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Bernicia
An Anglian kingdom founded in the 6th century ad, extending from the Tyne to the Forth and eventually united with Deira to form Northumbria.
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages
... The northernmost Anglian kingdom centred at Bamburgh and Yeavering. Ida, whose rule is traditionally dated to 547–59, founded the royal dynasty. During the late 6th and 7th centuries Bernicia expanded against the Brittonic kingdoms of Gododdin to the north and *Rheged to the west, and finally won supremacy over *Deira , a rival Anglian kingdom to the south, with which it united to form the kingdom of *Northumbria in the mid 7th century. Craig R. Davis D. Dumville , ‘The Origins of Northumbria’, in The Origins of Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms , ed. S....
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The Kings and Queens of Britain (2 ed.)
... The kingdom of Bernicia was formed in the fifth century by Anglo-Saxon settlers around the rivers Tyne and Wear, and expanded rapidly, mainly at the expense of its Celtic neighbours, the Votadini, towards the Forth, and Rheged in the north-west around Carlisle and southern Galloway. It then began rivalry with the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira to the south, which it absorbed in the seventh century. As the united kingdom of Northumbria it became briefly an important power, but the resistance of Mercia to the south and the devastating effects of Viking raids...
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A Dictionary of Environment and Conservation (3 ed.)
...Bernicia A British oil tanker that collided with a jetty at the Sullom Voe oil terminal, Shetland Islands, on 1 January 1979 , releasing more than 1100 tonnes of heavy fuel oil. The release caused severe contamination. About 3700 seabirds and 50 sheep were killed and 2000 sheep were badly...
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A Dictionary of British History (3 ed.)
...dynasty in northern England was only seriously challenged by Edwin of Deira ( 617–33 ) who ruled in both Bernicia and Deira, but by the end of the reign of Ecgfrith ( 670–85 ) Deira had been integrated with Bernicia to form the province of Northumbria . The disastrous defeat of Ecgfrith by the Picts at Nechtansmere put an end to further overlordship of the northern Celtic peoples. When much of Deira was overrun by Scandinavians after 867 , Bernicia (or a substantial part of it) re‐emerged in effect as a separate province under a dynasty known as...
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Barbara Yorke
The Oxford Companion to British History (2 ed.)
...by Edwin of Deira ( 617–33 ) who ruled in both Bernicia and Deira, but by the end of the reign of Ecgfrith ( 670–85 ) the Deiran dynasty had been obliterated in the male line and Deira integrated with Bernicia to form the province of Northumbria . The disastrous defeat of Ecgfrith by the Picts at Nechtansmere put an end to further overlordship or conquest of the northern Celtic peoples. In spite of some evangelization in the province by Bishop Paulinus of York, the main period of conversion for Bernicia was in the reign of Oswald, through a mission of...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)
... an Anglian kingdom founded in the 6th century ad , extending from the Tyne to the Forth and eventually united with Deira to form...
Bernicia
kingdom of Deira
Ida
Brynaich
Cenred
Ecgberht II
Ricsige
Selyn ap Cynan
Bamburgh castle
battle of Catterick
battle of the River Idle
kingdom of the Gododdin
battle of Heavenfield
