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Œthelwald of Deira
Œthelwald of Deira was king of Deira from about 651 to 655, a son of Oswald of Northumbria, appointed under his uncle Oswiu. He sided with Penda of Mercia against Oswiu but held back his forces at the Battle of the Winwaed in 655, after which he disappears from the record. Bede records that he gave Cedd land for the monastery of Lastingham.
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