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'Northumbria', a kingdom of Angles in northern England, was initially divided into two kingdoms, Bernicia and Deira. The two were first united by Aethelfrith around the year 604, and except for occasional periods of division over the subsequent century, they remained so.
The exceptions are during the brief period from 633 to 634, when Northumbria was plunged into chaos by the death of King Edwin in battle and the ruinous invasion of Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. The unity of the Northumbrian kingdoms was restored after Cadwallon's death in battle in 634.
Another exception is a period from about the year 644 to 664, when kings ruled individually over Deira. In 651, King Oswiu had Oswine of Deira killed and replaced by Aethelwald, but Aethelwald did not prove to be a loyal sub-king, allying with the Mercian king Penda; according to Bede, Aethelwald acted as Penda's guide during the latter's invasion of Northumbria but withdrew his forces when the Mercians met the Northumbrians at the Battle of Winwaed. After the Mercian defeat at Winwaed, Aethelwald lost power and Oswiu's own son, Alchfrith, became king in his place. In 670, Aelfwine, the brother of the childless King Ecgfrith, was made king of Deira; by this point the title may have been used primarily to designate an 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.
Following are 'lists' of the kings of Bernicia, Deira, and Northumbria. Note that many of their dates, particularly in the earlier period, are considered unreliable.
This was a time when spellings varied widely, even within a document. A number of variations of the details below exist. Amongst these are the preference between þ and ð (hard and soft 'th').
The character '7' was used as the ampersand '&' in contemporary Anglo-Saxon writings. The era pre-dates the emergence of forms of writing accepted today, notably minuscule, and the letters 'W' and 'U'. Where W was followed by U this was generally rendered as 'VV' (which was also used for 'W' alone).

Contents

List of the Kings of Bernicia

List of the Kings of Deira

List of the Kings of Northumbria

Sub-Kings under Norse Kingdom of York

Deira under Norse York Control from 878

See also

List of the Kings of Bernicia

Reign	Incumbent		Notes
''fl.''500	'Esa' (Oesa)	'ESA INGVING' CYNING 'ESA REX' BERNICIA CYNING
''fl.c.''520	'Eoppa'	'EOPPA ESING' BERNICIA CYNING 'EOPPA REX' BERNICIA
547 to 559	'Ida'	'IDA EOPPING' BERNICIA CYNING 'IDA REX' BERNICIA
559 to 560	'Glappa' (Clappa)	'GLAPPA' BERNICIA CYNING 'GLAPPA REX' BERNICIA
560 to 568	'Adda'	'ADDA IDING' BERNICIA CYNING 'ADDA REX' BERNICIA
568 to 572	'Æthelric'	'ÆÞELRIC IDING' BERNICIA CYNING 'ÆÞELRIC REX' BERNICIA
572 to 579	'Theodric' (Deoric)	'ÞEODRIC IDING' BERNICIA CYNING 'ÞEODRIC REX' BERNICIA
579 to 585	'Frithuwald' (Frithewlf)	'FRIÞVVALD' BERNICIA CYNING 'FRIÞVVALD REX' BERNICIA
585 to 593	'Hussa'	'HVSSA' BERNICIA CYNING 'HVSSA REX' BERNICIA
593 to 616	'Æthelfrith'	'ÆÞELFRIÞ ÆÞELRICING' BERNICIA 7 DEIRA CYNING 'ÆÞELFRIÞ REX' BERNICIA ET DEIRA	Killed in battle
'Deira Dynasty'
616 to 12/14 October 632	'Edwin'	'EDVVIN ÆLLING' BERNICIA 7 DEIRA CYNING 'EDVVIN REX' BERNICIA ET DEIRA	Killed in battle by Penda, King of Mercia
'Bernicia Dynasty'
''late'' 632 to 633	'Eanfrith'	'EANFRIÞ ÆÞELFRIÞING' BERNICIA CYNING 'EANFRIÞ REX' BERNICIA
634 to 5 August 641	'Oswald'	'OSVVALD ÆÞELFRIÞING' BERNICIA 7 DEIRA CYNING 'OSVVALD REX' BERNICIA ET DEIRA	Killed by Penda, King of Mercia; Saint Oswald
''late'' 641 to 654	'Oswiu'	'OSVVIO ÆÞELFRIÞING' BERNICIA CYNING 'OSVVIO REX' BERNICIA	Became King of united Northumbria

