Person:Oswiu of Northumbria (1)

Oswiu of Northumbria
b.Abt 612
d.15 Feb 670
  1. Eanfrith of Bernicia590 - 634
  2. Oswald of NorthumbriaAbt 604 - 642
  3. Oswiu of NorthumbriaAbt 612 - 670
  4. Æbbe of ColdinghamAbt 615 - 683
  1. Ecgfrith of NorthumbriaAbt 645 - 685
  2. Osthryth _____Abt 648 - 697
  3. Ælfflæd of Whitby
  4. Ælfwine of Deira
  • HOswiu of NorthumbriaAbt 612 - 670
  • W.  Fin (add)
  1. Aldfrith of NorthumbriaAbt 655 - 704
  • HOswiu of NorthumbriaAbt 612 - 670
  • W.  Rieinmelth of Rheged (add)
  1. Ealhflæd _____Abt 635 -
  2. Alhfrith of Deira
Facts and Events
Name Oswiu of Northumbria
Alt Name Oswy _____
Alt Name Oswig _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 612
Marriage to Eanflæd _____
Marriage to Fin (add)
Marriage to Rieinmelth of Rheged (add)
Death[1] 15 Feb 670
Reference Number? Q468847?
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Oswiu, also known as Oswy or Oswig (c. 612 – 15 February 670), was King of Bernicia from 642 and of Northumbria from 654 until his death. He is notable for his role at the Synod of Whitby in 664, which ultimately brought the church in Northumbria into conformity with the wider Catholic Church.

One of the sons of Æthelfrith of Bernicia, Oswiu became king following the death of his brother Oswald in 642. Unlike Oswald, Oswiu struggled to exert authority over Deira, the other constituent kingdom of medieval Northumbria, for much of his reign.

Oswiu and his brothers were raised in exile in the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata in present-day Scotland after their father's death at the hands of Edwin of Deira, only returning after Edwin's death in 633. Oswiu rose to the kingship when his brother Oswald was killed in battle against Penda of Mercia. The early part of his reign was defined by struggles to assert control over Deira and his contentious relationship with Penda, his overlord. In 655, Oswiu's forces killed Penda in a decisive victory at the Battle of the Winwaed, establishing Oswiu as one of the most powerful rulers in Britain. He secured control of Deira, with his son Alhfrith serving as a sub-king, and for three years, Oswiu's power extended over Mercia, earning him recognition as bretwalda over much of Great Britain.

Oswiu was a devoted Christian, promoting the faith among his subjects and establishing a number of monasteries, including Gilling Abbey and Whitby Abbey. He was raised in the Celtic Christian tradition of much of the Irish world, rather than the Roman tradition practiced by the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdoms as well as some members of the Deiran nobility, including Oswiu's queen Eanflæd. In 664, Oswiu presided over the Synod of Whitby, where clerics debated over the two traditions, and helped resolve tension between the parties by decreeing that Northumbria would follow the Roman style. Oswiu died in 670 and was succeeded by his son, Ecgfrith. His feast is 15 February in the East and in the West.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Oswiu of Northumbria, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   OSWIU, son of ÆTHELFRITH King of Bernicia & his wife Ucha of Deira ([610/11]-15 Feb 670, bur Whitby Abbey), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.