Rulers of Bamburgh
The current castle at Bamburgh.
From the destruction of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria by the Vikings in 867 to the early eleventh century, Bamburgh and the surrounding region (the former Bernicia), the northern part of Northumbria, was ruled for a short period by shadowy kings, then by a series of ealdormen (Latin duces, Old English eorl, modern English earl) and high-reeves (from Old English heah-gerefa). Several of these men ruled all Northumbria.
- King Egbert I (867–872)[1]
- King Ricsige (872/3–876) [1]
- King Egbert II (876–878 or after 883?)[1]
- Earl Eadwulf of Bamburgh (fl. c. 890 – 913), called 'king of the north Saxons' by the Annals of Ulster[2]
- Ealdred I of Bamburgh 913 – c. 933,[3][4] son of Eadwulf of Bamburgh.
- Æthelstan of England (c. 933 – 939), overlord of all Northumbria
- (died 934), possibly 'Æthelwulf son of Eadwulf', named 'King of the Northern Saxons' by the Annals of Clonmacnoise.[5]
- Edmund I of England (939), possibly overlord of Northumbria
- Olaf Guthfrithson (939–941), possibly ruled all of Northumbria
- Amlaíb Cuarán (941–944), possibly ruled all of Northumbria
- Edmund I of England (944–946), possibly overlord of Northumbria
- Osulf I of Bamburgh (floruit 946–963)
- Eadwulf I 'Evil-Child' of Bamburgh (floruit 963–973)
- Waltheof of Bamburgh[6] (floruit 994), son of Osulf I of Bamburgh
- Uhtred 'the Bold' of Northumbria (1006–16), ruled all Northumbria, son of Waltheof of Bamburgh
- Eadwulf II 'Cudel' of Bamburgh (died 1019), son of Waltheof of Bamburgh
- Ealdred II of Bamburgh (died 1038) son of Uhtred 'the Bold' of Northumbria
- Eadwulf III of Bamburgh (died 1041) son of Uhtred 'the Bold' of Northumbria
- Bernicia united to the rest of Northumbria during this period (1041–65).
- Osulf II of Bamburgh (1065–67) son of Eadwulf III of Bamburgh
- Bernicia united to the rest of Northumbria after 1067.
Family tree[]
| Eadwulf I of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh king of Northumbria (704 - 705) | ??? daughter of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria see Northumbrian kings family tree | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earnwine of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eardwulf II of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eardwulf III of Bamburgh king of Northumbria king (796 – AD 806) ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ??? Eanred of Northumbria king ofNorthumbria king (c.810 – c.AD 850) | Æthelthryth daughter of Ælla king of Northumbria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earl Eadwulf of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh "king of the North Saxons" ((fl. c. 890 – 913)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ealdred I of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (913 – c. 933) | ? Uhtred ealdorman in Derbyshire (fl. x 911–926, 930–50, and perhaps 955–58) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Osulf I of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (floruit 946–963) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waltheof of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (floruit 994) | ? Eadwulf I 'Evil-Child' of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (floruit 963–973) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UHTRED 'the Bold' of Northumbria ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh ealdorman and ruler of all Northumbria (1006–16) | Eadwulf II 'Cudel' of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (died 1019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Ecgfrida dau. of Ealdhun, Bishop of Dunham (fl. 990) | 2. Sige dau. of Styr Ulfsson (fl. 1000) | 3. Ælfgifu dau. of King Æthelred the Unready and Ælfgifu of York (fl. 1016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ealdred II of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh ((died 1038) | Eadwulf III of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (died 1041) | Gospatrick founder of Clan Swinton Eadulf Rus was a son or grandson | Ealdgyth | Maldred (poss.bro. of King Duncan I of Scotland (genealogy)) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Siward(Sigurd) earl of Northumbria (r. 1041–55) | Ælfflaed | Ealdgyth m. Ligulf, 2 sons, one of which was named Uhtred | Osulf II of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (1065–67) | Gospatrick (d. after 1073) Earl of Northumbria (r. 1067–1068) earls of Dunbar (called Earl of Lothian or Earl of March) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waltheof earl of Northumbria , Huntingdon and Northampton (1050 – 31 May 1076) = Judith of Lens, dau. Adelaide of Normandy sister of Wm. the Conqueror | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simon de Senlis 1. | Maud countess of Huntingdon (c.1074—1130/31) | 2. King David I of Scotland | daughter | Adelise m. Raoul III of Tosny | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simon earl of Huntingdon and Northampton (c. 1098–1153) | Henry of Scotland (1114 – 12 June 1152) heir of Scotland earl of Northumbria, Huntingdon, and Northampton Kings of Scotland see genealogy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes[]
- ^ a b c Rollason, David (2003). Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom. Cambridge University Press. p. 249. ISBN 0 521 81335 2.
- ^ Rollason, pp. 213, 249
- ^ Rollason, p. 213
- ^ Hudson, Benjamin T. (2004). "Ealdred (d. 933?), leader of the Northumbrians". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39225. Retrieved 25 August 2013.(subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ McGuigan, Neil (2015). "Ælla and the descendants of Ivar: politics and legend in the Viking Age". Northern History. 52 (1): 20–34. doi:10.1179/0078172X14Z.00000000075. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
- ^ For Waltheof II, see Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria.
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