Oshere

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Oshere (also Oosheræ , Osherus or Oserus ; † around 700) was an Anglo-Saxon king of the Hwicce .

Life

Oshere succeeded his predecessor Osric as king and already called himself rex (king) in a document in 680 . In 693 Oshere gave land to Cuthswith or Cuthswitha (693-709), the abbess of Penintanham (probably Inkberrow, Worcs.), "For the redemption of his soul" . In later documents he was referred to as comes (henchman) and subregulus (sub-king) Æthelred of Mercias . He died before 716.

Æthelheard , Æthelric, and Æthelweard are specifically attested as Osheres sons. Probably Æthelberht and Æthelmunt (Æthelmod) were his sons.

literature

  • Michael Lapidge, John Blair, Simon Keynes, Donald Scragg (Eds.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 .
  • Patrick Sims-Williams: Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800 , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2005, ISBN 9780521673426

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ p. 52
  2. ^ Gottfried Mälzer: Würzburg as a city of books. In: Karl H. Pressler (Ed.): From the Antiquariat. Volume 8, 1990 (= Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel - Frankfurter Ausgabe. No. 70, August 31, 1990), pp. A 317 - A 329, here: p. A 320.
  3. ↑ a b p 53
  4. ^ P. 1429
  5. ↑ Michael Lapidge (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , Wiley-Blackwell, 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , p. 507.
  6. ↑ p. 94
  7. ↑ p. 54
  8. ↑ Patrick Sims-Williams: Religion and Literature in Western England, 600-800 , Cambridge University Press, 2005, ISBN 9780521673426 , pp. 35-36.
predecessor Office successor
Osric King of Hwicce
680–699? 		Æthelheard , Æthelweard , Æthelric and Æthelberht
personal data
SURNAME Oshere
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oosheræ; Osherus; Oserus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Hwicce
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 7th century or 8th century