Glappa of Bernicia ruled from 559 to 560. He is the second known king of
Bernicia
Bernicia () 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 cou ...
.
Little is known of Glappa's life and reign. The earliest authorities differ widely on the order and the regnal years of the kings between the death of
Ida (559) and the beginning of
Æthelfrith's rule (592/593). Glappa is not named among the sons given his predecessor, Ida, but appears in regnal lists as Ida's successor, reigning one year.
John Foxe
John Foxe (1516/1517 – 18 April 1587) was an English clergyman, theologian, and historian, notable for his martyrology '' Foxe's Book of Martyrs'', telling of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but particularly the sufferings of En ...
's 16th century book, ''Actes and Monuments of these Latter and Perillous Days, Touching Matters of the Church'' (popularly known as
Foxe's Book of Martyrs), mentions Glappa or Claspa as a king of Bernicia.
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560 deaths
Bernician monarchs
History of Northumberland
6th-century English monarchs
Year of birth unknown
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