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  Bernicia - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It later merged with the kingdom of Deira to form the kingdom of Northumbria.
Its territory is said to have stretched from the Tyne northwards, ultimately reaching the Firth of Forth, while its western frontier was gradually extended westward, encroaching on the Cumbric speaking kingdoms of Rheged, Gododdin and Dunbarton.
Aethelfrith, king of Bernicia, united Deira with his own kingdom around the year 604 and ruled the two kingdoms (united as the kingdom of Northumbria) until he was defeated and killed by Raedwald of East Anglia (who had given refuge to Edwin, son of Aella, king of Deira) around the year 616.
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 Edwin of Deira More Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Edwin was the son of Aella of Deira king of Deira.
He was succeeded by Osric of Deira, son of Edwin's paternal uncle Ælfric, in Deira, and by Eanfrith of Bernicia, son of Æthelfrith and Edwin's sister Acha, in Bernicia.
Thereafter, with the exception of Oswine of Deira son of Osric, power in Northumbria was in the hands of the Idings, the descendants of Ida of Bernicia, until the middle of the 8th century.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Northumbria,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
At the behest of King Harthacanute in 1041 he ravaged Worcestershire and perhaps murdered Eadwulf of Northumbria; thereafter he was himself earl of Northumbria.
Edwin EDWIN [Edwin] or Eadwin, 585?-632, king of Northumbria (616-32), The son and heir of Ælla, king of Deira, he was kept from his inheritance by Æthelfrith.
He was the first great Anglo-Saxon leader among the northern English; he united Bernicia and Deira into the kingdom of Northumbria.
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 Edwin of Northumbria Biography
He was the son of Aella of Deira and the brother of Aethelric of Deira.
Around the year 604, upon the seizure of Deira by his brother-in-law, Æthelfrith of Bernicia, Edwin was expelled and took refuge with the king of Gwynedd, Cadfan ap Iago.
Besides York, Yeavering and Maelmin in Bernicia, and Catterick in Deira, were the chief scenes of the work of Paulinus.
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 Aella of Deira ralph lauren Aella of Deira   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
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Find aella of deira and more at Lycos Search.
Read about Aella Of Deira in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
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On Ida's death the northern part of Northumbria, Berenicia, remained under the rule of his house, but Aella took Deira, the southern part.
After Aellas death, Ethelfrith seized Deira for the House of Ida, and Ethelfrith regned over the reunited kingdom for nearly a quarter of a century.
The eldest, Eanfrid became King of Deira, while Osric, a cousin of Edwin, became King of Berenicia.
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 Kings of Northumbria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
To the north of the River Tyne, occupying present-day Northumberland, was Bernicia, with its capital at Bamborough, ruled by the House of Ida.
To the south of the Tyne was Deira, with its capital at York.
There was fierce fighting between the Anglians and the Celts, with seiges at Holy Island and battles in the sand.
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 Toon Ale Newcastle Beer: Monarchs of Northumbria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Another exception is a period from about the year 644 to 664, when kings ruled individually over Deira; however, these were merely sub-kings and rarely exercised much independence.
In 670, the brother of King Ecgfrith, Aelfwine, was made king of Deira, but by this point the title appears to have been little more than a formality, perhaps meant to designate Aelfwine as Ecgfrith's heir.
Aelfwine was killed in battle against Mercia in 679, and there was not another separate king of Deira until the time of Norse rule.
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Son of King Aella of Deira (southern Northumbria, Yorkshire area), Saint Edwin was only three when his father died.
The saint was deprived of the throne by King Ethelfrith of Bernicia (North Northumbria), who seized Aella's kingdom.
It became the burial site for the royal members of the house of Deira and the home of Saint Gregory I's first biographer (Attwater, Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Farmer).
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 Aella na Aella   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Read about Aella in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
Aelle (also seen as Aella, Ælla or Ella) was the name of three Anglo-Saxon kings:
This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title.
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 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of October 12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Born at Stallington, Lindsey, England; died at Barking, England, 678; feast day formerly October 11; feasts of her translations on March 7, May 4, and September 23 at Barking.
He then spent three years at Lyons, where he received the tonsure, Roman instead of Celtic style, but escaped with his life when Annemund was murdered by Ebroin at Châlon-sur-Saône, because he was a foreigner.
He returned to England in about 660, he was appointed abbot of Ripon monastery where he introduced the Roman observance, and was asked by King Alcfrid of Deira to instruct his people in the Roman rite.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Edwin
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The first Christian King of Northumbria, born about 585, son of Ælla, King of Deira, the southern division of Northumbria; died 12 October, 633.
Upon Ælla's death in 588, the sovereignty over both divisions of Northumbria was usurped by Ethebric of Bernicia, and retained at his death by his son Ethelfrid; Edwin, Ælla's infant son, being compelled until his thirtieth year to wander from one friendly prince to another, in continual danger from Ethelfrid's attempts upon his life.
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