List of the Kings of Deira

Reign	Incumbent		Notes
559/560 to 589	'Aella' (Aelli)	'ÆLLA YFFING' DEIRA CYNING 'ÆLLA REX' DEIRA
589/599 to 604	'Aethelric' (Aedilric)	'ÆÞELRIC IDING' BERNICIA 7 DEIRA CYNING 'ÆÞELRIC REX' BERNICIA ET DEIRA
'Bernician Dynasty'
593/604''?'' to 616	'Aethelfrith'	'ÆÞELFERÞ ÆÞELRICING' DEIRA CYNING 'ÆÞELFERÞ REX' DEIRA	Killed in battle
'Deira Dynasty'
616 to 12/14 October 632	'Edwin'	'EDVVIN ÆLLING' BERNICIA 7 DEIRA CYNING 'EDVVIN REX' BERNICIA ET DEIRA	Killed in battle by Cadwallon of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia
''late'' 633 to summer 634	'Osric'	'OSRIC ÆLFRICING' DEIRA CYNING 'OSRIC REX' DEIRA
633 to 5 August 642	'Oswald'	'OSVVALD' BERNICIA 7 DEIRA CYNING 'OSVVALD REX' BERNICIA ET DEIRA	Killed by Penda, King of Mercia; Saint Oswald
642 to 644	'Oswiu'	'OSVVIO ÆÞELFRIÞING' BERNICIA 7 DEIRA CYNING 'OSVVIO REX' BERNICIA ET DEIRA
644 to 651	'Oswine'	'OSVVINE OSRICING' DEIRA CYNING 'OSVVINE REX' DEIRA	Murdered
summer 651 to ''late'' 654 or 655	'Æthelwold'	'ÆÞELVVALD OSVVALDING' DEIRA CYNING 'ÆÞELVVALD REX' DEIRA
654 to 15 August 670	'Oswiu '	'OSVVIO ÆÞELFERÞING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'OSVVIO REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Restored
656 to 664	'Alchfrith'	'ALCHFRIÞ' DEIRA CYNING 'ALCHFRIÞ REX' DEIRA
670 to 679	'Aelfwine'	'ÆLFVVINE' DEIRA CYNING 'ÆLFVVINE REX' DEIRA

