Ruler · 612 – 670

Oswiu

Lived 612 – 670; monarch. King of Deira of Kingdom of Deira, 642 – 644 and 1 more term; also in the line of Kingdom of Northumbria and Kingdom of Mercia.

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Lived: 612 – 670; 58 years
In office: 18 years; 2 reigns
Lines: 3; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

King of Deira

Kingdom of Deira · the 7th and 11th of 12 dated reigns · 560 – 670

3 before

Edwin of Northumbria616 – 633

Osric of Deira633 – 644

Oswald of Northumbria634 – 642

Oswiu642 – 644

Oswine of Deira644 – 651

Œthelwald of Deira651 – 655

Alhfrith of Deira654 – 664

Oswiu654 – 670

Alhfrith of Deira656 – 664

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 642 – 644 · 2 years · came to it aged 30 · term 1 of 2

Came to it: inheritedthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 644; they died in 670

One of the sons of Æthelfrith of Bernicia and Acha of Deira, Oswiu became king following the death of his brother Oswald in 642.

Reigned 654 – 670 · 16 years · came to it aged 42 · term 2 of 2

Came to it: the parent of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 670, the year they died

Also in the line of Kingdom of Northumbria (1st of 40) and Kingdom of Mercia (8th of 28).

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