 Ãlla (ella, ille) (died 588), is the first certain king of deira. one of his sons was edwin of northumbria and his daughter acha married Ãthelfrith of bernicia. ==life== there is archaeological evidence for the settlement of germanic people in eastern yorkshire by the late fifth centurycramp, rosemary. "Ãlla (d. in or after 597?)", oxford dictionary of national biography, oxford university press, 2004 accessed 23 jan 2014 the manuscripts of matthew parker, and their dependent copies, preserve the following genealogy of Ãlla: "Ãlla was the son of yffe, the son of uxfrea, the son of wilgisl, the son of westerfalca, the son of sÃ¦fugl, the son of sÃ¦bald, the son of segegeat, the son of swebdÃ¦g, the son of sigegar, the son of wÃ¦dÃ¦g, the son of woden." a somewhat different genealogy is given in the historia brittonum, where it is stated that aella was the son of iffi, grandson of giulgis, great grandson of sguerthing and great-great grandson of soemil who "first separated deira from bernicia" (presumably the british kingdom bryneich was meant). bede claims that Ãlla was one of the kings reigning at the time of the gregorian mission in 597. nothing more is known of Ãlla, but he appears to be mentioned in the legendary saga gautreks saga, where he is visited by the peasant hero, ref. according to the anglo-saxon chronicle, he became king the same year as ceawlin of wessex (560) on the death of ida of bernicia, and ruled 30 years. however, the chronicle records that Ãlla died in the year 588, and was succeeded by aethelric. possibly this is the reason florence of worcester offered the date Ãlla came to the throne as 559, which would harmonize with a reign of thirty years. ==references==  *        
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