Bernicia

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Kingdom of Bernicia Beornice (Old English)
6th century–654
Y Hen Gogledd or "The Old North"
Capital	Bamburgh
Official languages	Old English
Minority languages	Cumbric
Religion	Anglo-Saxon paganism
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Early Medieval
• Established	6th century
• Shared crown with Deira	604
• merged with Deira	654
Preceded by Succeeded by Sub-Roman Britain Votadini Hen Ogledd Northumbria
Today part of	United Kingdom England Scotland

Bernicia (Old English: Bernice, Beornice) was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England.

The Anglian territory of Bernicia was approximately equivalent to the modern English counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, and Durham, as well as the Scottish counties of Berwickshire and East Lothian, stretching from the Forth to the Tees. In the early 7th century, it merged with its southern neighbour, Deira, to form the kingdom of Northumbria, and its borders subsequently expanded considerably.