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Deira
See also: Æthelfrith
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Æthelfrith
(d. c.616)
succeeded his father Æthelric as king of Bernicia in 592 and became king of Northumbria (both Bernicia and Deira) in 604; married to Bebba and later to the Deiran princess Acha.
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Eadwine ... king of Northumbria
(d. 632)
son of Ælla (king of Deira), was king of the two Northumbrian kingdoms, Deira and Bernicia, and described by Bede as an overking. He was killed in battle against Penda, king of Mercia.
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Osric ... king of Deira
(d. 634)
son of Ælfric (an uncle of King Eadwine), was king of Deira.
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Oswald ... king of Northumbria
(d. 642)
Son of Æthelfrith (king of Bernicia and later, Northumbria), was king of the Northumbrian kingdoms, Bernicia and Deira, following a period of exile among the Irish. He was killed in battle against an alliance between Penda, king of Mercia, and the Britons. Oswald later became the focus of a royal cult.
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