father predecessor successor succession article_title name reign
ida of bernicia -lrb- uncertain -rrb- frithuwald Æthelfrith king of bernicia hussa of bernicia
 hussa 585-593
hussa of bernicia

hussa was the seventh known ruler of the anglo-saxon kingdom of bernicia , ruling for seven years from about 585 to about 592 .
it is not entirely certain whether hussa was the son of ida , founder of the kingdom of bernicia , or rather the leader of a rival anglian faction .
little is known of hussa 's life and reign , however .
at some point during his reign , the coalition forces of rheged and the brythonic kingdoms of strathclyde , bernicia and elmet laid siege to hussa and was almost successful in driving the anglian bernician kings out of britain .
it is thought this alliance ultimately failed due to arguments between the different british tribes culminating in the murder of urien , the king of rheghed , around 590 by his former ally , morcant .
nevertheless , there is some evidence from the `` anglo-saxon chronicle '' that following hussa 's death , there was a schism between his family and that of Æthelfrith , hussa 's successor , for it states that hering son of hussa , led Áedán mac gabráin 's forces against Æthelfrith at the battle of degsastan in 603 .
the years of hussa 's reign are conjecture : the earliest authorities differ widely on the order and the regnal years of the kings between the death of ida and the beginning of Æthelfrith 's rule in 592/593 .
nennius says that hussa ruled for seven years , and while the dates of 585 to 592 have been estimated they are uncertain .
hussa 's exact place in the bernician genealogy is unclear .
