Kingdom of Deira

E198525
Anglo-Saxon kingdom former monarchy historical country

The Kingdom of Deira was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon realm in northern England that later became part of the larger kingdom of Northumbria.

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Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Deira canonical 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon kingdom ⓘ
former monarchy ⓘ
historical country ⓘ
alternativeName Deira ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence early Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in Yorkshire ⓘ
associatedTribe Deirans ⓘ
borderedBy Kingdom of Bernicia ⓘ
capital York ⓘ
chronologicalNote distinct identity largely lost after mid-7th century ⓘ
conqueredBy Kingdom of Bernicia ⓘ
coreArea East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
North Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
West Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
culture Anglo-Saxon culture ⓘ
endTime 7th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Angles ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
governmentType hereditary kingship ⓘ
hasTerritoryAround River Humber ⓘ
River Tees ⓘ
historicalEra Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
Early Middle Ages ⓘ
integratedInto Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
surface form: united Kingdom of Northumbria
language Old English ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
laterStatus sub-kingdom within Northumbria ⓘ
locatedIn northern England ⓘ
mergedInto Kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
notableEvent Christianization of the British Isles ⓘ
surface form: Christianization under King Edwin

Edwin’s rise to power over Deira and Bernicia ⓘ
notableRuler Edwin of Northumbria ⓘ
Oswine of Deira ⓘ
Ælle of Deira ⓘ
Æthelfrith of Northumbria ⓘ
surface form: Æthelfrith of Bernicia (overlord)

Æthelric of Deira ⓘ
partOf Heptarchy ⓘ
surface form: Heptarchy (broadly construed)

Northumbria ⓘ
politicalStatus independent kingdom before union with Bernicia ⓘ
politicalStructure monarchy ⓘ
precededBy Roman Britain ⓘ
predecessorPopulation Brythonic-speaking Britons ⓘ
presentIn sub-Roman Britain context ⓘ
region modern Yorkshire ⓘ
religion Anglo-Saxon paganism ⓘ
sourceMention Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
surface form: Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People
startTime late 5th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northumbria → precededBy → Kingdom of Deira ⓘ
Kingdom of Bernicia → mergedWith → Kingdom of Deira ⓘ
Kingdom of Bernicia → borderedBy → Kingdom of Deira ⓘ
Kingdom of Northumbria → precededBy → Kingdom of Deira ⓘ
Battle of the River Idle → associatedWith → Kingdom of Deira ⓘ