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Ricsige (also
rendered Ricsy,
Ricsi or Ricsig) was King of
Northumbria from 873 to 876. He
became king
after Ecgberht I was
overthrown and fled, with...
- Wulfhere". Finally, Ecgberht's
death is
reported in 873, and it is said that
Ricsige succeeded him.
Symeon of Durham, p. 489 Kirby, pp. 212–213; Higham, p.179...
- in that area with
Ecgberht I
acting as
regent around 867 and the
kings Ricsige and
Ecgberht II
immediately following him.
According to twelfth-century...
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Halfdan Ragnarsson King of
Northumbria Reign 876–877
Predecessor Ricsige Successor Guthfrith King of
Dublin Reign 875–877
Predecessor Eystein Olafsson...
- Century. Very
little is
known of his reign.
Unlike his
predecessor King
Ricsige, who may have
ruled most of the
kingdom of
Northumbria following the expulsion...
- date(s)
Notes Ecgbert I c.867–c.872/3
Reliant on twelfth-century source(s).
Ricsige 872/3–876
Reliant on twelfth-century source(s).
Ecgbert II 876–878 or after...
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Northumbria /
Scandinavian York (complete list) – Ecgberht, King (867–872)
Ricsige, King (872–876)
Halfdan Ragnarsson, King (876–877)
Interregnum Guthfrith...
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control of York in 873.
Wulfhere was
recalled to the See but the Anglo-Saxon
Ricsige became ruler, as
Ecgberht died in 873. In 875/ 876 part of the
Great Army...
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Ecgberht I
ruled north of the Tyne as a
puppet king of the Danes. 872–c. 875
Ricsige Probably ruled most of
Northumbria as a
sovereign Anglo-Saxon king. c. 875–877...
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establishes the
Danish kingdom of York,
after the
removal of the
puppet king
Ricsige of Northumbria, and
becomes the
first monarch.
April 8 –
Battle of Dayr...
