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In Anglo-Saxon England, the Earl of York or Ealdorman of York was the ruler of the southern half of Northumbria.The titles ealdorman and earl both come from Old English. The ealdormanry (earldom) seems to have been created in 966 following a period when the region was under the control of Oswulf, already high-reeve of Bamburgh in northern Northumbria, from about 954, when Norse rule at York ...
Ælfhelm (died 1006) was the ealdorman of Northumbria, in practice southern Northumbria (the area around York), from about 994 until his death. An ealdorman (or earl) was a senior nobleman who governed a province—a shire or group of shires—on behalf of the king.
Ealdorman (/ ˈ ɔː l d ər m ə n / AWL-dər-mən or /(eɪ) ˈ æ l d ər m ə n / (ay-)AL-dər-mən, Old English: [ˈæɑɫdorˌmɑn]) [1] was an office in the government of Anglo-Saxon England. During the 11th century, it evolved into the title of earl .
Approximate extent of the sphere of influence of York (Jórvík), giving a rough indication of Oslac's dominion. Oslac ealdorman (or earl) of York from around 963 to 975. His territory included but may not have been limited to the southern half of Northumbria. His background is obscure because of poor source documentation.
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, winning a decisive victory. Local women washed the severed heads of the Scots, receiving a payment of a ...
Here, the ealdorman of Hampshire is called by the English title "ealdorman", while Thored himself is styled by the Scandinavian word eorl (i.e. Earl). [1] Two accounts of Thored's origins have been offered by modern historians. The first is that he was a son of Oslac, ealdorman of York from 966 until his exile in 975. [2]
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Anglo-Saxon ealdormen, men of high status, including some of royal birth, whose authority was independent of the king.It evolved in meaning and in the eighth century was sometimes applied to the former kings of territories which had submitted to great powers such as Mercia.