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Osthryth (died 697), queen of the Mercians, was the wife of King Æthelred and daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria and his second wife Eanflæd. She probably married Æthelred before 679 and was murdered by the nobles of Mercia. Osthryth was not the first of her family to become a Mercian queen.
Dec 9, 2018 · Biography. The Dramatic Life Of The Mercian Queen, Osthryth. By. thehistorianshut. - December 9, 2018. Osthryth had such a complicated family life that she could put Shakespeare’s story of Romeo and Juliet to shame. Her father was King Oswiu (or Oswy), ruler of Northumbria between the years 642 and 670.
Mar 6, 2016 · Osthryth, Queen of the Mercians. By Susan Abernethy. Osthryth was one of the few women mentioned by the Venerable Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People. She was born into a time of great strife.
May 2, 2014 · Osthryth, Queen of the Mercians. May 2, 2014 Susan Abernethy 2 Comments. Northern and central Britain, c. 700. Osthryth was one of the few women mentioned by the Venerable Bede in his “Ecclesiastical History of the English People”. She was born into a time of great strife.
Osthryth, queen of the Mercians, was the wife of King Æthelred and daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria and his second wife Eanflæd. She probably married Æthelred before 679 and was murdered by the nobles of Mercia.
Jun 1, 2021 · Osthryth was the daughter of Oswui, King of Northumbridge (r. 642-670) by his second wife Eanflaed, and wife of Æthelred, King of Mercia (r. 675-704). The main source for her life is the Ecclesiastical History of the English People (HE) completed in 731 by the Northumbrian monk Bede.
Jan 18, 2017 · Oswald was a conqueror and a devout Christian. In 742, the pagan king of Mercia, Penda, killed Oswald on the battlefield, ritually dismembered him, and displayed his head, arms, and hands on stakes. Oswy retrieved the trophies a year later and sent Oswald’s head to Lindisfarne and his arms and hands to Bamburgh.
