Bernicia
Early medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northeast England (6th century – 654) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Bernicia (disambiguation).
Bernicia (Old English: Bernice, Beornice) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England.
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Kingdom of Bernicia | |||||||||||||
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6th century–654 | |||||||||||||
Capital | Bamburgh | ||||||||||||
Official languages | Old English | ||||||||||||
Minority languages | Cumbric | ||||||||||||
Religion | Anglo-Saxon paganism | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Early Medieval | ||||||||||||
• Established | 6th century | ||||||||||||
• Shared crown with Deira | 604 | ||||||||||||
• merged with Deira | 654 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | United Kingdom |
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The Anglian territory of Bernicia was approximately equivalent to the modern English counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Durham, as well as the Scottish counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian, stretching from the Forth to the Tees. In the early 7th century, it merged with its southern neighbour, Deira, to form the kingdom of Northumbria, and its borders subsequently expanded considerably.