Polity Kingdom of Rheged

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Was a Brittonic kingdom in what are now Northern England and southern Scotland, during the post-Roman era and Early Middle Ages.

Establishment

  • January 501: Rheged was one of the kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd ("Old North"), the Brittonic-speaking region of what is now Northern England and southern Scotland, during the post-Roman era and Early Middle Ages.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

  • January 639: After Bernicia united with Deira to become the kingdom of Northumbria, Rheged was annexed by Northumbria, some time before AD 730. There was a royal marriage between Prince (later King) Oswiu of Northumbria and the Rhegedian princess Rieinmelth, granddaughter of Rum, probably in 638, so it is possible that it was a peaceful takeover, both kingdoms being inherited by the same man.