Deira
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Deira was an area of Post-Roman Britain, and a later Anglian kingdom.
Northumbria.rise.600.700
Edwin of Northumbria
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Edwin, also known as Eadwine or Æduinus, was the King of Deira and Bernicia – which later became known as Northumbria – from around 616 until his death. He was the second monarch to rule both of these
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…Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia, took control of Deira in 604 and united the two kingdoms into Northumbria. Æthelfrith ruled until the accession of Ælla's son Edwin, in 616 or 617, who also ruled both kingdoms until 633. Osric, the nephew of Edwin, ruled Deira after Edwin, but his son Oswine was put to death by…
Stained glass image of St. Edwin of Northumbria at St Mary, Sledmere, Yorkshire.
Depiction of Edwin from John Speed's 1611 "Saxon Heptarchy".