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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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  • 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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    by Cadwallon; eventually Eanfrith's brother Oswald defeated and killed Cadwallon and united Northumbria once more.[citation needed] After his death,...
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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)
    death of Oswald's uncle Edwin of Northumbria at Hatfield Chase in 633, the Mercians under Penda had presented an obstacle to the power of Northumbria over...
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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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    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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  • (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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    dedicated to the 7th-century saint Oswald of Northumbria, King of Northumbria. It is said to have been built on a site where Oswald preached. The present building...
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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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  • Anglo-Saxon personal name Oswald, in particular, King Oswald of Bernicia and later Northumbria. Bernicia consisted of what is now the Lothian and Borders...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of Northumbria, today in northern England and southern Scotland. Both during his life...
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  • AD) Oswald of Northumbria (c. 604 – 5 August 642 AD) Oswiu of Northumbria (c. 612 – 15 February 670 AD) Oswudu of Northumbria Oslac of Northumbria Oslaf...
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