Osric of Northumbria

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|name = Osric

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|succession = King of Northumbria

|reign = 718–729

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|predecessor = Coenred

|successor = Ceolwulf

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|father = Aldfrith of Northumbria or Eahlfrith of Deira

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|death_date = 729

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Osric was king of Northumbria from the death of Coenred in 718 until his death on 9 May 729. Symeon of Durham calls him a son of Aldfrith of Northumbria, which would make him a brother, or perhaps a half-brother, of Osred. Alternatively, he may have been a son of King Eahlfrith of Deira, and thus a first cousin of Osred.

Bede reports little of Osric's reign, but records that comets were seen at his death, a sign of ill omen. William of Malmesbury praises Osric for his decision to adopt Ceolwulf, brother of Coenred, as his heir.