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Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon, History
Meaning & History
Variant of Oswig. This was the name of a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon king of Northumbria. Oswiu was born around 612 AD, the son of King Æðelfrið of Northumbria. After the death of his father in the Battle of Maserfield in 616, Oswiu went into exile in the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata. He returned to Northumbria and ascended to the throne around 642, succeeding his brother Oswald.