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Ælle of Deira
Ælle of Deira was the first known king of Deira, the Anglian kingdom of east Yorkshire, ruling from about 560 according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Bede tells how Pope Gregory the Great, meeting Deiran slave boys in Rome, punned on the king's name, saying Alleluia should be sung in his land. His son Edwin later became king of Northumbria.
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