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    The Battle of Maserfield, (Welsh: Cad Maes Cogwy) was fought on 5 August 641 or 642 (642 according to Ward) between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria...
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    of the Mercians himself at the time of the Battle of Maserfield (or Cogwy), in which he was killed, on August 5 of what was probably the year 642. The...
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    successor, Oswald, at the Battle of Maserfield; from this point he was probably the most powerful of the Anglo-Saxon rulers of the time, laying the foundations...
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    killed Oswald of Northumbria at the Battle of Maserfield in 642. Maserfield effectively marked the overthrow of Northumbrian supremacy, and in the years...
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    knowledge of Oswald. After eight years of rule, in which he was the most powerful ruler in Britain, Oswald was killed in the Battle of Maserfield while fighting...
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  • a King of Deira (651–c. 655). He was the son of King Oswald of Northumbria, who was killed at the Battle of Maserfield in 642. After Oswine of Deira was...
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    Sigebert III of Austrasia and defeats his army, taking the title of rex or king of Thuringia. August 5 – Battle of Maserfield: King Penda of Mercia defeats...
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    before he was killed in the Battle of Maserfield. Oswald was succeeded as king of Northumbria by his brother Oswiu. The road east of Chollerford that runs alongside...
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    Sigismund of Burgundy, 524 Edwin of Northumbria, 633 in the Battle of Hatfield Chase Oswald of Northumbria, 642 in the Battle of Maserfield Projectus of Clermont...
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  • Eanflæd (redirect from Eanflæd of Deira)
    become king on the death of his brother, Oswald, at the battle of Maserfield. King Penda of Mercia, the victor of Maserfield, dominated central Britain...
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