Oswiu
Sign in to saveOswiu, also known as Oswy or Oswig (; – 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.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Oswiu
- Royalty.succession
- King of Northumbria
- Royalty.reign
- 642–670
- Royalty.predecessor
- Oswald
- Royalty.successor
- Ecgfrith
- Royalty.succession1
- King of Mercia
- Royalty.reign1
- 655 or 656–658
- Royalty.predecessor1
- Peada
- Royalty.successor1
- Wulfhere of Mercia
- Royalty.spouse
- EanflædFínRieinmelth
- Royalty.issue
- EalhfrithEcgfrithÆlfwineAldfrithEalhflædÆlfflædOsthryth
- Royalty.father
- Æthelfrith
- Royalty.mother
- Acha of Deira
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 612
- Royalty.death_date
- 15 February
- Royalty.burial_place
- Whitby Abbey
- Royalty.religion
- Christianity
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Background and early life
- Eanflæd and Oswine
- Penda
- Overlord of Britain
- Ealhfrith and the Synod of Whitby
- Ecgfrith
- Death
- Family
- Holy relics
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Oswiu, also known as Oswy or Oswig (; – 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 and Acha of Deira, 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.