Osmund ( fl. ) was a

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, apparently reigning jointly with

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, Ælfwald, and

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. According to the ''

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'', version D, Osmund was reigning in Sussex when Archbishop

Cuthbert Cuthbert of Lindisfarne ( – 20 March 687) was an Anglo-Saxon saint of the early Northumbrian church in the Celtic tradition. He was a monk, bishop and hermit, associated with the monasteries of Melrose and Lindisfarne in the Kingdom of Nort ...

died in 760, so his rule commenced before that event. Osmund issued a charter, dated 762 in error for 765, as ''Osmundus''. Osmund also issued a charter dated 770 in which he is listed as ''Osmundus rex''. So Osmund’s reign was from in or before 760 to between 770 and 772, as he witnessed a charter of

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, King of Mercia, dated 772 as ''Osmund dux''. Evidently he was demoted from king to ealdorman following Offa's conquest of Sussex.

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* 770s deaths South Saxon monarchs 8th-century English monarchs Year of birth unknown {{UK-royal-stub