Oswald (East Anglia)
Oswald was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of East Anglia around 875 . There are no contemporary reports on Oswald's life. He is only known through coins. He presumably ruled as a subregulus (sub-king) of the Danish occupiers.
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 .
Web links
- Oswald in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of East Anglia . In: Michael Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England , Wiley-Blackwell, 2001, ISBN 978-0-6312-2492-1 , pp. 508-509.
- ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings, Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , p. 174.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Æthelred II. |
King of East Anglia around 875 |
under Danish rule |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oswald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of East Anglia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 9th century |