Oswine 1 (Male) King of the Deirans, 642-651
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Notes: He died on 20 August.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (6)
Osuini (2)
 Bede.HE  iii.14
 Bede.HE  v.24
Osuinus (1)
 Willibrord.Cal  10
Oswine (3)
 ASC (E)  643 E
 ASC (E)  650 E
 ASC  651 ABCG
Personal Information (5)
language competence (1)
 Bede.HE  iii.14 (he did not understand Aidan's native language)
moral (2)
 Bede.HE  iii.14 (man of great piety and religion)
 Bede.HE  iii.14 (pleasant of speech, courteous in manner)
physical (1)
 Bede.HE  iii.14 (tall and handsome)
saintly status (1)
 Willibrord.Cal  10 (19 August: King Oswine 1)
Office (9)
King (9)
 Bede.HE  iii.14
 Bede.HE  iii.14
 Bede.HE  v.24
 ASC (E)  643 E
 ASC (E)  643 E (King of the Deirans)
 ASC (E)  650 E
 ASC  651 ABCG
 Willibrord.Cal  10
 Symeonof Durham.HistoriadeSanctoCuthberto  3
Personal Relationship (6)
~ Ancestor (Generic kinship) of Oswine 1 (1)
 Edwin 2: of Oswine 1: Bede.HE  iii.14
~ Kinsman (Generic kinship) of Oswine 1 (1)
 Trumhere 1: of Oswine 1: Bede.HE  iii.24
~ Kinswoman (Generic kinship) of Oswine 1 (1)
 Eanflæd 1: of Oswine 1: Bede.HE  iii.24
Oswine 1 Son (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (2)
 of Osric 1: Bede.HE  iii.14
 of Osric 1: ASC (E)  643 E
Oswine 1 Successor (General relationship) of ~ (1)
 of Penda 1: Symeonof Durham.HistoriadeSanctoCuthberto  3
Event (12)
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of king (1)
 Oswine 1.accession to kingdom: Here Oswine 1 acceded to the kingdom of the Deirans.: ASC (E)  643 E (644)
Army-raising (1)
 Oswiu 1-Oswine 1.dissension: Oswiu 1 could not live at peace with Oswine 1. Each raised an army against the other, but Oswine 1 then considered it better to disband it. : Bede.HE  iii.14
Betrayal/oath-breaking (1)
 Oswiu 1.murder of Oswine 1: After disbanding his army, Oswine 1 went with Tondhere 1 and hid in the home of a comes (Hunwold 1), who betrayed him to Oswiu 1.: Bede.HE  iii.14, 24, v.24 (651)
Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (2)
 Oswiu 1.foundation of monastery at Gilling: To atone for Oswiu 1's crime, a monastery was built in which prayers had to be offered daily to the Lord for the redemption of both Oswiu 1 and Oswine 1.: Bede.HE  iii.14
 Trumhere 1.foundation of monastery at Gilling: Eanflæd 1 asked Oswiu 1 to give Trumhere 1 a site at Gilling to build a monastery and to expiate Oswine 1's unjust murder.: Bede.HE  iii.24
Commemoration of saint/calendar-entering (1)
 Oswine 1.commemoration on 19 August: 19 August: calendar-commemoration of King Oswine 1.: Willibrord.Cal  10
Commemoration of the dead (1)
 Oswine 1.commemoration on 19 August: 19 August: calendar-commemoration of King Oswine 1.: Willibrord.Cal  10
Conversation (1)
 Oswine 1-Aidan 1.meeting at dinner: Oswine 1 asked Aidan 1 why he had given the royal horse intended for him to a beggar. Aidan 1 replied that he surely cared more for a son of God than a son of a mare.: Bede.HE  iii.14
Death/dying (1)
 Aidan 1.death: Aidan 1 passed away about twelve nights after [Oswine 1] on 2 kalends of September [= 31 August].: ASC (E)  650 E (651)
Disbandment of fierd (1)
 Oswiu 1-Oswine 1.dissension: Oswiu 1 could not live at peace with Oswine 1. Each raised an army against the other, but Oswine 1 then considered it better to disband it. : Bede.HE  iii.14
Disputing/dispute-settling (1)
 Oswiu 1-Oswine 1.dissension: Oswiu 1 could not live at peace with Oswine 1. Each raised an army against the other, but Oswine 1 then considered it better to disband it. : Bede.HE  iii.14
