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| Name |
Oswald (St.) of Northumbria |
| Suffix |
King of Northumbria |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
642 |
Maserfield  |
| Acceded |
643 |
| Notes |
- Acceded: 643
When his brothers were killed by the British King Cadwalla, he gathered an
army and marched against him. The day before the battle he made his soldiers
construct a wooden cross. Oswald knelt down, holding the cross in position
until enough earth had been thrown in the hole to make it stand firm. He then
prayed and asked his army to join in. He defeated Cadwalla, recovered his
father's throne. He was killed by the King of Mercia at the battle of
Maserfield. His feast day is August 9th.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal02036
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| Person ID |
I5764 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
30 Nov 2006 |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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