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Uhtred of Bamburgh

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33: 175:. Uhtred submitted to him there, as did all of the Danes in the north. In the winter of 1013, Æthelred was forced into exile in Normandy. After London had finally submitted to him, Sweyn was accepted as king by Christmas 1013; however, he reigned for only five weeks. He died at, or near, Gainsborough on 2 February 1014. At Sweyn's death, Æthelred was able to return from exile and resume his reign. Uhtred, along with Ingram from Otara and many others, transferred his allegiance back to Æthelred, on his return. Uhtred also married Æthelred’s daughter Ælfgifu about this time. 148:Æthelred rewarded Uhtred with the ealdormanry of Bamburgh even though his father was still alive. He also had Ælfhelm murdered, and allowed Uhtred to succeed Ælfhelm as ealdorman of York, thus uniting northern and southern Northumbria under the house of Bamburgh. It seems likely that Æthelred did not trust the Scandinavian population of southern Northumbria and wanted an Anglo-Saxon in power there. 751: 382:
after learning he was a descendant of Uhtred the Bold, who is the inspiration behind the series protagonist Lord Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Several events in the series are based on events in the life of Uhtred the Bold, such as the siege of Bebbanburg by the Scots and the severed heads on poles; however,
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After receiving these honours Uhtred dismissed his wife, Ecgfrida, and married Sige, daughter of Styr, son of Ulf. Styr was a rich citizen of York. It appears that Uhtred was trying to make political allies amongst the Danes in Deira. With Sige, Uhtred had two children, Eadulf, later Eadulf III, and
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and Yorkshire and led it against the Scots, winning a decisive victory. Local women washed the severed heads of the Scots, receiving a payment of a cow for each, and the heads were fixed on stakes to Durham's walls.
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The name of Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria as it appears on folio 153r of British Library Cotton MS Tiberius B I (the "C" version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle):
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briefly held the earldom of northern Northumbria in 1067 until he too was killed, succeeded by Uhtred's grandson by his third marriage (and Osulf's uncle),
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Second, Uhtred married Sige, daughter of Styr Ulfsson of York, about 1004. A condition of this marriage was that Uhtred kill Styr's enemy
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The killing of Uhtred by Thurbrand the Hold started a blood feud that lasted for many years and is the subject of the historical work,
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the newly founded episcopal city of Durham. At that time the Danes were raiding southern England and the English King
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was unable to send help to the Northumbrians. Ealdorman Waltheof was too old to fight and remained in his castle at
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Uhtred was summoned to a peace meeting with Cnut, and on the way there, he and forty of his men were murdered by
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subsequently avenged his father by killing Thurbrand, but Ealdred in turn was killed by Thurbrand's son, Carl.
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to send an army northwards to harry the region again. In Scotland, Earl Gospatric's descendants held the
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unlike many other characters in the book series who correspond closely to historical figures, such as
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had ruled the surrounding region for over a century. Uhtred's death by assassination was described in
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at Wighill with the connivance of Cnut. Uhtred was succeeded in Bernicia by his brother
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also took no action. Uhtred, acting for his father, called together an army from
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and the surrounding shires. While Uhtred was away from his lands, Sweyn's son,
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Uhtred's dynasty continued to reign in Bernicia. He was succeeded first by
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of Durham. He repudiated her before 1006, but not before they had one son:
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His first marriage, about 995, was to Ecgfrida, daughter of Bishop
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Uhtred married three times, each marriage produced children.
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St Cuthbert and the Normans: The Church of Durham, 1071-1153
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Third, and last, Uhtred married Ælfgifu, daughter of King
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Ealdred's vengeance had to wait until the 1070s, when
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Gospatric. This Gospatric's grandson was the infamous
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The King of the North Rides his Horse through the Sky
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Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England
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Index

Uhtred of Bebbanburg

ruler of Bamburgh
ealdorman of Northumbria
Waltheof I
Bamburgh (Bebbanburg)
Eadwulfingas
De obsessione Dunelmi
blood feud
Eadwulf I of Bamburgh
Symeon of Durham
St Cuthbert
Chester-le-Street
Durham
Bishop Aldhun
Malcolm II of Scotland
besieged
Æthelred
Bamburgh
Ælfhelm of York
Bernicia
Eadwulf Rus
Sweyn Forkbeard
Humber
Trent
Gainsborough
Edmund Ironside
Cheshire
Cnut
King of England

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