Rulers of Bamburgh

From the destruction of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria by the Vikings in 867 to the early eleventh century, Bamburgh and the surrounding region (the former Bernicia), the northern part of Northumbria, was ruled for a short period by shadowy kings, then by a series of ealdormen (Latin duces, Old English eorl, modern English earl) and high-reeves (from Old English heah-gerefa). Several of these men ruled all Northumbria.

• King Egbert I (867–872)^[1]
• King Ricsige (872/3–876) ^[1]
• King Egbert II (876–878 or after 883?)^[1]
• Earl Eadwulf of Bamburgh (fl. c. 890 – 913), called 'king of the north Saxons' by the Annals of Ulster^[2]
• Ealdred I of Bamburgh 913 – c. 933, father of Osulf I of Bamburgh^[3][4]
• Æthelstan of England (c. 933 – 939), overlord of all Northumbria
• Adulf mcEtulfe (died 934), possibly 'Æthelwulf son of Eadwulf', named 'King of the Northern Saxons' by the Annals of Clonmacnoise.^[5]
• Edmund I of England (939), possibly overlord of Northumbria
• Olaf Guthfrithson (939–941), possibly ruled all of Northumbria
• Amlaíb Cuarán (941–944), possibly ruled all of Northumbria
• Edmund I of England (944–946), possibly overlord of Northumbria
• Osulf I of Bamburgh (floruit 946–963) son of Ealdred I of Bamburgh
• Eadwulf I 'Evil-Child' of Bamburgh (floruit 963–973)
• Waltheof of Bamburgh^[6] (floruit 994), son of Osulf I of Bamburgh
• Uhtred 'the Bold' of Northumbria (1006–16), ruled all Northumbria, son of Waltheof of Bamburgh
• Eadwulf II 'Cudel' of Bamburgh (died 1019), son of Waltheof of Bamburgh
• Ealdred II of Bamburgh (died 1038) son of Uhtred 'the Bold' of Northumbria
• Eadwulf III of Bamburgh (died 1041) son of Uhtred 'the Bold' of Northumbria
• Bernicia united to the rest of Northumbria during this period (1041–65).
• Osulf II of Bamburgh (1065–67) son of Eadwulf III of Bamburgh
• Bernicia united to the rest of Northumbria after 1067.

Family tree

Eadwulf I of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh king of Northumbria (704 - 705)

??? daughter of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria see Northumbrian kings family tree

Earnwine of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh

Eardwulf II of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh

Eardwulf III of Bamburgh king of Northumbria king (796 – 806 AD) ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh

??? Eanred of Northumbria king ofNorthumbria king (c.810 – c.850 AD)

Æthelthryth daughter of Ælla king of Northumbria

Earl Eadwulf of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh "king of the North Saxons" ((fl. c. 890 – 913))

Ealdred I of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (913 – c. 933)

? Uhtred ealdorman in Derbyshire (fl. x 911–926, 930–50, and perhaps 955–58)

Osulf I of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (floruit 946–963)

Waltheof of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (floruit 994)

? Eadwulf I 'Evil-Child' of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (floruit 963–973)

UHTRED 'the Bold' of Northumbria ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh ealdorman and ruler of all Northumbria (1006–16)

Eadwulf II 'Cudel' of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (died 1019)

1. Ecgfrida dau. of Ealdhun, Bishop of Dunham (fl. 990)

2. Sige dau. of Styr Ulfsson (fl. 1000)

3. Ælfgifu dau. of King Æthelred the Unready and Ælfgifu of York (fl. 1016)

Ealdred II of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh ((died 1038)

Eadwulf III of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (died 1041)

Gospatrick founder of Clan Swinton Eadulf Rus was a son or grandson

Ealdgyth

Maldred bro. of King Duncan I of Scotland see genealogy

Siward(Sigurd) earl of Northumbria (r. 1041–55)

Ælfflaed

Ealdgyth m. Ligulf, 2 sons, one of which was named Uhtred

Osulf II of Bamburgh ealdorman and high-reeve of Bebbanburgh (1065–67)

Gospatrick (d. after 1073)earl of Northumbria (r. 1067–1068) earls of Dunbar (called Earl of Lothian or Earl of March)

Waltheof earl of Northumbria , Huntingdon and Northampton (1050 – 31 May 1076) = Judith of Lens, dau. Adelaide of Normandy sister of Wm. the Conqueror

Simon de Senlis 1.

Maud countess of Huntingdon (c.1074—1130/31)

2. King David I of Scotland

daughter

Adelise m. Raoul III of Tosny

Simon earl of Huntingdon and Northampton (c. 1098–1153)

Henry of Scotland (1114 – 12 June 1152) heir of Scotland earl of Northumbria, Huntingdon, and Northampton Kings of Scotland see genealogy

Notes

1. Rollason, David (2003). Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom. Cambridge University Press. p. 249. ISBN 0 521 81335 2.
2. Rollason, pp. 213, 249
3. Rollason, p. 213
4. Hudson, Benjamin T. (2004). "Ealdred (d. 933?), leader of the Northumbrians". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39225. Retrieved 25 August 2013.(subscription or UK public library membership required)
5. McGuigan, Neil (2015). "Ælla and the descendants of Ivar: politics and legend in the Viking Age". Northern History. 52 (1): 20–34. doi:10.1179/0078172X14Z.00000000075. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
6. For Waltheof II, see Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria.