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Siward himself died in 1055, and Waltheof being far too young to succeed as Earl of Northumbria, King Edward appointed Tostig Godwinson to the earldom. Waltheof was said to be devout and charitable and was probably educated for a monastic life. Around 1065, however, he became an earl, governing Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire.
Southern Northumbria, the former Deira, then became the Viking kingdom of York, while the rulers of Bamburgh commanded territory roughly equivalent to the northern kingdom of Bernicia. 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 ...
William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford (1067–1071) Roger de Breteuil, 2nd Earl of Hereford (1071–1074) Earl of Huntingdon Earl of Northampton. Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (1065–1076) Earl of Kent. Odo of Bayeux (1067–1082) Earl of Mercia. Edwin, Earl of Mercia (1062–1071) Earl of Northumbria. Morcar, Earl of Northumbria (1065 ...
Son of Waltheof. After 1006 he was ealdorman of Northumbria, i.e. he governed southern Northumbria as an ealdorman, regional governor, of the English king, in addition to rulership of Bamburgh. [14] Eadwulf III Cudel: fl. c. 1020 comes: Son of Waltheof. Known and titled only in post-Conquest sources. [15] Ealdred (II) fl. c. 1030 comes: Son of ...
Waltheof, Waldeve or Waldef is a masculine name of Old English origin and it survives in present-day as the name Waldo. Its original meaning is uncertain. It may refer to: Waltheof of Bamburgh (died after 1006), Waltheof I, Earl of Northumberland 963–995; Waltheof II, Earl of Northumbria (died 1076), 11th-century Earl of Northumberland
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After the Norman Conquest, Eadulf's son Osulf briefly held the earldom of northern Northumbria in 1067 until he too was killed, succeeded by Uhtred's grandson by his third marriage (and Osulf's uncle), Gospatric, who was Earl of Northumbria from 1068 to 1072 before being forced to flee to Scotland. His replacement was Ealdred's maternal ...
Waltheof was high-reeve or ealdorman of Bamburgh (fl. 994). He was the son of Ealdred, and the grandson of Oswulf I [ 1 ] and was father of Uhtred the Bold , Ealdorman of Northumbria . The name 'Waltheof' remained in his family when Earl Siward married his great-granddaughter and named his son Waltheof.