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Deira

Deira (dē'iru) [key], old English kingdom between the Humber and the Tyne rivers. In the late 6th cent. it was united with Bernicia, to the north, to form Northumbria.

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Bernicia - Bernicia Bernicia , Old English kingdom. Established in 547, it later extended from the Tees River ...
Æthelfrith - Æthelfrith Æthelfrith , d. 616, king of Northumbria (c.593–616). He was the first ...
kingdom of Northumbria - Northumbria, kingdom of Northumbria, kingdom of , one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England. It ...
Edwin - Edwin Edwin or Eadwin, 585?–632, king of Northumbria (616–32), The son and heir of ...
Oswy - Oswy Oswy or Oswiu, d. 670, king of Northumbria. He succeeded (641) his brother Oswald in Bernicia ...

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