Oiscingas

E927660

The Oiscingas were the ruling royal dynasty of early medieval Kent, traditionally descended from the legendary founder Oisc.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oiscingas canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf royal dynasty ⓘ
ruling house ⓘ
associatedWith early English Christianization ⓘ
mission of Augustine of Canterbury ⓘ
country Kingdom of Kent ⓘ
dynasticEnd 8th century ⓘ
dynasticTitle Kings of Kent ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jutes ⓘ
hasAllegedAncestor Hengist ⓘ
Horsa ⓘ
hasCapital Canterbury ⓘ
hasGovernmentType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
hasLegendaryFounder Oisc of Kent ⓘ
hasMember Eadbald of Kent ⓘ
Eadberht II of Kent ⓘ
Ealhmund of Kent ⓘ
Ecgberht of Kent ⓘ
linked to: Ecgberht I of Kent

Eorcenberht of Kent ⓘ
Hlothhere of Kent ⓘ
Oisc of Kent ⓘ
Oswine of Kent ⓘ
Wihtred of Kent ⓘ
Æthelberht of Kent ⓘ
hasPrimaryCity Rochester ⓘ
hasRoyalHouseStyle House of Oisc ⓘ
hasTimePeriod 5th century ⓘ
6th century ⓘ
7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
hasTitleHolder bretwalda Æthelberht of Kent ⓘ
linked to: Æthelberht of Kent
knownFor producing the first Christian king in Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
ruling early medieval Kent ⓘ
languageOfDynasty Old English ⓘ
locatedIn Kent ⓘ
early medieval England ⓘ
namedAfter Oisc of Kent ⓘ
notableEvent conversion of Æthelberht of Kent to Christianity ⓘ
partOf Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
linked to: Heptarchy
politicalSystem monarchy ⓘ
predecessor Jutish chieftaincies in Kent ⓘ
region southeast Britain ⓘ
religion Anglo-Saxon paganism ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
sourceMention Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People ⓘ
successor Mercian overlordship in Kent ⓘ
West Saxon (Wessex) dominance in Kent ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Kent → hasDynasty → Oiscingas ⓘ
King of Kent → hasDynasty → Oiscingas ⓘ
Hlothhere of Kent → royalHouse → Oiscingas ⓘ