State · 653 – 954
Kingdom of Northumbria
A state of 653 – 954 — 301 years in Europe. It followed Kingdom of Bernicia, Kingdom of Deira and Kingdom of Rheged and 1 more. The atlas records 34 things within it — wars and battles 2 · people 32. Its line of rulers holds 46 people, 33 with dated terms.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 301 years
- 653 – 954
- Rulers
- 46
- the King of Northumbria
- Most ground
- 85,000 km²
- in 656
- Within it
- 34
- recorded rows
- Symbol
- 1
- on record, with years
656 · at its largest · 85,000 km²
878 · last mapped · 15,600 km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Gododdin · follows
- Kingdom of Deira · follows · 450 – 655
- Kingdom of Bernicia · follows · 420 – 634
- Kingdom of Rheged · follows · 500 – 650
Rulers
The line of King of Northumbria - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswiu | 655 – 670 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Aldfrith of Northumbria | 665 – 670 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Ecgfrith of Northumbria | 670 – 685 | 15 years | died in battleWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Aldfrith of Northumbria | 685 – 704 | 19 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Eadwulf I of Northumbria | 704 – 705 | 1 year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Osred I of Northumbria | 705 – 716 | 11 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Coenred of Northumbria | 716 – 718 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Osric of Northumbria | 718 – 729 | 11 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ceolwulf of Northumbria | 729 – 737 | 8 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Eadberht | 737 – 758 | 21 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Oswulf of Northumbria | 758 – 759 | 1 year | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | child |
| Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria | 759 – 765 | 6 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Alhred | 765 – 774 | 9 years | ending not on record | |
| Æthelred I of Northumbria | 774 – 779 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ælfwald I of Northumbria | 779 – 788 | 9 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Osred II of Northumbria | 788 – 790 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Æthelred I of Northumbria | 788 – 796 | 8 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Osbald of Northumbria | 796 – 796 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Eardwulf of Northumbria | 796 – 806 | 10 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Ælfwald II of Northumbria | 806 – 808 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Eardwulf of Northumbria | 808 – 811 | 3 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Eanred of Northumbria | 808 – 844 | 36 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | child |
| Ælfwald II of Northumbria | 840 – 844 | 4 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Osberht of Northumbria | 840 – 860 | 20 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Rædwulf of Northumbria | 844 – 844 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ælfwald II of Northumbria | 844 – 848 | 4 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Osberht of Northumbria | 850 – 860 | 10 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Æthelred II of Northumbria | 854 – 862 | 8 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Ælla of Northumbria | 860 – 867 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ecgberht I of Northumbria | 867 – 872 | 5 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Ricsige of Northumbria | 872 – 876 | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ecgberht II of Northumbria | 876 – 878 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Guthred | 883 – 895 | 12 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Eadwulf I of Bamburgh | 890 – 913 | 23 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Siefredus of Northumbria | 895 – 900 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Airdeconut | 900 – 902 | 2 years | ending not on record | |
| Æthelwold ætheling | 900 – 902 | 2 years | died in battleWikidata's manner of death | |
| Cnut of Northumbria | 900 – 905 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Eric Bloodaxe | 947 – 949 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Eric Bloodaxe | 952 – 954 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
46 rulers, 33 with terms dated as terms, covering 655 – 954. Median reign 5 years. 17 of 39 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
47,500 km² in 653, 15,600 km² in 928; at its largest 47,500 km² in 653. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flag or arms
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedFlag of Northumbria · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
600 – 6996 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Bede · philosopher · 672 – 735
- Aldfrith of Northumbria · ruler · 600 – 705
- Battle of the Winwaed · battle · 655
- Osred I of Northumbria · ruler · 697 – 716
- Osric of Northumbria · ruler · 650 – 729
- Ceolwulf of Northumbria · ruler · 695 – 765
700 – 79910 rows
- Osred II of Northumbria · ruler · 701 – 792
- Ælfwald I of Northumbria · ruler · 759 – 788
- Eardwulf of Northumbria · ruler · 765 – 810
- Eanred of Northumbria · ruler · 780 – 841
- Osbald of Northumbria · ruler · 701 – 799
- Oswulf of Northumbria · ruler · 701 – 759
- Æthelred I of Northumbria · ruler · 760 – 796
- Eadwulf I of Northumbria · ruler · 700 – 717
and 2 more in the atlas.
800 – 89913 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Eric Bloodaxe · ruler · 895 – 954
- Ælla of Northumbria · ruler · 800 – 867
- Ælfwald II of Northumbria · ruler · 800 – 808
- Rædwulf of Northumbria · ruler · 800 – 844
- Æthelred II of Northumbria · ruler · 810 – 848
- Ecgberht I of Northumbria · ruler · 800 – 873
- Osberht of Northumbria · ruler · 850 – 867
- Æthelwold ætheling · ruler · 801 – 902
and 5 more in the atlas.
900 – 9995 rows
- Olaf Guthfrithson · ruler · 900 – 941
- Amlaíb Cuarán · ruler · 901 – 981
- Sitric Cáech · ruler · 900 – 927
- Gofraid ua Ímair · ruler · 900 – 934
- Oswulf I of Bamburgh · ruler · 950 – 963
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood301 years
stood longer than 74% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held85,000 km²
held more ground at its peak than 42% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median5 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 18% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record46
has more rulers on record than 97% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 6 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 623 – 984, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 656, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q107299 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.