Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

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
Map: Kingdom of Northumbria in 656, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Kingdom of Northumbria in 656, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 85,000 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Kingdom of Northumbria in 656, at its largest

656 · at its largest · 85,000 km²

Kingdom of Northumbria in 878, last mapped

878 · last mapped · 15,600 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Kingdom of Deira: 450 – 655Kingdom of Bernicia: 420 – 634Kingdom of Rheged: 500 – 650Kingdom of Northumbria: 653 – 954

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

Rulers

The line of King of Northumbria - the office this state names as its head of state.

Oswiu · 655 – 670 · died in office, manner not recordedAldfrith of Northumbria · 665 – 670 · left office aliveEcgfrith of Northumbria · 670 – 685 · died in battleAldfrith of Northumbria · 685 – 704 · left office aliveEadwulf I of Northumbria · 704 – 705 · left office aliveOsred I of Northumbria · 705 – 716 · died in office, manner not recordedCoenred of Northumbria · 716 – 718 · died in office, manner not recordedOsric of Northumbria · 718 – 729 · died in office, manner not recordedCeolwulf of Northumbria · 729 – 737 · abdicated, the article saysEadberht · 737 – 758 · abdicated, the article saysOswulf of Northumbria · 758 – 759 · killed, the article saysÆthelwald Moll of Northumbria · 759 – 765 · deposed, the article saysAlhred · 765 – 774 · no death date to read the end againstÆthelred I of Northumbria · 774 – 779 · left office aliveÆlfwald I of Northumbria · 779 – 788 · killedOsred II of Northumbria · 788 – 790 · no death date to read the end againstÆthelred I of Northumbria · 788 – 796 · died in office, manner not recordedOsbald of Northumbria · 796 – 796 · no death date to read the end againstEardwulf of Northumbria · 796 – 806 · deposed, the article saysÆlfwald II of Northumbria · 806 – 808 · died in office, manner not recordedEardwulf of Northumbria · 808 – 811 · the term ends after the recorded deathEanred of Northumbria · 808 – 844 · the term ends after the recorded deathÆlfwald II of Northumbria · 840 – 844 · the term ends after the recorded deathOsberht of Northumbria · 840 – 860 · left office aliveRædwulf of Northumbria · 844 – 844 · died in office, manner not recordedÆlfwald II of Northumbria · 844 – 848 · the term ends after the recorded deathOsberht of Northumbria · 850 – 860 · left office aliveÆthelred II of Northumbria · 854 – 862 · the term ends after the recorded deathÆlla of Northumbria · 860 – 867 · died in office, manner not recordedEcgberht I of Northumbria · 867 – 872 · left office aliveRicsige of Northumbria · 872 – 876 · died in office, manner not recordedEcgberht II of Northumbria · 876 – 878 · no death date to read the end againstGuthred · 883 – 895 · died in office, manner not recordedEadwulf I of Bamburgh · 890 – 913 · died in office, manner not recordedSiefredus of Northumbria · 895 – 900 · no death date to read the end againstAirdeconut · 900 – 902 · no death date to read the end againstÆthelwold ætheling · 900 – 902 · died in battleCnut of Northumbria · 900 – 905 · no death date to read the end againstEric Bloodaxe · 947 – 949 · left office aliveEric Bloodaxe · 952 – 954 · died in office, manner not recorded700800900
killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Oswiu655 – 67015 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Aldfrith of Northumbria665 – 6705 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Ecgfrith of Northumbria670 – 68515 yearsdied in battleWikidata's manner of deathsibling
Aldfrith of Northumbria685 – 70419 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonesibling
Eadwulf I of Northumbria704 – 7051 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Osred I of Northumbria705 – 71611 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Coenred of Northumbria716 – 7182 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Osric of Northumbria718 – 72911 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ceolwulf of Northumbria729 – 7378 yearsabdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Eadberht737 – 75821 yearsabdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Oswulf of Northumbria758 – 7591 yearkilled, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlechild
Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria759 – 7656 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Alhred765 – 7749 yearsending not on record
Æthelred I of Northumbria774 – 7795 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Ælfwald I of Northumbria779 – 7889 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Osred II of Northumbria788 – 7902 yearsending not on record
Æthelred I of Northumbria788 – 7968 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Osbald of Northumbria796 – 796under a yearending not on record
Eardwulf of Northumbria796 – 80610 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Ælfwald II of Northumbria806 – 8082 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Eardwulf of Northumbria808 – 8113 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Eanred of Northumbria808 – 84436 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Ælfwald II of Northumbria840 – 8444 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Osberht of Northumbria840 – 86020 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Rædwulf of Northumbria844 – 844under a yeardied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ælfwald II of Northumbria844 – 8484 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Osberht of Northumbria850 – 86010 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Æthelred II of Northumbria854 – 8628 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Ælla of Northumbria860 – 8677 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ecgberht I of Northumbria867 – 8725 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Ricsige of Northumbria872 – 8764 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ecgberht II of Northumbria876 – 8782 yearsending not on record
Guthred883 – 89512 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Eadwulf I of Bamburgh890 – 91323 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Siefredus of Northumbria895 – 9005 yearsending not on record
Airdeconut900 – 9022 yearsending not on record
Æthelwold ætheling900 – 9022 yearsdied in battleWikidata's manner of death
Cnut of Northumbria900 – 9055 yearsending not on record
Eric Bloodaxe947 – 9492 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Eric Bloodaxe952 – 9542 yearsdied 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.

700750800850900

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 of Northumbria
    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 – 699: 6 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other600700 – 799: 10 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other700800 – 899: 13 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other800900 – 999: 5 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other900

600 – 6996 rows · 1 wars and battles

700 – 79910 rows

and 2 more in the atlas.

800 – 89913 rows · 1 wars and battles

and 5 more in the atlas.

900 – 9995 rows

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.

Kingdom of Rheged · Linked · 450 – 650Kingdom of RhegedKingdom of Bernicia · Linked · 425 – 634Kingdom of BerniciaBattle of Heavenfield · Linked · 634Battle of HeavenfieldKingdom of Deira · Linked · 450 – 655Kingdom of DeiraWilfrid · Coincidence · 634 – 709WilfridCuthbert · Coincidence · 635 – 687CuthbertKingdom of Northumbria · 653 – 954Kingdom of Northumbria500600700800900
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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

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.