List of the Kings of Northumbria

Reign	Incumbent		Notes
654 to 15 February 670	'Oswiu'	'OSVVIO ÆÞELFRIÞING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'OSVVIO REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Hither of Bernicia and Deira
February 670 to 20 May 685	'Ecgfrith'	'ECGFERÞ OSVVEOING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ECGFERÞ REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Killed in battle against the Picts
May 685 to 14 December 704	'Aldfrith' (Ealdfrith, Aldfrid)	'ALDFERÞ OSVVEOING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ALDFERÞ REX' NORÞANHYMBRA
''late'' 704 to ''early'' 705	'Eadwulf'	'EADVVLF' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'EADVVLF REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Usurper
705 to 716	'Osred I'	'OSRED ALDFERÞING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'OSRED REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Killed in battle or murdered
716 to 718	'Coenred'	'COENRED' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'COENRED REX' NORÞANHYMBRA
718 to 29 May 729	'Osric'	'OSRIC ALDFERÞING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'OSRIC REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Adopted Ceolwulf as his heir
729 to 731	'Ceolwulf'	'CEOLVVLF' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'CEOLVVLF REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Deposed; Saint Ceolwulf
731 to 737/8	'Ceolwulf'	'CEOLVVLF' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'CEOLVVLF REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Restored; abdicated to become a monk
737 to 758	'Eadberht'	'EADBRYHT EATING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'EADBRYHT REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Abdicated to become a monk
758 to 759	'Oswulf' (Osulf)	'OSVVLF' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'OSVVLF REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Murdered by his servants
759 to 765	'Æthelwald Moll'	'ÆÞELVVALD MOLL' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ÆÞELVVALD MOLL REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Deposed
765 to 774	'Alhred'	'EALCHRED' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'EALCHRED REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Deposed and exiled
774 to 779	'Æthelred I'	'ÆÞELRED' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ÆÞELRED REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Deposed
779 to 23 September 788	'Ælfwald I'	'ÆLFVVALD' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ÆLFVVALD REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Murdered
788 to 790	'Osred II'	'OSRED ALCHREDING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'OSRED REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Deposed and exiled
790 to 18 April 796	'Æthelred I'	'ÆÞELRED' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ÆÞELRED REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Restored
796	'Osbald'	'OSBALD' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'OSBALD REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Exiled after a reign of 27 days
14 May 796 to 806/8	'Eardwulf'	'EARDVVLF' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'EARDVVLF REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Deposed
806/8 to 808/10	'Ælfwald II' (Elfwald II)	'ÆLFVVALD' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ÆLFVVALD REX' NORÞANHYMBRA
808 to 810	'Eardwulf'	'EARDVVLF' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'EARDVVLF REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Restored
810 to 841	'Eanred'	'EANRED EARDVVLFING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'EANRED REX' NORÞANHYMBRA
840/1 to 844	'Æthelred II'	'ÆÞELRED EANREDING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ÆÞELRED REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Deposed
844	'Rædwulf' (Redwulf)	'RÆDVVLF' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'RÆDVVLF REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Usurper
844 to ''c.''848/9	'Æthelred II'	'ÆÞELRED EANREDING' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ÆÞELRED REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Restored
''c.''848/9 to 862/3	'Osberht' (Osbert)	'OSBEORHT' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'OSBEORHT REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Deposed
862/3/7 to 23 March 867	'Ælle II'	'ÆLLE' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ÆLLE REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Usurper; Killed by the Danes with Osbeorht
867 to 21 March 867	'Osberht' (Osbert)	'OSBEORHT' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'OSBEORHT REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Killed by the Danes with the usurper Aelle

Sub-Kings under Norse Kingdom of York

Reign	Incumbent		Notes
867 to 872	'Ecgberht I'	'ECGBRYHT' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ECGBRYHT REX' NORÞANHYMBRA	Puppet king of the Danes
872 to 876	'Ricsige'	'RICSIGE' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'RICSIGE REX' NORÞANHYMBRA
876 to ''c.''878	'Ecgberht II'	'ECGBRYHT' NORÞANHYMBRA CYNING 'ECGBRYHT REX' NORÞANHYMBRA
''c.''878>	''Northumbria subsumed into the Norse kingdom of York''

Deira under Norse York Control from 878

The following were ealdormen, later earls, in Bernicia, with their capital at Bamburgh under the Norse of York. By the time of Osulf, they were ruling over all Northumbria from York under the king of England.

Reign	Incumbent		Notes
''???'' to 913	'Eadulf I'	'Eadulf'
913 to 930	'Ealdred I'	'Ealdred'
930 to 963	'Osulf'	'Osulf'	Earl of all Northumbria in 954, with death of Eric Bloodaxe
963 to 970	'Waltheof'	'Walþeof'	Earl of all Northumbria
995 to 1016	'Uchtred the Bold'	'Uchtred'	Earl of all Northumbria
1016 to 1019	'Eadulf II'	'Eadulf'	Only in Bernicia
1019 to 1038	'Ealdred II'	'Ealdred'	Only in Bernicia
1038 to 1041	'Eadulf III'	'Eadulf'	Only in Bernicia

See also

★ Earl of York

★ Earl of Northumberland