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Octa of Kent, the Glossary

Octa (or Octha) (c. 500 – 543) was an Anglo-Saxon King of Kent during the 6th century.^[1]

29 relations: Ambrosius Aurelianus, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Anglo-Saxons, Battle of Badon, Bede, Celtic Britons, Culhwch and Olwen, Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Eormenric of Kent, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Great Britain, Hengist and Horsa, Historia Brittonum, Historia Regum Britanniae, King Arthur, King of the Britons, Kingdom of Kent, List of manuscripts in the Cotton library, List of monarchs of Kent, Matter of Britain, Offa of Mercia, Oisc of Kent, Recorded history, Scoti, The Dream of Rhonabwy, Twrch Trwyth, Uther Pendragon, Vortigern, York.
500 births
543 deaths
6th-century English monarchs
6th-century English nobility
Jutish people
Kentish monarchs

Ambrosius Aurelianus

Ambrosius Aurelianus (Emrys Wledig; Anglicised as Ambrose Aurelian and called Aurelius Ambrosius in the Historia Regum Britanniae and elsewhere) was a war leader of the Romano-British who won an important battle against the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century, according to Gildas. Octa of Kent and Ambrosius Aurelianus are Arthurian characters.

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Battle of Badon

The Battle of Badon, also known as the Battle of Mons Badonicus, was purportedly fought between Britons and Anglo-Saxons in Post-Roman Britain during the late 5th or early 6th century.

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Bede

Bede (Bēda; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar.

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Celtic Britons

The Britons (*Pritanī, Britanni), also known as Celtic Britons or Ancient Britons, were an indigenous Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons (among others).

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Culhwch and Olwen

Culhwch and Olwen (Culhwch ac Olwen) is a Welsh tale that survives in only two manuscripts about a hero connected with Arthur and his warriors: a complete version in the Red Book of Hergest,, and a fragmented version in the White Book of Rhydderch,.

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Ecclesiastical History of the English People

The Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum), written by Bede in about AD 731, is a history of the Christian Churches in England, and of England generally; its main focus is on the conflict between the pre-Schism Roman Rite and Celtic Christianity.

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Eormenric of Kent

Eormenric of Kent was King of Kent from c. 534/540 to 564/580. Octa of Kent and Eormenric of Kent are 6th-century English monarchs, Jutish people and Kentish monarchs.

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Geoffrey of Monmouth

Geoffrey of Monmouth (Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus; Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy) was a Catholic cleric from Monmouth, Wales, and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Hengist and Horsa

Hengist and Horsa are Germanic brothers said to have led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their supposed invasion of Britain in the 5th century. Octa of Kent and Hengist and Horsa are Jutish people and Kentish monarchs.

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Historia Brittonum

The History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) is a purported history of early Britain written around 828 that survives in numerous recensions from after the 11th century.

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Historia Regum Britanniae

(The History of the Kings of Britain), originally called (On the Deeds of the Britons), is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth.

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King Arthur

King Arthur (Brenin Arthur, Arthur Gernow, Roue Arzhur, Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. Octa of Kent and king Arthur are Arthurian characters.

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King of the Britons

The title King of the Britons (Brenin y Brythoniaid, Rex Britannorum) was used (often retrospectively) to refer to a ruler, especially one who might be regarded as the most powerful, among the Celtic Britons, both before and after the period of Roman Britain up until the Norman invasion of Wales and the Norman conquest of England.

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Kingdom of Kent

The Kingdom of the Kentish (Cantwara rīce; Regnum Cantuariorum), today referred to as the Kingdom of Kent, was an early medieval kingdom in what is now South East England.

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List of manuscripts in the Cotton library

This is an incomplete list of some of the manuscripts from the Cotton library that today form the Cotton collection of the British Library.

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List of monarchs of Kent

This is a list of the kings of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Kent. Octa of Kent and list of monarchs of Kent are Kentish monarchs.

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Matter of Britain

The Matter of Britain (matière de Bretagne) is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.

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Offa of Mercia

Offa (died 29 July 796 AD) was King of Mercia, a kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England, from 757 until his death in 796.

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Oisc of Kent

Oisc (early Old English or), or, in a later spelling, Ēsc was, if he existed, an early king of Kent and, according to Bede, the eponymous founder of the tribe known as Oiscingas (early Old English. Octa of Kent and Oisc of Kent are 6th-century English monarchs, Jutish people and Kentish monarchs.

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Recorded history

Recorded history or written history describes the historical events that have been recorded in a written form or other documented communication which are subsequently evaluated by historians using the historical method.

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Scoti

Scoti or Scotti is a Latin name for the Gaels,Duffy, Seán.

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The Dream of Rhonabwy

The Dream of Rhonabwy (Breuddwyd Rhonabwy) is a Middle Welsh prose tale.

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Twrch Trwyth

Twrch Trwyth (also Trwyd), is a fabulous wild boar from the Legend of King Arthur, of which a richly elaborate account of its hunt described in the Welsh prose romance Culhwch and Olwen, probably written around 1100. Octa of Kent and Twrch Trwyth are Arthurian characters.

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Uther Pendragon

Uther Pendragon (Brittonic) (Ythyr Ben Dragwn, Uthyr Pendragon, Uthyr Bendragon), also known as King Uther, was a legendary King of the Britons and father of King Arthur. Octa of Kent and Uther Pendragon are Arthurian characters.

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Vortigern

Vortigern (Guorthigirn, Guorthegern; Gwrtheyrn; Wyrtgeorn; Old Breton: Gurdiern, Gurthiern; Foirtchern; Vortigernus, Vertigernus, Uuertigernus, etc.), also spelled Vortiger, Vortigan, Voertigern and Vortigen, was a 5th-century warlord in Britain, known perhaps as a king of the Britons or at least connoted as such in the writings of Bede and Gildas. Octa of Kent and Vortigern are Arthurian characters.

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York

York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octa_of_Kent

Also known as Octha of Kent, Osla Big Knife, Osla Bigknife.