Deira|Oswine was put to death by Oswiu of Northumbria|Oswiu in 651. For a few years subsequently Deira was governed by Aethelwald of Deira|Æthelwald son of Oswald of Bernicia.
Bede wrote of Deira in his ''Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum|Historia Ecclesiastica''.
Kings of Deira
References
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Further reading
- Geake, Helen & Joanthan Kenny (eds.) (2000). ''Early Deira: Archaeological studies of the East Riding in the fourth to ninth centuries AD.'' Oxford: Oxbow. ISBN 1-9001-8890-2
- Higham, N.J. (1993). ''The Kingdom of Northumbria AD 350-1100.'' Stroud: Sutton. ISBN 0-8629-9730-5
Category:History of Yorkshire
Category:Petty kingdoms of England
Related Images- List of Bernician, Deiran, and Northumberland Rulers from AD 547 (from an 1834 book).
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