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Personal data Uhtred "de dappere" van Bamburgh 

• He was born in the year 970.

  Attention: Was younger than 16 years (10) when child (Ealdred van Bamburgh) was born (??-??-980).

• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Uhtred (ca. 970 - 1016), de Dappere, was earl van Bamburgh en York, een positie die te vergelijken is met die van hertog van noorden en oosten van Engeland.
  
  Uhtred nam in 995 deel aan de stichting van de kathedraal van Durham. Hij trouwde met Ecgfrida, dochter van de bisschop van Durham, en ontving landerijen uit kerkelijk bezit. In 1006 versloeg hij de Schotten die Durham belegerden en bracht ze grote verliezen toe. Uhtred werd toen benoemd tot ealderman van Bamburgh hoewel zijn vader nog leefde, maar die was te oud om te vechten. Nadat koning Ethelred II ealderman Aelfhelm van York had laten vermoorden, kreeg Uhtred ook deze titel. Hij verstoott Ecgfrida en trouwde met Sige, een dochter uit een rijke Deense familie in York.
  
  In 1013 onderwierp Uhtred zich aan Sven Gaffelbaard maar koos in 1014 weer de kant van Ethelred en trouwde met diens dochter Aelgifu. In 1016 onderwierp hij zich aan Knoet de Grote. Knoet liet hem echter tijdens een bespreking vermoorden door Thurbrand, wat tot een langdurige bloedvete tussen lokale families leidde. Uhtred werd opgevolgd door zijn broer Eadulf Cudel, volgens Simeon van Durham een luie en laffe kerel.
  
  Uhtred was een zoon van Waltheof, earl van Northumbria.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Uchtred (or Uhtred), called the Bold, was the ealdorman of all Northumbria from 1006 to 1016, when he was assassinated. He was the son of Waltheof I, ealdorman of Bamburgh, whose ancient family had ruled from the castle of Bamburgh on the Northumbrian coast.
  
  In 995, according to Symeon of Durham, when the remains of St Cuthbert were transferred from Chester-le-Street to Durham, Uhtred helped the monks clear the site of the new cathedral. The new cathedral was founded by Bishop Aldhun, and Uhtred married Aldhun's daughter, Ecgfrida, probably at about this time. From his marriage he received several estates that had belonged to the church. [1]
  
  In 1006 Malcolm II of Scotland invaded Northumbria and besieged the newly founded episcopal city of Durham. At that time the Danes were raiding southern England and King Ethelred was unable to send help to the Northumbrians. Ealdorman Waltheof was too old to fight and remained in his castle at Bamburgh. Ealdorman Ælfhelm of York also took no action. Uhtred, acting for his father, called together an army from Bernicia and Yorkshire and led it against the Scots. The result was a decisive victory for Uhtred. 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. Uhtred was rewarded by King Ethelred II with the ealdormanry of Bamburgh even though his father was still alive. In the mean time, Ethelred had had Ealdorman Ælfhelm of York murdered, and he allowed Uhtred to succeed Ælfhelm as ealdorman of York, thus uniting northern and southern Northumbria under the house of Bamburgh. It seems likely that Ethelred did not trust the Scandinavian population of southern Northumbria and wanted an Anglo-Saxon in power there. [2]
  
  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. Through Sige, Uhtred had 2 children, Eadulf, later Eadulf III, and Gospatric. This Gospatric's grandson was the infamous Eadwulf Rus who murdered Bishop Walcher.[2]
  
  In 1013 King Sweyn of Denmark invaded England, sailing up the Humber and Trent to the town of Gainsborough. Uhtred submitted to him there, as did all of the Danes in the north. In July 1013 Ethelred was forced into exile in Normandy. After London had finally submitted to him, Swein was accepted as king by Christmas 1013. However he only reigned for five weeks, for he died at, or near, Gainsborough on 2 February 1014. At Sweyn’s death, Ethelred was able to return from exile and resume his reign. Uhtred, along with many others, transferred his allegiance back to Ethelred, on his return. Uhtred also married Ethelred’s daughter Ælfgifu about this time. [2]
  
  In 1016 Uhtred campaigned with Ethelred's son Edmund Ironside in Cheshire and the surrounding shires. While Uhtred was away from his lands, Sweyn's son, Cnut, invaded Yorkshire. Cnut's forces were too strong for Uhtred to fight, and so Uhtred did homage to him as King of England. Uhtred was summoned to a meeting with Cnut, and on the way there, he and forty of his men were murdered by Thurbrand the Hold, with assistance from Uhtred's own servant, Wighill and with the connivance of Cnut. Uhtred was succeeded in Bernicia by his brother Eadwulf Cudel. Cnut made the Norwegian, Eric of Hlathir, ealdorman ("earl" in Scandinavian terms) in southern Northumbria. [1]
  
  The killing of Uhtred by Thurbrand the Hold started a blood feud that lasted for many years. Uhtred's son Ealdred subsequently avenged his father by killing Thurbrand, but Ealdred in turn was killed by Thurbrand's son, Carl. Eadred's vengeance had to wait until the 1070s, when Waltheof, Eadred’s grandson had his soldiers kill most of Carl's sons and grandsons. This is an example of the notorious Northumbrian blood feuds that were common at this time. [3]
  
  Uhtred's dynasty continued to reign in Bernicia through Ealdred, Earl of Bamburgh (killed 1038) his son from his marriage to Ecgfrida, and Eadulf (killed 1041) his son from his marriage to Sige, and briefly Eadulf's son Osulf held the earldom of northern Northumbria 1067 until he too was killed. Uhtred’s marriage to Ælfgifu produced a daughter, Ealdgyth, who married Maldred, brother of Duncan I of Scotland and who gave birth to a son, Gospatric, who was Earl of Northumbria from 1068 to 1072. [4]
  Fiction
  
  In Bernard Cornwell's series The Saxon Stories the protagonist is Earl Uhtred of Bebbanburg, also from Northumbria. The story of the siege of Durham and the severed heads on poles is told about the historical Uhtred (see Battles of the Dark Ages, Peter Marren), though it is perhaps possible to assume that the fictional Earl Uhtred of Bebbanburg is an ancestor of this Uhtred.
  
  In Bernard Cornwell's series he adds a 'historical note' at the end, in which, especially in the first book, he mentions that Uhtred was his Ancestor. He took the liberty of installing Uhtred earlier in history. While I have no citation for this it is documented across the historical notes of his Saxon novels, though not all in one.
  
  Adrian Mourby's two Radio Plays, 'The Corsaint' (c.1986) and its sequel, 'The King of the North Rides his Horse through the Sky' (1992) provide convincing dramatic realisations of these historical events. They were broadcast by BBC Radio 4.

• He died in the year 1016, he was 46 years old.
• A child of Waltheof I van Bamburgh and Elfeda

Household of Uhtred "de dappere" van Bamburgh

(1) He is married to Ecgfrida van Durham.

They got marriedSource 1

Child(ren):

1. Ealdred van Bamburgh  980-1038 

(2) He is married to Sige van York.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Eadwulf van Bamburgh  -1041
2. Gospatrick van Bamburgh   

(3) He is married to Aelgifu van Engeland.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Ealdgyth van Bamburgh   
2. Sibylla of Algitha of Northumbria  1000-1040 

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