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Alexander Dreymon (born Alexander Doetsch; 7 February 1983) is a German actor. He is best known for portraying Uhtred of Bebbanburg in the television series The Last Kingdom (2015–2022). [1] [2] Dreymon's other notable roles were in Christopher and His Kind (2011) and American Horror Story: Coven (2013–2014).
Uhtred of Bamburgh (Uhtred the Bold—sometimes Uchtred; died ca. 1016), was ruler of Bamburgh and from 1006 to 1016 the ealdorman of Northumbria. He was the son of Waltheof I , ruler of Bamburgh (Bebbanburg) , whose family the Eadwulfingas had ruled the surrounding region for over a century.
Alexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a seasoned Saxon warrior who was raised by the Danes and successfully reclaimed his birthright as the Lord of Bebbanburg.A veteran of countless battles, he once swore oaths to serve Kings Alfred and Edward and is viewed by many as the unofficial king of England's last independent kingdom, Northumbria.
He is a northerner with the title of 'earl', but it is uncertain if he was ruler of Bamburgh or related to the Eadwulfing line of Bamburgh rulers. [13] Eadred: fl. c. 1000 Another northerner with the title of 'earl', but it is uncertain if he was ruler of Bamburgh or related to the Eadwulfing line of Bamburgh rulers. [13] Uhtred: fl. 1009–16
Uhtred of Bamburgh (died 1016), ealdorman of Northumbria under King Æthelred II of England; Uchdryd ap Edwin (late 11th to early 12th century) Welsh noble [1] linked to the castle at Cymer [2] Uhtred (Bishop of Llandaff), Welsh Bishop of Llandaff from 1140 to 1148; Uhtred of Galloway (c. 1120–1174), Lord of Galloway
Eadwulf Cudel or Cutel (meaning cuttlefish [1]) (died early 1020s), sometimes numbered Eadwulf III, [2] was ruler of Bamburgh for some period in the early eleventh century. . Following the successful takeover of York by the Vikings in 866/7, southern Northumbria became part of the Danelaw, but in the north English rulers held on from a base at Bam
In 1006 Uhtred the Bold, ruler of Bamburgh, by command of Æthelred the Unready became ealdorman in the south, temporarily re-uniting much of the area of Northumbria into a single jurisdiction. Uhtred was murdered in 1016, and Cnut then appointed Eric of Hlathir ealdorman at York, but Uhtred's dynasty held onto Bamburgh.
Eadwulf I [1] (died 913) was ruler of Bamburgh in the early tenth century. A genealogy in the twelfth-century text De Northumbria post Britannos recording the ancestry of Waltheof Earl of Northampton (and, briefly, Northumbria), makes Eadwulf the son of Æthelthryth daughter of Ælla, King of Northumbria, but no source names Eadwulf's own father.