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Oswiu, also
known as Oswy or
Oswig (Old English: Ōswīg; c. 612 – 15
February 670), was King of
Bernicia from 642 and of
Northumbria from 654
until his...
- he
converted from Anglo-Saxon paganism. His
accession marked the end of
Oswiu of Northumbria's
overlordship of
southern England, and
Wulfhere extended...
- Gai Campi) was
fought on 15
November 655
between King
Penda of
Mercia and
Oswiu of Bernicia,
ending in the Mercians'
defeat and Penda's death. According...
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Christian administrative gathering held in
Northumbria in 664,
wherein King
Oswiu ruled that his
kingdom would calculate Easter and
observe the
monastic tonsure...
- successful, with
Oswiu marrying Edwin's
daughter and his own
cousin Eanflæd to
produce Ecgfrith, the
beginning of the
Northumbrian line. However,
Oswiu had another...
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After Oswine of
Deira was
killed by
Oswiu of
Bernicia in 651, Œthelwald
became king; it is
uncertain whether Oswiu (who was Œthelwald's uncle) installed...
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Deira but of
Bernicia as well; Æthelfrith's sons Eanfrith, Oswald, and
Oswiu fled to the north. Thus Æthelfrith's
death in
battle has been seen as causing...
- he
sought to
marry Ealhflæd of Bernicia, the
daughter of King
Oswiu of Northumbria;
Oswiu, however, made this
conditional upon Peada's
baptism and conversion...
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Oswiu at the
Winwaed (Welsh: Maes Gai, its
location uncertain).
Penda was killed, thus
ending the
alliance and
ensuring a
Bernician supremacy.
Oswiu quickly...
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forces of
Penda of Mercia, who then
himself was
defeated by Oswald's
brother Oswiu. Oswald's father, Æthelfrith, was a
successful Bernician ruler who, after...
