Oswald (St.) of Northumbria King of Northumbria [5764] ²⁴

  General 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.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 643.

Oswald married Cyneburh of Wessex [5765] [MRIN: 1898], daughter of Cynegils of Wessex King of Wessex [5766] and Unknown.