State

Kingdom of Deira

kingdom in the north of early Anglo-Saxon Britain

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450–655 CE
Founded
450 CE
Ended
655 CE
Capital
York
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Northumbria

Overview

Deira ( DY-rə, DAIR-ə; Old Welsh/Cumbric: Deywr or Deifr; Old English: Dere or Dera rice) was an area of Post-Roman Britain, and a later Anglian kingdom.

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All rulers (16)

  1. Ælla of Deira560–588 CE
  2. Æthelric588–616 CE
  3. Æthelfrith of Northumbria604–616 CE
  4. Edwin of Northumbria616–632 CE
  5. Osric of Deira633–644 CE
  6. Oswald of Northumbria634–642 CE
  7. Oswiu642–644 CE
  8. Oswine of Deira644–651 CE
  9. Œthelwald of Deira651–654 CE
  10. Alhfrith of Deira654–664 CE
  11. Oswiu654–670 CE
  12. Oswiu655 CE
  13. Alhfrith of Deira656–664 CE
  14. Ecgfrith of Northumbria664–670 CE
  15. Ecgfrith of Northumbria665–670 CE
  16. Ælfwine of Deira670–679 CE

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