Osric (Deira)

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Anglo-Saxon empires in the early 7th century

Osric (also Osricus ; † 634 ) was in the years 633 to 634 (632-633?) King of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Deira .

Life

family

Osric's father was Ælfric, a brother of Ælle , the first known king of Deira. His son Oswine (642–651) later also became King Deiras. Edwin , his predecessor on the throne, was his cousin. His cousin Acha was the stepmother of Eanfrith (633 / 634–634), King of Bernicia .

Domination

In 633 the Kings Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd and Penda of Mercia allied and rebelled against Osric's predecessor, King Edwin of Northumbria . Together they brought together a sizable force that succeeded in destroying the Northumbrian army on October 12, 633 at the Battle of Hatfield Chase near Doncaster . Edwin fell in battle; likewise his son Osfrith. His son Eadfrith had to surrender and was later murdered by Penda. The immediate consequence of the defeat was the renewed division of Northumbria: While Osric was able to hold out in southern Deira, northern Bernicia fell to Eanfrith , a son of Æthelfrith , who had returned from exile , and thus to the old dynasty there.

According to Beda Venerabilis , Osric and Eanfrith are said to have been baptized Christians who rejoined the Anglo-Saxon religion after ascending to the throne . However, Osric seems to have tolerated the church in his kingdom. Osric continued the fight against Cadwallon, which he included and besieged in 634, presumably in York . When a failure Cadwallons Osric and his army fell was wiped out. Cadwallon plundered Northumbria and murdered Eanfrith, who was ready to make peace. That same year, Cadwallon fell at the Battle of Heavenfield , fighting against Eanfrith's Christian half-brother Oswald , who reunited Northumbria under his rule.

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literature

  • Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 .
  • David W. Rollason: Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom . Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0521813358 .
  • DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 34.
  2. ^ A b Philip Holdsworth: Edwin, King of Northumbria . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 163-164.
  3. ↑ Beda: HE 2.20
  4. ↑ a b Beda: HE 3,1
  5. ↑ Nicholas J. Higham: The convert kings: power and religious affiliation in early Anglo-Saxon England , Manchester University Press, Manchester 1997, ISBN 978-0-7190-4828-9 , p. 202.
  6. ↑ Michelle Ziegler: The Politics of Exile in Early Northumbria ( Memento January 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
predecessor Office successor
Edwin King of Deira
633–634 		Oswald
personal data
SURNAME Osric
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Deira
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 634