Oswald (Sussex)

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Sussex in Anglo-Saxon times

Oswald (also Osuualdus ; fl. 772) was a ruler of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Sussex in the second half of the 8th century.

Life

The chronology is very uncertain for Sussex because of the weak sources of the 8th century. The exact life and government dates of Oswald are unknown, he is only documented in a charter from the year 772. His origin is unknown. Since the end of the 7th century, Sussex has been clearly overshadowed by the neighboring kingdom of Wessex .

Presumably Oswald was a king in Sussex who apparently ruled together with Osmund , Ælfwald and Oslac in the 760s . In the early 770s, the political situation in Sussex was apparently unstable, which Offa von Mercia (757-796) used for himself. In 771, Coming from Kent, Offa defeated the Hæstingas in east Sussex and then subjugated the entire Kingdom of Sussex. Offa was free to dispose of Sussex land at its own discretion in 772. The former kings (Oswald, Osmund, Ælfwald and Oslac) only bore the title Dux or Ealdorman in a charter that they signed as witnesses . In this charter Oswald bears the title dux Suðsaxorum (Ealdorman of the South Saxony). Some historians deduce from this a certain primacy over the other duces . With the year 772 Oswald's name disappeared from the documents. The year of his death is unknown.

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literature

  • Simon Keynes: Kings of the South Saxons . 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. 509-510.
  • John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 , p. 25.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oswald 4  ( 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)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / eagle.cch.kcl.ac.uk  
  2. ↑ a b c d Simon Keynes: Kings of the South Saxons . 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. 509-510.
  3. ^ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, 2000, ISBN 978-0415242110 , pp. 138-139.
  4. ↑ Charter S108
predecessor Office successor
? König / Dux in Sussex
fl. 772
together with Osmund , Ealdwulf , Ælfwald and Oslac 		?
personal data
SURNAME Oswald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Osuualdus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King or Duke of Sussex
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century or 8th century
DATE OF DEATH 8th century