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    Oswald (Old English pronunciation: [ˈoːzwɑɫd]; c 604 – 5 August 641/642) was King of Northumbria from 634 until his death, and is venerated as a saint...
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    was one of the last kings of the Deiran line to reign over all of Northumbria. Oswald's brother Oswiu eventually succeeded him to the Northumbrian throne...
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    (590–634) Oswald of Northumbria (c. 604 – 5 August 642) Oswiu of Northumbria (c. 612 – 15 February 670) Oswudu of Northumbria Oslac of Northumbria Oslaf of...
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    reunification was accomplished by Oswald, a son Æthelfrith, who defeated and killed Cadwallon and united Northumbria once more. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
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  • was Answald, the Old Norse form was Ásvaldr. Oswald of Northumbria (c. 604–641/2) was a king of Northumbria and is venerated as saint. The name fell out...
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  • Oswiu (redirect from Oswio of Northumbria)
    his brother Oswald in 642. Unlike Oswald, Oswiu struggled to exert authority over Deira, the other constituent kingdom of medieval Northumbria, for much...
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  • Saint Oswald may refer to: Oswald of Northumbria (c.604–642), King of Northumbria, venerated in Anglican Communion and Roman Catholic Church Oswald of Worcester...
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    Church), the religion soon found one of its principal exponents in Oswald of Northumbria, a noble youth who had been raised there as a king in exile since...
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    Northumbria, a kingdom of Angles, in what is now northern England and south-east Scotland, was initially divided into two kingdoms: Bernicia and Deira...
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    Battle of Maserfield (category Battles involving Northumbria)
    between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia allied with Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd, ending in Oswald's defeat, death, and dismemberment...
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    Battle of Heavenfield (category Battles involving Northumbria)
    Christianity to Northumbria. Oswald spent eight years upon the Northumbrian throne before he was killed in the Battle of Maserfield. Oswald was succeeded...
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    succeeded by Edwin of Northumbria, a Deiran. Edwin banished Æthelfrith's sons, including both Oswald and Oswiu of Northumbria. Both spent their exile...
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  • until his death. Sometime after the translation of the relics of Oswald of Northumbria to Bardney Abbey by Osthryth between 675 and 679, Wilfrid, along...
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  • of the Kingdom of Northumbria, such as Lindsey. Also lands north of The Firth of Forth. During the reign of king Oswald of Northumbria, an Irish monk Aidan...
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    conquered Northumbria, defeating and killing its king, Edwin, prior to his own death in battle against Oswald of Bernicia. His conquest of Northumbria, which...
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  • (632–633 or 633–634) in northern England. He was a cousin of king Edwin of Northumbria, being the son of Edwin's uncle Æthelric of Deira. Osric was also the...
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    Bernicia (category Northumbria)
    Bernicia, son of Æthelfrith (633–634) Under Oswald son of Æthelfrith, Bernicia was united with Deira to form Northumbria from 634 onward until the Viking invasion...
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    belongs to the parish of Hinterzarten. The chapel is dedicated to Oswald of Northumbria, a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon king. He is depicted in several places...
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    war against the Bernicians of Northumbria. Thirteen years after Maserfield, he suffered a crushing defeat by Oswald's successor and brother Oswiu and...
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    however speculates that the Cyneburh in question was the widow of Oswald of Northumbria. Oswald was the elder brother of Oswiu and therefore the uncle of Queen...
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    to the 7th-century saint Oswald of Northumbria, King of Northumbria. It is said to have been built on a site visited by Oswald. The present building dates...
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    south of England. In 642 Penda killed Oswald at the battle of Maserfield, and Northumbria was again divided. Oswald's son Oswiu succeeded to the throne of...
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    killed in battle around 616, Edwin of Deira became king of Northumbria. Æthelfrith's son Oswald fled northwest to the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata where he...
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  • Osthryth (category Royal House of Northumbria)
    uncle Oswald of Northumbria, who was venerated as a saint. It is clear from this story that Osthryth played a part in promoting the cult of St Oswald. Many...
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  • Attitude (heraldry) and Lion (heraldry) Richard Lionheart King Oswald of Northumbria English lion (disambiguation) British Lions (disambiguation) England...
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  • 634/642 – Oswald of Northumbria "reunited the whole of Northumbria". 638 – Gododdin hillfort at Edinburgh is captured by Oswald of Northumbria (see Northumbrian...
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    Deira (category Northumbria)
    kingdom of Bernicia, its northern neighbour, to form the kingdom of Northumbria. According to Simeon of Durham (writing early in the 12th century), it...
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  • also known as Tate or Tata), was an early Anglo-Saxon queen consort of Northumbria, the second wife of King Edwin. As she was a Christian from Kent, their...
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    launched in 2006 and links some of the places associated with St. Oswald, the king of Northumbria in the early seventh-century, who played a major part in bringing...
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    with King Oswald of Northumbria as their godfather. Another West Saxon king, named Cuthred, who died c. 661, appears at this time. Oswald married a daughter...
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