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Osthryth (auch Osthryd, Osthryda, Ostreð, Ostrida, Ostryð; † 697) war als Frau des Königs Æthelred im 7. Jahrhundert Königin des angelsächsischen Königreichs Mercia
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.
9. Dez. 2018 · For obscure reasons, a group of Mercians assassinated Queen Osthryth in 697. A few years after his wife’s murder, King Æthelred decided to retire. He abdicated the throne in 704 and became a monk, leaving the control of Mercia to his nephew, Cenred. Written by C. Keith Hansley.
Bede tells us a story about Osthryth and the relics of her uncle King Oswald. Osthryth’s father had retrieved Oswald’s remains about a year after he died in battle. Sometime after 681, Osthryth wanted to translate the revered saint’s relics and place them in her favorite abbey at Bardney. The Mercian monks of Bardney were sensitive and ...
2. Mai 2014 · In a most unfortunate event, Osthryth was murdered by Mercian noblemen that same year. The reason for the murder is not divulged in the chronicles. The most likely explanation is a blood feud related to her involvement in the killing of her sister’s husband King Peada of southern Mercia in 646.
Osthryth war die Ehefrau und Königin von Aethelred I von Mercia (675-704) und möglicherweise zuvor mit Eanhere von Hwicce verheiratet. Osthryth war die Tochter von Oswiu von Northumbria und Eanflaed…
Æthelred's wife, Osthryth, was a daughter of King Oswiu, one of the dominant 7th-century Northumbrian kings. Osthryth was murdered in unknown circumstances in 697, and in 704 Æthelred abdicated, leaving the throne to Wulfhere's son Coenred. Æthelred became a monk at Bardney, a monastery which he had founded with his wife, and was ...
