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Earl Ealdred, son of Uchtred
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Ealdred was Earl of Bernicia from 1020/25 until his murder in 1038. He was the son of Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria, who was murdered by Thurbrand the Hold in 1016 with the connivance of Cnut. Ealdred's mother was Ecgfrida, daughter of Aldhun, bishop of Durham.
Ealdred succeeded his uncle Eadwulf Cudel as Earl of Bernicia in 1020/25, and some time probably in the mid 1020s he killed Thurbrand in revenge for his father's death. In 1038 Ealdred was murdered by Thurbrand's son, Carl. He was succeeded as Earl of Bernicia by his brother, another Eadwulf. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle asserts that in 1041 Eadwulf was "betrayed" by King Harthacnut.[1] The "betrayal" seems to have been carried out by Siward, Earl of Northumbria; since when the Libellus de Exordio and other sources write about the same event, they say that Siward attacked and killed Eadulf.[2] It was thus that Siward became earl of all Northumbria, perhaps the first person to do so since Uhtred the Bold.
Ealdred's daughter Ealdgyth was married to Ligulf, who was murdered in 1080.[3] Ealdred's daughter, Aelfflaed, was the second wife of Siward and her son (Ealdred's grandson) was Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria.
References
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle manuscripts C, D, s.a. 1041
Rollason (ed.), Libellus de Exordio, pp. 170 71
Aird, William M. (2004). "Ligulf (d. 1080)" ((subscription or UK public library membership required)). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16791. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
Sources
Fletcher, Richard. Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England. Allen Lane 2002.
External links
Ealdred 52 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
Preceded by
Eadulf II Ruler of Bamburgh
1019 1038 Succeeded by
Eadulf III
Categories: 1038 deathsEarls, ealdormen and high-reeves of Bamburgh
Ealdred, Earl of Northumberland1
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Ealdred, Earl of Northumberland is the son of Uhtred, Earl of Northumberland and Ecgfrida (?)2
He was also known as Aldred (?)3 He gained the title of Earl of Northumberland.1
Child of Ealdred, Earl of Northumberland
Elfleda (?)+1
Citations
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 36. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S37] BP2003 See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
[S37] BP2003. [S37]