Æthelmod was possibly a King of
Hwicce
Hwicce () was a kingdom in Anglo-Saxons, Anglo-Saxon England. According to the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', the kingdom was established in 577, after the Battle of Deorham. After 628, the kingdom became a client or sub-kingdom of Mercia as a result ...
, perhaps a son of
Osric, reigning jointly with his uncle
Oshere
Oshere (fl. 690s) was king of the Hwicce, an Anglo-Saxon tribe occupying land in what later became Gloucestershire and Worcestershire. A member of the royal house of Northumbria, Oshere was a sub-king to Æthelred, king of Mercia (d. c 709).
F ...
. In October 680, Æthelmod granted land to Abbess Beorngyth, but he is not actually styled king in the charte
S 1167 Æthelmod
at Golden map.
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Hwiccan monarchs
7th-century English monarchs
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