Oshere of Hwicce

Oshere (fl. 690s) was king of the Hwicce, an Anglo-Saxon tribe occupying land in what later became Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.[1][2] A member of the royal house of Northumbria, Oshere was a sub-king to Æthelred, king of Mercia (d. c 709).

  1. ^ Hunt, William (1895). "Oshere" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 42. p. 311.
  2. ^ Lapidge, Michael (2014). The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England (2 ed.). Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons. p. n.p. ISBN 9781118316108. Retrieved 20 November 2022.