Ancient history

Deira | historical kingdom, england

Deira , a northern Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Britain, established in the last quarter of the 7th century n . Chr . had been united with its neighbor Bernicia ( see there ) to the kingdom Northumbria . Deira stretched from the Humber to the Tees River. There is a tradition that his first recorded king, Aelle , reigned from 560 and that after his death in 588 or 590 Deira was seized by Aethelric of Bernicia, whose son Aethelfrith ruled both kingdoms until 616, as did Aelle's son Edwin from 616 Edwin's cousin Osric ruled Deira from 632 to 633, but the two kingdoms were divided under Aethelfrith's son Oswald from 633 to 641 reunited. While Oswald's brother Oswiu ruled Bernicia from 641 to 670, Deira was ruled by Oswine until 651. a son of Osric; After his death, up to 678 members of the Bernese royal family ruled in Deira.