Osfrid

Family: Northumbrians · Role: son of Edwin · First appears: Book II · Chap. XIV

In 627, Osfrid was baptized with his brother Eadfrid. He was a son of Edwin and Quenburga, born while Edwin was in banishment, and was baptized among those who believed through Paulinus’s preaching. He was also sibling to Ethelhun, Ethelthryth, and Wuscfrea, and father to Yffi, who was baptized as well.

In 633, during the war against Caedwalla and Penda, Osfrid fell. The account describes him as “a warlike youth” who died in the same war.

Relationship record

Life events

627 · Edwin's sons Osfrid and Eadfrid were baptized.(Book II · Chap. XIV)
- With: Eadfrid
- “Among them were Osfrid and Eadfrid, King Edwin’s sons who were both born to him, whilst he was in banishment, of Quenburga, the daughter of Cearl, king of the Mercians.”
633 · Osfrid fell in the war against Caedwalla and Penda.(Book II · Chap. XX)
- “In the same war also, Osfrid, one of his sons, a warlike youth, fell before him;”

Book II · Chap. XIV

parent: Edwin “Among them were Osfrid and Eadfrid, King Edwin’s sons who were both born to him, whilst he was in banishment, of Quenburga, the daughter of Cearl, king of the Mercians.”
parent: Quenburga “Among them were Osfrid and Eadfrid, King Edwin’s sons who were both born to him, whilst he was in banishment, of Quenburga, the daughter of Cearl, king of the Mercians.”
child: Yffi “Yffi, the son of Osfrid, was also baptized, and many other noble and royal persons.”
siblings with Eadfrid “Among them were Osfrid and Eadfrid, King Edwin’s sons who were both born to him, whilst he was in banishment, of Quenburga, the daughter of Cearl, king of the Mercians.”
siblings with Ethelhun “Among them were Osfrid and Eadfrid, King Edwin’s sons who were both born to him, whilst he was in banishment, of Quenburga, the daughter of Cearl, king of the Mercians. Afterwards other children of his, by Queen Ethelberg, were baptized, Ethelhun and his daughter Ethelthryth, and another, Wuscfrea, a son;”
siblings with Ethelthryth, daughter of Edwin “Among them were Osfrid and Eadfrid, King Edwin’s sons who were both born to him, whilst he was in banishment, of Quenburga, the daughter of Cearl, king of the Mercians. Afterwards other children of his, by Queen Ethelberg, were baptized, Ethelhun and his daughter Ethelthryth, and another, Wuscfrea, a son;”
siblings with Wuscfrea “Among them were Osfrid and Eadfrid, King Edwin’s sons who were both born to him, whilst he was in banishment, of Quenburga, the daughter of Cearl, king of the Mercians. Afterwards other children of his, by Queen Ethelberg, were baptized, Ethelhun and his daughter Ethelthryth, and another, Wuscfrea, a son;”
mentor: Paulinus “Paulinus, for the space of six years from this time, that is, till the end of the king’s reign, with his consent and favour, preached the Word of God in that country, and as many as were foreordained to eternal life believed and were baptized. Among them were Osfrid and Eadfrid, King Edwin’s sons who were both born to him, whilst he was in banishment, of Quenburga, the daughter of Cearl, king of the Mercians.”

Book II · Chap. XX

parent: Edwin “Osfrid, one of his sons, a warlike youth, fell before him”
child: Yffi “Yffi, the son of Osfrid, Edwin’s son”

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