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This page is about the medieval English kingdom. For the Old English dialect, see Northumbrian dialect. For the modern county, see Northumberland.
The Kingdom of Northumbria (/nɔːrˈθʌmbriə/; Old English: Norþanhymbra rīce[1]) was a medieval Anglian kingdom in what is now northern England and south-east Scotland. The name derives from the Old English Norþan-hymbre meaning "the people or province north of the Humber,"[2] which reflects the approximate southern limit to the kingdom's territory, the Humber estuary. Northumbria started to consolidate into one kingdom in the early seventh century. At its height, the kingdom extended from just south of the Humber to the River Mersey and to the Firth of Forth, in Scotland. Northumbria ceased to be an independent kingdom in the mid-tenth century.
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Kingdom of Northumbria Norþanhymbra rīce | |||||||||||||||||
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653–954 | |||||||||||||||||
Status | Unified Angle kingdom (before 876) North: Angle kingdom (after 876) South: Danish kingdom (876–914) South: Norwegian kingdom (after 914) | ||||||||||||||||
Capital | Northern: Bamburgh Southern: York | ||||||||||||||||
Common languages | Old English, Cumbric, Latin | ||||||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||||||
• 654–670 | Oswiu | ||||||||||||||||
• died 954 | Eric Bloodaxe | ||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||
• Established | 653 | ||||||||||||||||
• South is annexed by the Danelaw | 876 | ||||||||||||||||
• South is conquered by Norse warriors | 914 | ||||||||||||||||
• Annexed by Wessex | 954 | ||||||||||||||||
Currency | Sceat (peninga) | ||||||||||||||||
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Today part of | United Kingdom ∟ North East of England ∟ North West of England (except Cheshire) ∟ Yorkshire and the Humber ∟ City of Edinburgh ∟ East Lothian ∟ Midlothian ∟ West Lothian ∟ Scottish Borders |
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