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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, Archbishop of York, to Mercia.

Career

In 872, Northumbria rebelled against the Great Heathen Army and their collaborators. The Northumbrians expelled Ecgberht I of Northumbria and Wulfhere of York. After the death of Ecgberht in 873, Ricsige became King of Northumbria, and restored Wulfhere as Archbishop of York.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that the Great Heathen Army came north against the Northumbrians in 873. Halfdan Ragnarsson departed Repton in 875, bringing Northumbria under his dominion and destroying all of the monasteries. Halfdan would divide the land the following year amongst his followers, with Ricsige reportedly dying that same year from a broken heart according to the Flores Historiarum.

Popular culture

In 2020, Ricsige was featured in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, installed as the King of Northumbria by Halfdan Ragnarsson after Ecgberht's deposition.

References

1. ^ Roger 1868, p. 41.
2. ^ Morby, John (1989). Dynasties of the World: a Chronological and Genealogical Handbook. Oxford University Press. p. 65. ISBN 0198828993.
3. Ferguson, Robert (25 November 2009). "7: The Danelaw I". The Vikings: A History. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-1101151426.
4. Abels, Richard (1998). Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England. Routledge. p. 120. ISBN 1317900413.
5. ^ Symeon 1855, p. 492.
6. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1996.
7. Symeon 1855, p. 493.
8. Roger 1841, p. 326.
9. Roxl, Rhett (2 June 2021). "13 Assassin's Creed Valhalla Characters Who Were Actually Real (& Why They're Famous)". GameRant. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

Bibliography

• Symeon of Durham (1855). Joseph Stevenson (ed.). The Historical Works of Symeon of Durham. Vol. 3. Church Historian's of England.
• Roger of Hoveden (1868). William Stubbs (ed.). Chronica Magistri Rogeri de Houedene. Vol. 1. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. OCLC 874707654.
• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Translated by Giles, John; Ingram, James. Project Gutenberg. 1 September 1996.
• Roger of Wendover (1841). Henry Coxe (ed.). Flores Historiarum. Londini, Sumptibus societatis.

External links

• Ricsige at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
• King Ricsige of Northumbria at AH Gray

• Northumbrian monarchs
• 9th-century English monarchs