• Æthelric (died c. 604?) was supposedly a King of Deira (c. 589/599–c. 604). He is thought to have succeeded Ælla of Deira, but his existence is historically...
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  • Bishop of Sherborne Æthelric of Bernicia (fl. 568–572), King of Bernicia Æthelric of Deira (fl. c. 589/599–c. 604), King of Deira Æthelric of Hwicce (fl. 692–736)...
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  • Ælla or Ælle is the first known king of the Anglian kingdom of Deira, which he ruled from around 560 until his death in 588. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
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  • Dutton, The Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: the power struggles from Hengist to Ecgberht (1993), p. 108 Æthelric 3 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England v t e...
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    Deira (/ˈdaɪrə, ˈdɛərə/ DY-rə, DAIR-ə; Old Welsh/Cumbric: Deywr or Deifr; Old English: Derenrice or Dere) was an area of Post-Roman Britain, and a later...
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  • of Deira (632–633 or 633–634) in northern England. He was a cousin of king Edwin of Northumbria, being the son of Edwin's uncle Æthelric of Deira. Osric...
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    Hereswith, wife to Æthelric, the brother of king Anna of East Anglia. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reported that on Ælle's death a certain "Æthelric" assumed power...
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    south-east Scotland, was initially divided into two kingdoms: Bernicia and Deira. The two were first united by king Æthelfrith around the year 604, and except...
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  • Ida's successor is given as Glappa, one of his sons, followed by Adda, Æthelric, Theodric, Frithuwald, Hussa, and finally Æthelfrith (d. c. 616), the first...
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    line; the short five-year reign of Æthelric of Deira, who ruled immediately prior to Æthelfrith's acquisition of Deira, may also indicate conquest. On the...
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    under the rule of King Authari (approximate date). Æthelric succeeds his father Ælla as king of Deira in Northern England (according to the Anglo-Saxon...
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    Northumbria invades Deira and kills its king, Æthelric. Prince Edwin, son of the late king Ælla of Deira (possibly a nephew of Æthelric), flees to the court...
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    Tees. In the early 7th century, it merged with its southern neighbour, Deira, to form the kingdom of Northumbria, and its borders subsequently expanded...
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  • several sons born to Ida, the first ruler of Bernicia, as was his successor Æthelric. Adda may have been the Bernician commander at the battle of Caer Greu...
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    of Deira rather than Bernicia, succeeded him as king after his death. Northumbria did not exist until the union of Bernicia with the kingdom of Deira; this...
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  • power. In 604 he had taken control of Deira, evidently by conquest; he killed the previous king (apparently Æthelric), married Acha, a member of the kingly...
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    there. The second edition of the Handbook of British Chronology listed Æthelric to have been archbishop of York from 1041 to 1042, but in the third edition...
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    what is now West Yorkshire. In 616, Edwin defeated Æthelfrith, the son of Æthelric of Bernicia, in battle. He created the Kingdom of Northumbria and took...
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    Eni ? Eorpwald5 Rægenhere Sigeberht6 Anna7 Saewara Æthelhere8 Æthelwold9 Æthelric Hereswitha Seaxburh Æthelthryth Æthelburh Jurmin Ealdwulf10 Ælfwald11...
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  • under the rule of King Authari (approximate date). Æthelric succeeds his father Ælla as king of Deira in Northern England (according to the Anglo-Saxon...
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  • King (632–633) Oswald, King (634–641) Oswiu, King (642–670) Deira (complete list) – Æthelric, King (589–604) Æthelfrith, King (604–616) Edwin, King (616–632)...
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  • He died in 664 and was succeeded by Ealdwulf, the son of his brother Æthelric. Few records relating to East Anglia have survived and almost nothing is...
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    Y Gododdin. Ida's grandson, Æthelfrith, united Deira with his own kingdom, killing its king Æthelric to form Northumbria around 604. Ætherlric's son...
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  • Northumbria invades Deira and kills its king, Æthelric. Prince Edwin, son of the late king Ælla of Deira (possibly a nephew of Æthelric), flees to the court...
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  • brother Glappa as king of Bernicia (approximate date). Ælla becomes king of Deira (this according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle). Ceawlin succeeds his father...
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  • Edward the Confessor. Æthelwine was the brother of the previous bishop, Æthelric, who had been forced to resign after a financial scandal. In 1059, Æthelwine...
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  • shrine of St Cuthbert in Durham during the time of the bishops Edmund, Æthelric and Æthelwine, in the early–mid 11th century. The miraculously incorrupt...
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  • (560–568) Aethelric, King (568–572) Theodric, King (572–579) Frithuwald, King (579–585) Hussa, King (585–592) Æthelfrith, King (593–616) Deira (complete...
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