Osred

Family: Northumbrians · Role: king · First appears: Book V · Chap. XVIII

Life events

• 705 · Aldfrid died, and his son Osred succeeded him as king of the Northumbrians.(Book V · Chap. XVIII)
  • With: Aldfrid
  • “In the year of our Lord 705, Aldfrid, king of the Northumbrians, died before the end of the twentieth year of his reign. His son Osred, a boy about eight years of age, succeeding him in the throne, reigned eleven years.”
• c. 705 · Wilfrid was restored to governing his own church by unanimous consent at a synod.(Book V · Chap. XIX · part 2 · 📍 the river Nidd)
  • With: Wilfrid
  • “at length, by the consent of all, he was restored to the government of his own church”
• 716 · Osred was slain.(Book V · Chap. XXII)
  • “when Osred was slain”

Book V · Chap. XVIII

• parent: Aldfrid “Aldfrid, king of the Northumbrians, died before the end of the twentieth year of his reign. His son Osred, a boy about eight years of age, succeeding him in the throne, reigned eleven years.”

Book V · Chap. XIX · part 2

• parent: Aldfrid (Osred is explicitly identified as Aldfrid's son.) “during the reign of his son Osred”

Also listed in Northumbrians — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.