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• FSID: LDSS-ZMW
• Appointments / Titles: 1065; Earl of Huntingdon, First Earl of Northampton
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1072 and 1076; Earl of Northumbria (Predecessor: Cospatrick of Northumbria; Successor: William Walcher)

Notes:

Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, was the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls and the only English aristocrat to be executed during the reign of William I. He was the second son of Siward of Northumbria. His mother was Aelfflaed, daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Bernicia, son of Uhtred of Northumbria. In 1054, Waltheof’s brother, Osbearn, who was much older than he, was killed in battle, making Waltheof his father’s heir. 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 probably was educated for a monastic life. Around 1065, however, he became an earl, governing Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. Following the Battle of Hastings he submitted to William and was allowed to keep his pre-Conquest title and possessions. He remained at William’s court until 1068.

When Sweyn II invaded Northern England in 1069, Waltheof and Edgar Aetheling joined the Danes and took part in the attack on York. He would make a fresh submission again to William after the departure of the invaders in 1070. He was restored to his earldom, and went on to marry William's niece, Judith of Lens. In 1072, he was appointed Earl of Northampton.

The "Domesday Book" mentions Waltheof ("Walleff"): "'In Hallam ("Halun"), one manor with its sixteen hamlets, there are twenty-nine carucates [~14 km²] to be taxed. There Earl Waltheof had an "Aula" [hall or court]. There may have been about twenty ploughs. This land Roger de Busli holds of the Countess Judith." (Hallam, or Hallamshire, is now part of the city of Sheffield)

In 1072, William expelled Gospatric from the earldom of Northumbria. Gospatric was Waltheof’s cousin and had taken part in the attack on York with him, but like Waltheof, had been pardoned by William. Gospatric fled into exile and William appointed Waltheof as the new earl.

Waltheof had many enemies in the north. Among them were members of a family who had killed Waltheof’s maternal great-grandfather, Uchtred the Bold, and his grandfather Ealdred. This was part of a long-running blood feud. In 1074, Waltheof moved against the family by sending his retainers to ambush them, succeeding in killing the two eldest of four brothers.

In 1075, Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. His motives for taking part in the revolt are unclear, as is the depth of his involvement. However, he repented, confessing his guilt first to Archbishop Lanfranc and then in person to William, who was at the time in Normandy. He returned to England with William but was arrested, brought twice before the king's court and sentenced to death.

He spent almost a year in confinement before being beheaded on 31 May 1076, at St. Giles's Hill, near Winchester. He was said to have spent the months of his captivity in prayer and fasting. Many people believed in his innocence and were surprised when the execution was carried out. His body initially was thrown into a ditch, but was later retrieved and buried in the chapter house of Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire.

In 1092, after a fire in the chapter house, the abbot had Waltheof’s body moved to a prominent place in the abbey church. When the coffin was opened, it is reported that the corpse was found to be intact with the severed head re-joined to the trunk. This was regarded as a miracle, and the abbey, which had a financial interest in the matter began to publicize it. As a result, pilgrims began to visit Waltheof’s tomb. He was commemorated on 31 August. After a few years healing miracles were reputed to occur in the vicinity of Waltheof’s tomb, often involving the restoration of a pilgrim’s lost sight.

Waltheof also became the subject of popular media, heroic but inaccurate accounts of his life being preserved in the "Vita et Passio Waldevi comitis," a Middle English Waltheof saga, since lost, and the Anglo-Norman "Waldef."

In 1070 Waltheof married Judith de Lens, daughter of Lambert II, Count of Lens and Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale. They had three children, the eldest of whom, Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland, and another, Adelise, married the Anglo-Norman noble Raoul III of Tosny. One of Waltheof's grandsons was Waltheof (d. 1159), abbot of Melrose.

Waltheof was portrayed by actor Marcus Gilbert in the TV drama "Blood Royal: William the Conqueror" (1990). He is the subject of Juliet Dymoke's 1970 historical novel "Of the Ring of Earls," and he is a major character in Elizabeth Chadwick's 2002 historical novel "The Winter Mantle."

-- Wikiwand: Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

1092 in Abbey of Croyland, Crowland, Lincolnshire, England; After a fire in the chapter house, the abbot of Croyland had the body of Waltheof moved to the abbey church. When the coffin was opened, the corpse was said to be found to be intact with the severed head re-joined. This was regarded as a sure sign of sanc

Waltheof was the second son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. Waltheof was said to be devout and charitable and was probably educated for a monastic life.

Waltheof (1050-31 May 1076), Earl of Northumbria and last of the Anglo-Saxon earls. He was the only English aristocrat to be formally executed during the reign of William I. He was reputed for his physical strength but was weak and unreliable in character.

He was the second son of Earl Siward, Earl of Northumbria. His mother was Aelfflaed, daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Bernicia, son of Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria. In 1054, Waltheof’s brother, Osbearn, who was much older than him, was killed in battle, making Waltheof his father’s heir. 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.

He was said to be devout and charitable and was probably educated for a monastic life. In fact, around 1065 he became an earl, governing Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. Following the Battle of Hastings he submitted to William and was allowed to keep his pre-Conquest title and possessions. He remained at William’s court until 1068.

When Sweyn II invaded Northern England in 1069 Waltheof and Edgar Ætheling joined the Danes and took part in the attack on York. He would again make a fresh submission to William after the departure of the invaders in 1070. He was restored to his earldom, and went on to marry William's niece, Judith of Lens. In 1072, he was appointed Earl of Northampton.

