Oslac was a
King of Sussex
The list of monarchs of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Sussex (or South Saxons) contains substantial gaps, as the chronological details relating to Sussex during the heptarchy is generally poorly documented. No authentic South Saxon king list or gen ...
. He reigned jointly with
Ealdwulf Ealdwulf is a male given name used by:
* Ealdwulf of East Anglia (), King of the East Angles
* Ealdwulf of Sussex King of Sussex in the early 8th century
* Aldwulf of Rochester Bishop of Rochester from 727 to 736
* Ealdwulf of Lindsey Bishop of Li ...
and
Ælfwald, and probably also
Oswald Oswald may refer to:
People
* Oswald (given name), including a list of people with the name
*Oswald (surname), including a list of people with the name
Fictional characters
*Oswald the Reeve, who tells a tale in Geoffrey Chaucer's ''The Canterbu ...
and
Osmund Osmund (Latin ''Osmundus'') is a Germanic name composed of the word ''Os'' meaning "god" and ''mund'' meaning "protection."
Osmund or Osmond may refer to:
Pre-modern era
:''Ordered chronologically''
* Osmund of Sussex (), a king of Sussex
* Osmun ...
.
Oslac witnessed an undated charter of Ealdwulf, believed to be from about 765, with his name corruptly recorded in the surviving revision as ''Osiai rex''.
After the conquest of Sussex by
Offa
Offa (died 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death. The son of Thingfrith and a descendant of Eowa, Offa came to the throne after a period of civil war following the assassination of Æt ...
, King of Mercia, Oslac witnessed a charter of Offa, dated 772, as ''Oslac dux'', with his name placed after Oswald, Osmund, and Ælfwald, suggesting that he was the most junior of the former kings.
His latest surviving charter is dated 780, and the original still exists; in it he is styled ''Oslac dux Suthsaxorum''.
External links
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References
South Saxon monarchs
8th-century English monarchs
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