Earl of Northumbria

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Earl of Northumbria was a title in the Anglo-Danish , late Anglo-Saxon and early Anglo-Norman period in England . The Earldom Northumbria was the successor to the Ealdormanry Bamburgh , which in turn was the successor to the independent Kingdom of Bernicia . At the time of the Kingdom of Jórvik , the Earls of Deira ruled here . Northumbria was later united under the Bernicia dynasty, which ruled Bernicia until 1041, while other counts appointed by Canute the Great sat in York to rule Northumbria. In the early Anglo-Norman period, Northumbria was divided into the Earldom of York and the Earldom of Northumberland , with a large portion also going to the Bishop of Durham .

Earls of Northumbria

Vacancy during the sack of the north

Vacant until King Stephen of England was forced by King David I to give Northumbria to his son Henry

Otherwise vacant until the First Barons' War (1215-1217), when the Barons of Northumberland and York submitted to King Alexander II of Scotland

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Footnotes

  1. ^ The Complete Peerage , London: The St Catherine Press 1936, 9: 704-5