Osred II was King of
Northumbria
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from 789 to 790. He was the son of
Alhred and Osgifu, daughter of
Eadberht.
He succeeded
Ælfwald, son of his mother's brother
Oswulf, who was murdered by the ''patricius'' (
ealdorman
Ealdorman (, ) was a term in Anglo-Saxon England which originally applied to a man of high status, including some of royal birth, whose authority was independent of the king. It evolved in meaning and in the eighth century was sometimes applied ...
)
Sicga
Sicga (died 22 February 793) (also given as Siga and Sigha) was a nobleman in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria.
Sicga first appears in the historical record as senior lay witness to the proceedings of a council held by Papal Legate, Georg ...
.
Osred, even though he united two of the competing factions in Northumbria, was king for only a year before being deposed in favour of the previously deposed
Æthelred
Æthelred (; ang, Æþelræd ) or Ethelred () is an Old English personal name (a compound of '' æþele'' and '' ræd'', meaning "noble counsel" or "well-advised") and may refer to:
Anglo-Saxon England
* Æthelred and Æthelberht, legendary prin ...
son of
Æthelwald Moll. Osred was then forcibly tonsured and exiled, apparently to the
Isle of Man
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He returned from exile in 792, but was abandoned by his soldiers and murdered on order of King Æthelred,[ who had had Ælf and Ælfwine, sons of Ælfwald, killed the previous year, and had attempted to kill ]Eardwulf Eardwulf or Eardulf is an Anglo-Saxon male name. Notable people with the name include:
* Eardwulf of Northumbria, (floruit late 8th/early 9th century), ruler of Northumbria
* Eardwulf of Kent (floruit middle 8th century), ruler of Kent
* Eardwulf, B ...
in 790. The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alf ...
'' reports that he was "apprehended and slain on the eighteenth day before the calends
The calends or kalends ( la, kalendae) is the first day of every month in the Roman calendar. The English word "calendar" is derived from this word.
Use
The Romans called the first day of every month the ''calends'', signifying the start of a ne ...
of October. His body is deposited at Tynemouth
Tynemouth () is a coastal town in the metropolitan borough of North Tyneside, North East England. It is located on the north side of the mouth of the River Tyne, hence its name. It is 8 mi (13 km) east-northeast of Newcastle upon T ...
."
References
Sources
* Higham, N.J., ''The Kingdom of Northumbria AD 350-1100.'' Stroud: Sutton, 1993.
* Yorke, Barbara, ''Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England.'' London: Seaby, 1990.
External links
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8th-century births
792 deaths
Northumbrian monarchs
8th-century English monarchs
Burials at Tynemouth Priory