Enquiry (1)
 Oswine 1-Aidan 1.meeting at dinner: Oswine 1 asked Aidan 1 why he had given the royal horse intended for him to a beggar. Aidan 1 replied that he surely cared more for a son of God than a son of a mare.: Bede.HE  iii.14
Grant and Gift (4)
 Oswine 1-Aidan 1.meeting at dinner: Oswine 1 asked Aidan 1 why he had given the royal horse intended for him to a beggar. Aidan 1 replied that he surely cared more for a son of God than a son of a mare.: Bede.HE  iii.14
 Oswine 1.granting a horse to Aidan 1: an excellent horse: Bede.HE  iii.14
 Oswiu 1.granting lands to Cuthbert 1: Saintly Abbot Boisil 1 immediately made known to King Oswine 1 [should be Oswiu 1] the sacred vision of Cuthbert 1 [regarding the soul of Aidan 1], explaining that he was filled with the Holy Spirit. Then the King and all the English magnates Anonymi 10064 gave to St Cuthbert 1 all land that lies near the river Bowmont, with these vills: Sourhope (?), Staerough, Old Graden, Pawston, Clifton, Shereburgh (?), Colewell, Halterbutn, Thornington (?), Shotton, Kirk Yetholm and Mindrum. And the saintly abbot himself, under witness of the same king, [gave] the monastery of Melrose with all its dependencies, so that Cuthbert 1 might have it as his own after the day of Boisil 1’s death.: Symeonof Durham.HistoriadeSanctoCuthberto  3
 Trumhere 1.foundation of monastery at Gilling: Eanflæd 1 asked Oswiu 1 to give Trumhere 1 a site at Gilling to build a monastery and to expiate Oswine 1's unjust murder.: Bede.HE  iii.24
Hiding/harbouring/sanctuary (1)
 Oswiu 1.murder of Oswine 1: After disbanding his army, Oswine 1 went with Tondhere 1 and hid in the home of a comes (Hunwold 1), who betrayed him to Oswiu 1.: Bede.HE  iii.14, 24, v.24 (651)
Horse-using/giving/acquisition/riding (1)
 Oswine 1.granting a horse to Aidan 1: an excellent horse: Bede.HE  iii.14
Hostility (1)
 Oswiu 1-Oswine 1.dissension: Oswiu 1 could not live at peace with Oswine 1. Each raised an army against the other, but Oswine 1 then considered it better to disband it. : Bede.HE  iii.14
Killing/murder (3)
 Oswine 1.killing: Here Oswine 1 was slain.: ASC  651 ABCG (651)
 Oswiu 1.murder of Oswine 1: After disbanding his army, Oswine 1 went with Tondhere 1 and hid in the home of a comes (Hunwold 1), who betrayed him to Oswiu 1.: Bede.HE  iii.14, 24, v.24 (651)
 Oswiu 1.ordering of killing of Oswine 1: Here Oswiu 1 ordered the killing of Oswine 1 on 13 kalends of September [= 20 August].: ASC (E)  650 E (651)
Kingdom - accession to (1)
 Oswine 1.accession to kingdom: Here Oswine 1 acceded to the kingdom of the Deirans.: ASC (E)  643 E (644)
Ordering (1)
 Oswiu 1.ordering of killing of Oswine 1: Here Oswiu 1 ordered the killing of Oswine 1 on 13 kalends of September [= 20 August].: ASC (E)  650 E (651)
Penance (2)
 Oswiu 1.foundation of monastery at Gilling: To atone for Oswiu 1's crime, a monastery was built in which prayers had to be offered daily to the Lord for the redemption of both Oswiu 1 and Oswine 1.: Bede.HE  iii.14
 Trumhere 1.foundation of monastery at Gilling: Eanflæd 1 asked Oswiu 1 to give Trumhere 1 a site at Gilling to build a monastery and to expiate Oswine 1's unjust murder.: Bede.HE  iii.24
Request (1)
 Trumhere 1.foundation of monastery at Gilling: Eanflæd 1 asked Oswiu 1 to give Trumhere 1 a site at Gilling to build a monastery and to expiate Oswine 1's unjust murder.: Bede.HE  iii.24
Factoids linked indirectly to Oswine 1 (1)
Status (1)
Miles of Oswine 1 (1)
 Tondhere 1: Bede.HE  iii.14