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Assassination of Osthryth

Name: Assassination of Osthryth – England factsheet records
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England · House / House of Mercia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

697Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

697

Athelred I697

Mercia · House / House of Mercia

Athelreds Queen is assassinated by Mercian nobles for the murder of Peada 40 yrs ago

Osthryth697

Mercia · House / House of Mercia

Athelreds Queen is assassinated by Mercian nobles for the murder of Peada 40 yrs ago

Names involved

Athelred IOsthryth

Provenance

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