Polity · 604 CE – 949 CE
Kingdom of Northumbria
Norþhymbra rīce
- Peak recorded area
- 85,389 km²
- 656 CE
- Rulers on record
- 36
- from 604 CE
Overview
Northumbria was an early medieval English kingdom, existing between 654 and 1066 AD, spanning modern-day Northern England and Southern Scotland.
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Territory
17 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
36 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Æthelfrith of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria604 CE – 616 CE
- Edwin of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria616 CE – 633 CE
- Oswald of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria634 CE – 642 CE
- OswiuKing of Northumbria655 CE – 670 CE
- AldfrithKing of Northumbria665 CE – 670 CE
- Ecgfrith of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria670 CE – 685 CE
- Eadwulf IKing of Northumbria704 CE – 705 CE
- Osred IKing of Northumbria705 CE – 716 CE
- CoenredKing of Northumbria716 CE – 718 CE
- OsricKing of Northumbria718 CE – 729 CE
- Ceolwulf of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria729 CE – 737 CE
- EadberhtKing of Northumbria737 CE – 758 CE
- OswulfKing of Northumbria758 CE – 759 CE
- Æthelwald MollKing of Northumbria759 CE – 765 CE
- AlhredKing of Northumbria765 CE – 774 CE
- Æthelred IKing of Northumbria774 CE – 779 CE
- Ælfwald IKing of Northumbria779 CE – 788 CE
- Osred IIKing of Northumbria788 CE – 790 CE
- EardwulfKing of Northumbria796 CE – 806 CE
- OsbaldKing of Northumbria796 CE
- Ælfwald II of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria806 CE – 808 CE
- EanredKing of Northumbria808 CE – 840 CE
- OsberhtKing of Northumbria840 CE – 860 CE
- RædwulfKing of Northumbria844 CE
- Æthelred IIKing of Northumbria854 CE – 858 CE
- ÆllaKing of Northumbria860 CE – 867 CE
- Ecgberht I of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria867 CE – 872 CE
- Ricsige of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria872 CE – 876 CE
- Ecgberht II of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria876 CE – 878 CE
- GuthredKing of Northumbria883 CE – 895 CE
- Eadwulf I of BamburghKing of Northumbria890 CE – 913 CE
- Siefredus of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria895 CE – 900 CE
- Æthelwold of WessexKing of Northumbria900 CE – 902 CE
- AirdeconutKing of Northumbria900 CE – 902 CE
- Cnut of NorthumbriaKing of Northumbria900 CE – 905 CE
- Eric BloodaxeKing of Northumbria947 CE – 949 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Northumbrian, Old English
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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Kingdom of Northumbria is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.