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Osberht (died 21 March 867) was king of Northumbria in the middle of the 9th century. Sources on Northumbrian history in this period are limited. Osberht's descent is not known and the dating of his reign is problematic. ==Chronicles== Osberht became king after Æthelred son of Eanred was murdered. The date of Æthelred's death is not certain, but is generally placed in 848.〔However, D.P. Kirby suggests that it may have been as late as 853; Kirby, p. 196.〕 However, Symeon of Durham writes that "Ethelred the son of Eanred reigned nine years. When he was slain Osbryht held the kingdom for thirteen years" and states that 854 was "the fifth year of the rule of Osbert, the successor of Ethelred, who had been put to death".〔Symeon of Durham, pp. 653 & 761. Kirby, pp. 196–197, notes the dating problems: if Osberht reigned thirteen years, he was either deposed in around 862, or did not become king until c. 853. Kirby suggests that the discrepancies are due to confusion caused by the omission of Eardwulf's second reign from regnal lists.〕 Little is known of Osberht's reign. Symeon states that "Osbert had dared with sacrilegious hand to wrest from that church Wercewurde and Tillemuthe"〔Symeon of Durham, p. 654.〕 The ''Historia de Sancto Cuthberto'' dates the seizure of these lands to the year before Osberht's death.〔Kirby, p. 196.〕 Osberht was replaced as king by Ælla. While Ælla is described in most sources as a tyrant, and not a rightful king, one source states that he was Osberht's brother.〔Kirby, p. 197.〕 The Great Heathen Army marched on Northumbria in the late summer of 866, seizing York on 21 November 866.〔Higham, pp. 178–179; ''ASC'' s.a. 867.〕 Symeon of Durham, the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'', Asser, and Æthelweard all recount substantially the same version of events in varying detail. Symeon's ''Historia Regum Anglorum'' gives this account of the battle on 21 March 867 where Osberht and Ælla met their deaths at the hands of the Vikings:〔Dated by Symeon of Durham, p. 654.〕 In those days, the nation of the Northumbrians had violently expelled from the kingdom the rightful king of their nation, Osbryht by name, and had placed at the head of the kingdom a certain tyrant, named Alla. When the pagans came upon the kingdom, the dissension was allayed by divine counsel and the aid of the nobles. King Osbryht and Alla, having united their forces and formed an army, came to the city of York; on their approach the multitude of the shipmen immediately took flight. The Christians, perceiving their flight and terror, found that they themselves were the stronger party. They fought upon each side with much ferocity, and both kings fell. The rest who escaped made peace with the Danes.〔Symeon of Durham, p. 470.〕 After this, the Vikings appointed one Ecgberht to rule Northumbria.〔Higham, p.179.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Osberht of Northumbria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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