Northumbria

The Northumbrian kingdom laid beneath Scotland, and north of the river Humber, and was one of the most important kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon England.

Viking era 866AD-1066AD
The northumbrian kingdom

Religion: Northumbria was famous for its religious learning’s and arts. It was Irish and Scottish monks from the Celtic church, who brought Christianity to North Umbria as well as other Europe countries. Religion was not the only thing that Northumbria pioneered in the golden age. They also made great contributions to art and had numerous intellectual achievements.

Language: It was a dialect of English and old English, and has roots in the early Germanic language. And the Scottish language, has originated from the Northumbrian language

The first king of Northumbria: Northumbria was actually the result of a fusion between the two kingdoms, Diera and Bernicia. The kings of the 2 kingdoms, Ælle of Diera and Æthelfrith of Bernicia, had a good relationship thanks to the marriage between Ælles daughter, (Acha) and Æthelfrith. When Ælle died, Edwin became the next king of Diera. We couldn’t find anything about why the fusion happened or why it was Edwin who was chosen as the king of Northumbria, we couldn’t find anything about what happened to Æthelfrith and Acha after the fusion either.

And here: A real Northumbrian HERO! enjoy.. media type="youtube" key="qVUW7FpR_l4?fs=1" height="385" width="480"

//The Northumbrian flag//