One king of this region, Ecgfrith, was crushed by Bridei at the Battle of Nechtansmere.
One king of this region, Ecgfrith, was crushed by Bridei at the Battle of Nechtansmere. Another king, Oswald, was killed at the Battle of Maserfield by Penda but was avenged by his brother Oswy. The first important king of this region was Oswald and Oswy's father, Aethelfrith of Bernicia, whose descendants conquered Deira to create this kingdom. This area was known as the Kingdom of Jorvik after it was conquered by Halfdan Ragnarsson's Great Heathen Army, and St. Wilfrid brought this region under the authority of the Roman church at the Synod of Whitby. This kingdom was the location of important monasteries such as Lindisfarne, Wearmouth and Jarrow, the home of the Venerable Bede. For 10 points, name this northernmost kingdom of the Anglo- Saxon heptarchy, which lay north of the Humber River.
One king of this region, Ecgfrith, was crushed by Bridei at the Battle of Nechtansmere.
Kingdom of {Northumbria}