Oiscingas

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The Oiscingas (also Oiscinger, Æscingas , Old English for "descendants of the Oisc") were the royal family of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent . They named themselves after Oeric , who was nicknamed Oisc . The dynasty ruled from the 5th to the 8th centuries.

genealogy

Mythical origin

Whether Hengest and Horsa were historical persons is an “open question”. Oiric and Ohta can also be classified as rather mythical, at least with regard to their deeds. The historical time begins with Eormenric.

Some historians consider this genealogy to be an early amalgamation of two traditions. Later kings wanted to trace their origins back to Hengest, the "founding father" of Kent. Nevertheless, the dynasty named itself after Oeric / Oisc, with which the following king names alitter, which suggests that the descent from Hengest was probably unhistorically placed in the Oiscinga line. Beda Venerabilis ' Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle show the reverse order of the Anglian Collection and Nennius ' Historia Brittonum for Oeric and Ohta as well as for Wecta / Wægdæg and Witta, in which different traditions and different myths of origin are seen. Another indication of a double origin is the two accession to the throne of Oerics reported in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: 455 with his "father" Hengest and 488 as sole king.

The geographer of Ravenna (7th century) named a princeps (about "prince") Ansehis, who is said to have led the "Saxons" to Britain. It is possible that Oeric received his nickname Oisc , which is etymologically related to Ansehis, in order to subsequently identify him with the mythical founder.

Kings are highlighted in bold.

Geat ( Gautr )
Godwulf
Finn
Frithuwulf
Frithowald, Frealaf
Wodan
Wecta (Vecta, Wægdæg)
Witta
Wihtgils (Victgilsus)
Horsa , 455
Hengest , 455-488
Renwein ∞ Vortigern
Name unknown (father / mother of Ebissa)
Ebissa (nephew of Ohta)
Oeric (Œric, Oisc, Aesc, Æsc), 488-512
Ohta (Ochta, Ocga), 512-522 / 539
Eormenric , 512/522/539? –Um 560/585

Historical dynasty

The position of the kings Eanmund (around 764–765?), Heahberht (around 765–?), Ecgberht II. (764–779 / 784), Eadberht III. Præn (796–798) and Baldred (around 821 – around 825) in the family tree is unknown. Kings are highlighted in bold.

  1. Eormenric , 512/522/539? –Um 560/585
    1. Ricola ∞ Sledda , King of Essex
    2. Æthelberht I. , 560 / 585–616 ∞I. Bertha ∞II. Name unknown
      1. (I) Æthelburg ∞ Edwin , King of Northumbria
      2. (I?) Eadburh, Abbess of Lyminge (legendary)
      3. (?) (I) Eadbald , 616–640 ∞I. Name unknown (stepmother) ∞II. Emma (also Æmma or Ymme)
        1. (II) Ecgfrith
        2. (II) Eanswith (also Eansuuitha, Eanswiðe; legendary), saint
        3. (II) Eormenred ∞ Oslava
          1. Æthelred († 664/673), saint
          2. Æthelberht († 664/673), saint
          3. Eormenburg (also Domneva, Æbbe, Eafe), saint ∞ Merewalh, sub-king of the Magonsæte
          4. Ætheldryth, saints
          5. Eormengyth, saints
            1. Oswine (688–690 / 691) parents unknown, presumably a descendant (grandson?) Eormenreds
            2. Eadburh, Abbess of Thanet, parents unknown, probably daughter of Æthelberht or Eormengyth
        4. (II) Earconberht I. , 640-664 ∞ Seaxburg
          1. Eorcengota
          2. Eormenhild ∞ Wulfhere , King of Mercia
          3. Hlothhere , 673-685
          4. Ecgberht I. , 664-673
            1. Eormenhild ("Hermelinda", uncertain) ∞ Cunincpert , King of the Lombards
            2. Eadric , 685-686 / 687 (usurper)
            3. Wihtred , 690 / 691-725 ∞I. Cynegyth ∞II. Æthelburg ∞III. Wærburg
              1. Æthelberht II. , 725–762
                1. Eadberht II. , 762 – around 764, (uncertain)
              2. Ealric , 725-725?
              3. Eadberht I. , 725-748
                1. Eardwulf , 748? - before 762

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Beda: HE 2.5
  2. ↑ a b J. Insley: Oiscingas . In: Heinrich Beck , Dieter Geuenich , Heiko Steuer (Eds.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde Volume 22, de Gruyter, 2002, ISBN 978-3-11-017351-2 , pp. 33-38.
  3. ^ A b Nicholas Brooks: Anglo-Saxon Myths: State and Church, 400-1066 , Hambledon & London, 1998, ISBN 978-1852851545 , The Kentish Origin Myth , pp. 37-46.
  4. ^ A b Seiichi Suzuki: The Quoit Brooch Style and Anglo-Saxon Settlement: A Casting and Recasting of Cultural Identity Symbols , Boydell, 2000, ISBN 978-0851157498 , pp. 111-121.
  5. ↑ a b Anglian Collection
  6. ↑ Nennius : Historia Brittonum chap. 31.
  7. ↑ Geoffrey of Monmouth
  8. ↑ Nennius : Historia Brittonum chap. 38. Note: In Nennius the father-son relationship between Oeric and Ohta is reversed
  9. ↑ see: RH Hodgkin: A History of the Anglo-Saxons , 2 volumes, Clarendon, Oxford 1935, p. 76
  10. ^ William Hunt :  Ethelbert (552? -616) . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 18:  Esdaile - Finan. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London, 1889, pp 16 - 17 (English).
  11. ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 25.
  12. ↑ p. 6
  13. ↑ Eanswith 1  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE); see: John von Tinmouth: De sancta Eanswida virgine et abbatissa , 14th century@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / eagle.cch.kcl.ac.uk  
  14. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 640
  15. ^ A b c Kings of Kent in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
  16. ↑ a b D. P. Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 37.
  17. ^ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 36.
  18. ↑ Eormenburg and Æbbe (Eafe) are represented partly as identical, partly as different people. see: Mary Dockray-Miller: Motherhood and mothering in Anglo-Saxon England , Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, ISBN 978-0312227210 , p. 19.
  19. ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 103.
  20. ^ Mary Dockray-Miller: Motherhood and Mothering in Anglo-Saxon England , Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, ISBN 978-0312227210 , p. 31.
  21. ↑ possibly son or grandson of Æthelberht II. See: Julia Barrow , Andrew Wareham (Ed.): Myth, Rulership, Church and Charters: Essays in Honor of Nicholas Brooks , Ashgate, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7546-5120- 8 , p. 77. or son of Wihtred, see: DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 112.