Northumbria

Northumbria
Residents	See Below

Northumbria, known at the time as Norðhymbralond, is a location in both The Saxon Stories novel series and in The Last Kingdom television series. It is one of the main locations in the series.

Locations Within

• Bebbanburg (Modern Bamburgh)
• Cumberland
• Dunholm (Modern Durham)
• Eoferwic (Modern York)
• Grimsby
• Loidis (Modern Leeds)

(More To Be Added)

Monarchs

Ruler	Reign	King of	Book
Osbert	c.848/9-c.862/3	Northumbria	before
Ælla II	c.862/7-867	Northumbria	"The Last Kingdom"
Osbert	867-867	Northumbria	"The Last Kingdom"
Halfdan	c.875-877	Southern Northumbria	"The Last Kingdom" to "The Pale Horseman"
Guthred	c.883-895	Southern Northumbria	"The Lords of the North"
Æthelwold	c.900-902	Southern Northumbria	"Death of Kings"
Ragnall	918-921	Southern Northumbria	"Warriors of the Storm"
Sigtryggr	921-927	Southern Northumbria	"Warriors of the Storm"
Guthfrith	927	Southern Northumbria	"Sword of Kings"
Æthelstan	c.933-c.934	Southern Northumbria	"War Lord" (assumed)
	c.934-939	Northern Northumbria
Edmund I	c.944-946	Southern Northumbria	after
		Northern Northumbria (possibly)
Eadred	c.947-954	Northern Northumbria (disputed)	after

Residents

Current Residents

• The Last Kingdom
• The Saxon Stories

This list shows the current residents of Northumbria:

Uhtred Finnan Sihtric Hrothweard Priest 2

Trew Showman Tofi Abbess (More To Be Added)

This list shows the current residents of Northumbria:

Finan Sihtric

Benedetta Ida Uhtred Eadred Rollo (More To Be Added)

Former Residents

• The Last Kingdom
• The Saxon Stories

This list shows the former residents of Northumbria:

Ælfric † Uhtred Uhtred † Ealdorman Uhtred † Glenna † Brida Gisela † Ælla † Eadred † Osbert † Ravn † Earl Ragnar † Sigrid †

Thyra † Ragnar † Kjartan † Sven † Hæsten Erik † Sigefrid † Fiske † Jonis † Rollo † Dagfinn † (More To Be Added)

This list shows the former residents of Northumbria:

Ealdwulf † Guthred † Hrothweard † Ælfric † Uhtred † Ealdorman Uhtred † Gytha † Gisela † Ælla † Osbert † Jænberht † Ravn †

Earl Ragnar † Sigrid † Thyra † Ragnar † Rorik † Kjartan † Sven † Hæsten † Erik † Sigefrid † Brida † (More To Be Added)

Appearances

Episodes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Season 1	✔	✔
Season 2	✔	✔	✔	✔
Season 3		✔	✔	✔
Season 4	✔	✔	✔
Season 5

Trivia

• Based on a real location in history; Northumbria.
• Bebbanburg (meaning "Bebba's fort") is now known as Bamburgh Castle in the modern English county of Northumberland.
  • Bebbanburg was once the political centre of the kingdom of Bernicia, which was originally the northern-most Anglo-Saxon realm in Britain prior to the unification with the kingdom of Deira in the early to mid-7th century. Bernicia was composed of the modern English counties of Durham, Tyne-and-Wear and Northumberland, as well as parts of the modern Scottish counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian.
  • Bebbanburg was first conquered by Ida son of Eoppa, who was a warlord of either Angle or Frisian origin. He took the fortress from the native British/Welsh tribe of the Bryneich (the origin of the name "Bernicia") in 547 CE. Ida is the grandfather of Aethelfrith, the first unifier of Northumbria, and ancestor of the House of Uhtred.