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Alexandria · MMXXVIExplicit colophon · 2026

Kingdom of Northumbria · Alexandria

Event · 653 CE – 954 CE

Kingdom of Northumbria

Also known as

Kerajaan Northumbria
Kinnekräich Northumbrien
Kinrick o Northumbrie
Kongedømmet Northumbria
Koninkrijk Northumbria
Konungsríkið Norðymbraland

Image illustrating Kingdom of Northumbria — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Northumbriasee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

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had as citizenÆlfwald I759 CE
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