List of monarchs of Northumbria
Kings of Northumbria

List of monarchs of Northumbria

Section Title: Kings of Northumbria
Table Section Text: None

Reign	Incumbent	Notes

654 to 15 February 670	Oswiu	Hither of Bernicia and Deira

February 670 to 20 May 685	Ecgfrith	son of Oswiu, killed in battle against the Picts

May 685 to 14 December 704	Aldfrith (Ealdfrith, Aldfrid)	son of Oswiu

late 704 to early 705	Eadwulf	usurper

705 to 716	Osred I	son of Aldfrith, killed in battle or murdered

716 to 718	Coenred	distant descendant of Ida of Bernecia

718 to 29 May 729	Osric	son of Aldfrith, adopted Ceolwulf as his heir

729 to 731	Ceolwulf	brother of Coenred, deposed; Saint Ceolwulf

731 to 737/8	Ceolwulf	restored; abdicated to become a monk

737 to 758	Eadberht	son of Eata, a descendant of Ida of Bernicia, abdicated to become a monk

758 to 759	Oswulf (Osulf)	son of Eadberht, murdered by his servants

759 to 765	Æthelwald Moll	deposed

765 to 774	Alhred	distant descendant of Ida of Bernicia, deposed and exiled

774 to 779	Æthelred I	son of Æthelwald Moll, deposed

779 to 23 September 788	Ælfwald I	son of Oswulf, murdered

788 to 790	Osred II	son of Alhred, deposed and exiled

790 to 18 April 796	Æthelred I	restored

796	Osbald	exiled after a reign of 27 days

14 May 796 to 806/8	Eardwulf	deposed

806/8 to 808/10	Ælfwald II (Elfwald II)

808 to 810	Eardwulf	restored

810 to 841	Eanred	son of Eardwulf

840/1 to 844	Æthelred II	son of Eanred, deposed

844	Rædwulf (Redwulf)	usurper

844 to c. 848/9	Æthelred II	restored

c. 848/9 to 862/3	Osberht (Osbert)	deposed

862/3/7 to 23 March 867	Ælle II	usurper, killed by the Danes with Osbeorht

867 to 21 March 867	Osberht (Osbert)	killed by the Danes with the usurper Ælle

Sentence(s)

In 729, Saint Ceolwulf was the King of Northumbria.

final_sentence: In 729, Saint Ceolwulf was the King of Northumbria.