Kingdom of Deira | |||||||||||
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| c. 450–654 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | York | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Old English, Common Brittonic | ||||||||||
| Religion | Anglo-Saxon paganism, Christianity | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Early Medieval | ||||||||||
• Established | c. 450 | ||||||||||
• Shared crown with Bernicia | 604 | ||||||||||
• merged with Bernicia | 654 | ||||||||||
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Deira (/ˈdaɪrə, ˈdɛərə/ DY-rə, DAIR-ə;[1] Old Welsh/Cumbric: Deywr or Deifr; Old English: Derenrice or Dere) was an area of Post-Roman Britain, and a later Anglian kingdom.[2]
- ^ A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer, Or, Geographical Dictionary of the World, 1880
- ^ McCarthy, Mike (2014). "An Early Historic Celtic Kingdom near the Solway". The History Files. Retrieved 18 May 2014.