The Domesday Book mentions Waltheof ("Walleff"); "'In Hallam ("Halun"), one manor with its sixteen hamlets, there are twenty-nine carucates [~14 km²] to be taxed. There Earl Waltheof had an "Aula" [hall or court]. There may have been about twenty ploughs. This land Roger de Busli holds of the Countess Judith." (Hallam, or Hallamshire, is now part of the city of Sheffield.

In 1072, William expelled Gospatric from the earldom of Northumbria. Gospatric was Waltheof’s cousin and had taken part in the attack on York with him, but like Waltheof, had been pardoned by William. Godpatric fled into exile and William appointed Waltheof as the new earl.

Waltheof had many enemies in the north. Amongst them were members of a family who had killed Waltheof’s maternal great-grandfather, Uchtred the Bold, and his grandfather Ealdred. This was part of a long-running blood feud. In 1074, Waltheof moved against the family by sending his retainers to ambush them, succeeding in killing the two eldest of four brothers.

In 1075 Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. His motives for taking part in the revolt are unclear, as is the depth of his involvement. However he repented, confessing his guilt first to Archbishop Lanfranc, and then in person to William, who was at the time in Normandy. He returned to England with William but was arrested, brought twice before the king's court and sentenced to death.

He spent almost a year in confinement before being beheaded on May 31, 1076 at St. Giles's Hill, near Winchester. He was said to have spent the months of his captivity in prayer and fasting. Many people believed in his innocence and were surprised when the execution was carried out. His body was initially thrown in a ditch, but was later retrieved and was buried in the chapter house of Croyland Abbey.

In 1092, after a fire in the chapter house, the abbot had Waltheof’s body moved to a prominent place in the abbey church. When the coffin was opened, it is reported that the corpse was found to be intact with the severed head re-joined to the trunk. This was regarded as a miracle, and the abbey, which had a financial interest in the matter began to publicize it. As a result, pilgrims began to visit Waltheof’s tomb.

After a few years healing miracles began to occur in the vicinity of Waltheof’s tomb, often involving the restoration of the pilgrim’s lost sight.

In 1070 he married Judith of Lens, daughter of Lambert II, Count of Lens and Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale. They had three daughters, the eldest of whom, Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland, and another of whom, Adelise, married the Anglo-Norman noble Raoul III of Tosny.

One of Waltheof's grandsons was Waltheof (d. 1159), abbot of Melrose.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltheof_II,_Earl_of_Northumbria

Waltheof married of Lens, Countess of Lens Judith in 1070. Judith (daughter of de Boulogne, Sir Lambert and de Normandie, Adélaïde) was born in May 1054 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died in 1090 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. of Huntingdon, Matilda was born on 2 Jul 1072 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England; was christened in 1080 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland; died on 23 Apr 1131 in Old Scone, Perthshire, Scotland; was buried after 23 Apr 1131 in Scone Abbey, Old Scone, Perthshire, Scotland.

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• Appointments / Titles: Earl of Northumbria
• FSID: LDSS-8WS

Siward married of Bamburgh, Ælfflæd. Ælfflæd (daughter of of Bamburgh, Ealdred fitzUchtred and of Bernica, Edgina) was born in 1020 in Bamburgh, Northumberland, England; died in DECEASED in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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• 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.

Ealdred married of Bernica, Edgina. Edgina was born in 998 in England; died in 1049 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: MP6J-D9N

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Ædgina is believed to have been the wife of Ealdred, son of Uchtred and Earl of Bernicia. Together they five daughters, three of whom are recorded as having borne the same name:
- Ealdgyth who married Ligulf of Lumley (murdered in 1080)
- Aelfflaed, believed to have died young.
- Aelfflaed, believed to have died young.
- Aelfflaed, second wife of Siward, Earl of Northumbria; and mother of Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria.
- Ethelthritha, married Orm of Yorkshire, son of Gamel.

Ædgina's husband Ealdred was murdered in 1038 by Carl, son of Thurbrand the Hold, in revenge for Ealdred killing his father. Ealdred was succeeded in Bernicia by his 1/2 brother, Eadwulf. It is not known where Ædgina and her unmarried daughters went after Ealdred's death.

Ædgina's parentage is not known, nor her birth date or date of death.

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• 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]

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• FSID: 99QT-MCB

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Son with Uchtred: Ealdred of Bamburgh; with 2nd husband Kilvert a daughter: Sigrid/Sigfrida

Ecgfrida, was the daughter of Aldun (Ealdhun), Bishop of Durham, born about 973 in Durham, England. In 995 her father moved his see from Chester-le-Street to the present day location of Durham Cathedral and Uchtred of Bamburgh assisted him in preparing the new site for the church. It is at this time that Ecgfida met and married Uchtred. They had one son Ealdred born about 997. In 1006 Uchtred repudiated Ecgfrida (divorced) and she returned to her father.

Ecgfrida, married again to Kilvert Fitz Ligwulf and had a daughter named Sigrid. Ecgfrida was again repudiated, returned to her father and became a nun.

Ecgfrida died in 1089, and was buried at Durham.

Ecgfrida's son Ealdred succeeded his uncle Eadwulf Cudel as Earl of Bernicia in 1020/25 and died in 1038 in the bloodfeud started by the murder of his father Uchtred by Thurbrand.

Ecgfrida's daughter Sigrid, married three times, one husband being Eadwulf, the son of her mother's 1st husband Uchtred and his 2nd wife, her half-brother Ealdred's half-brother.

(see "Robertson's Essays," p. 172 for information on these marriages)

Ecgfrida
d/o Aldun, 1st Bishop of Durham &
b- 973 - Elton, Durham, England
m-1- Uchtred , Earldorman of Northumbria divorced
m-2- Kilvert Fitz Ligwulf d- 1017 divorced
d- 1089