Deira

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Deira was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is now northern England, later incorporated into the larger kingdom of Northumbria.

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Deira canonical 15

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon kingdom
former kingdom
associatedRiver River Humber
River Ouse
borderedBy Bernicia
capital York
existedInPeriod Early Middle Ages
formed southern part of Northumbria
hasEthnicGroup Angles
hasLanguage Old English
hasNameEtymology possibly from Brittonic *Deifr or *Deirā (meaning "waters" or "riverlands")
hasNotableEvent Edwin's conversion to Christianity
hasNotableFigure Edwin of Northumbria
surface form: Saint Edwin of Northumbria
hasNotableSite York Minster
surface form: York Minster (later ecclesiastical center)
hasReligion Germanic mythology
surface form: Anglo-Saxon paganism
hasRuler Aelle of Deira
Aethelfrith of Bernicia and Deira
Æthelric of Deira
surface form: Aethelric of Deira

Aldfrith of Northumbria (over Deira)
Edwin of Northumbria
Osric of Deira
Oswine of Deira
incorporatedInto Northumbria in early 7th century
knownFromSource The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
surface form: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
laterReligion Christianity
locatedIn Northern England
surface form: northern England
locatedInPresentDay England
Yorkshire
surface form: Yorkshire region
mergedWith Bernicia
partOf Heptarchy
surface form: Heptarchy (broadly construed)

Northumbria
predecessor post-Roman Britain
successor Kingdom of Northumbria
timeEndApprox early 7th century as independent kingdom
timeStartApprox late 5th century

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