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Battle of Maserfield

Battle of Maserfield

The Battle of Maserfield reaches its brutal climax as King Penda of Mercia defeats King Oswald of Northumbria, leaving the battlefield strewn with bodies and the defeated Northumbrians in disarray.

Year 642
Date 8/5
Location Oswestry, Shropshire, United Kingdom
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
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Key Figures

King Penda of Mercia King Oswald of Northumbria Mercian Warrior Northumbrian Soldier Christian Monk
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 903 linked moments

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Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Oswald
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Oswald
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
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Death of Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of King Oswald of Northumbria
642 · contemporaneous
B
Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Oswald of Northumbria at the Battle of Maserfield
642 · contemporaneous
D
Death of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne
651 · same era