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Little is known about him, and the information that does survive regarding his life is often vague and suspect. He seems to have been the son (or the grandson?) of Hengest, who led the initial Jutish conquest and settlement of Kent. Oisc was evidentally regarded by later generations as having been the founder of the kingdom or of the royal line, since his descendants called themselves "Oiscingas" after him.
A theory exists that he was a leader of the Germanic tribes during the battle in which they were supposedly defeated by the semi-legendary leader of the native Britons, Arthur, at around this time.