Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Earl of Bernecia
• Appointments / Titles: Bamburgh, Northumberland, England; Lord
• FSID: L8WY-72D

Notes:

This is WALTHEOF OF BAMBURGH, high-reeve / ealdorman of Bamburgh. NOT THE SAME AS Waltheof of Northumbria!

Waltheof of Bamburgh was high-reeve or ealdorman of Bamburgh (fl. 994 and died after 1006). He may have been son or grandson of Osulf I and was father of Uhtred the Bold, Ealdorman of Northumbria. His name is Scandinavian and implies that he had Viking ancestors.

'De Northumbria post Britannos' says that Osulf had a son named Ealdred, father of Waltheof of Bamburgh (fl. 994), father of Uhtred of Northumbria.

The name 'Waltheof' remained in his family when Earl Siward married his great-granddaughter and named his son Waltheof. This son of Siward became Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, and one of his descendant being Saint Waltheof of Melrose.

Additionally, another branch of the family would use the Waltheof name including: Waltheof of Allerdale who was son of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria. Waltheof of Inverkeithing and Dalmeny was son of Cospatric, and grandson of Waltheof of Allerdale. Another descendant of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria was Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar.

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. Waltheof's son 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.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HE IS NOT THE SAME AS:
- Waltheof of Northumbria
- Saint Waltheof of Melrose
- Waltheof of Allerdale
- Waltheof of Inverkeithing and Dalmeny
- Waltheof of Dunbar

Who are all descendants of Waltheof of Bamburgh

- from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltheof_of_Bamburgh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osulf_I_of_Bamburgh#Death_and_legacy

Family/Spouse: of Bramburgh, Elfeda. Elfeda was born in 965 in England; died in DECEASED in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: The bold
• FSID: L8RR-4KG
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1006 and 1016; Ealdorman of all Northumbria, Lord of Bamburgh

Notes:

He was awarded in 1006 Bamburgh, Northumberland, England; For his decisive victory over Malcolm II of Scotland King Æthelred II rewarded Uchtred with the ealdormanry of Bamburgh, even though his father (the current Earl) was still alive.

Uhtred of Bamburgh, also called Uhtred the Bold, Earl of York & Northumberland (name spelled Uhtred, Uchtred, Ucthred), 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 for generations.
Possibly born in 971, his exact birth date is unknown.

Married 1st about 995 to Ecgfrida, daughter of Bishop Aldhun of Durham, divorced (set aside) before 1004. They had one son:
- Ealdred

Married 2nd Sige, daughter of Styr Ulfsson of York, by 1004. A condition of this marriage was that Uhtred kill Styr's mortal enemy Thurbrand. This did not occur. Uhtred and Sige had two children before they separated about 1006:
- Eadulf (later Eadulf III)
- Gospatric

Married 3rd about 1006 Ælfgifu, daughter of King Ethelred of England. They had 1 daughter:
- Ealdgyth

Uhtred was murdered (along with 40 of his men) in 1016 by Thurbrand the Hold, who was assisted by Uhtred's own servant Wighill. His death triggered a generations long Blood Feud. Uhtred was succeeded in Bamburgh (Bernicia) by his brother Eadwulf Cudel who in turn was succeeded by Uhtred's son, Ealdred in the early 1020's

During the seighe in 1006 of 1006 in Durham, Northumbria, England; While the other Lords remained locked behind the walls of their castles, including his elderly father Waltheof, Uchtred rallied the men of Northumbria and repelled the attack of Malcolm II. It was a decisive victory for England with many loses for the King of Alba.

In 1016 he was betrayed and murdered in 1016 in Wighill, Yorkshire, England; Uchtred was murdered by Thurbrand the Hold (aka Thurebrand the Dane). Summoned to a 'peace meeting' by Cnut, Uchtred was then ambushed and murdered at Wiheal, with Cnuts connivance. Uchtred was too powerful and Cnut could not permit him to continue as a possible rival. This spawned a blood feud last from 1016 to 1070 in Bet. 1016-1070 in Northumbria, England; The murder of Uhtred began a Blood Feud. Uhtred's son Ealdred avenged his father by killing Thurbrand, but Ealdred in turn was killed by Thurbrand's son, Carl. Waltheof, Ealdred’s grandson had his soldiers kill most of Carl's sons and grandsons in 1070.

Uchtred married of Durham, Æcgfrida Aldhunsdottir in 995 in England. Æcgfrida (daughter of of Durham, Aldhun) was born in 973 in Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England; died in 1089 in Northumberland, England; was buried in 1089 in Durham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: KZPV-BQM
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1020 and 1038, Northumberland, England; Ealdorman / Earl of Bernicia

Notes:

Ealdred of Bamburgh (also Ealdred II of Bamburgh and Ealdred Uhtredsson) was the oldest son of Uchtred of Bamburgh, Ealdorman of Northumbria and his 1st wife Ecgfrida, daughter of Bishop Aldhun of Durham, and was born about 997 (between 995 and 1006).

Ealdred's parents divorced in 1006 and Ealdred likely grew up in the household of his grandfather Aldhun, the Bishop of Durham. Ealdred's mother remarried and gave him a little sister, Sigrid, but divorced a 2nd time (was repuidated) and finished out her life living with her father.

Ealdred's father Uchtred married several more times, giving him at least 3 more siblings: Eadulf, Gospatrick, and Ealdgyth.

His father Uchtred was killed in 1016 by Thurbrand the Hold, starting a blood feud that lasted many years and several generations.
Ealdred's uncle Eadwulf Cudel was made Earl of Northumbria and upon his death in 1020 Ealdred succeeded him.

In 1024 Ealdred killed Thurbrand the Hold 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 1/2 brother, Eadwulf.
1038 in Risewood Forest, Northumberlandshire, England; Ealdred was murdered in 1038 by Carl, son of Thurbrand the Hold in continuation of the Bloodfeud.

Although the name of his wife is not known, before his death Ealdred had five daughters, three of whom are recorded as having borne the same name:
- Ealdgyth who married Ligulf of Lumley
- Aelfflaed
- Aelfflaed
- Aelfflaed, second wife of Siward, Earl of Northumbria; and mother of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria.
- Ethelthritha

The infamous Northumbrian Blood Feud was finally ended when Ealdred's grandson, Waltheof, had most of Carl's sons and grandsons killed in the 1070s.

Family/Spouse: of Bernica, Edgina. Edgina was born in 998 in England; died in 1049 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Northumbria
• FSID: 9ZCG-R7L

Family/Spouse: Digri, Siward Earl of Northumbria. Siward was born in UNKNOWN in England; died in 1055 in York, Yorkshire, England; was buried in St Olave's Church, York, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]