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Waltheof , of Bamburgh
(Abt 0960-)
Aldhun , of Durham
(Abt 0959-Abt 1018)
Uchtred the Bold , Earl of Northumbria
(Abt 0971-1016)
Ecgfrida
(Abt 0973-)
Ealdred , Earl of Bernicia
(Abt 0994-1038)

 

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Ealdred , Earl of Bernicia 1 2 3

  • Born: Abt 994, <Bernicia, Northumbria>, England
  • Marriage: Unknown
  • Died: 1038 about age 44

   Other names for Ealdred were Aldred of Bernicia and Ealdred Earl of Bamburgh.

  Research Notes:

From Wikipedia - Ealdred, Earl of Bamburgh :

Ealdred was Earl of Bernicia from 1020/25 until his murder in 1038. He was the son of Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria , who was murdered by Thurbrand the Hold in 1016 with the connivance of Canute . Ealdred's mother was Ecgfrida, daughter of Aldhun , bishop of Durham .

Ealdred succeeded his uncle Eadwulf Cudel as Earl of Bernicia in 1020/25, and some time probably in the mid 1020s he killed Thurbrand 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 brother, another Eadwulf , who was murdered by King Harthacanute in 1041.

Ealdred's daughter, Aelfflaed, was the first wife of Siward, Earl of Northumbria and her son, and Ealdred's grandson, was Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria .

  Death Notes:

Murdered by his cousin Carl, son of Thurbrand the Hold


Ealdred married.


Sources


1 Wikipedia.org, Ealdred, Earl of Bamburgh.

2 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 130-25 (Judith of Lens).

3 http://www.familysearch.org, Cit. Date: 28 Jul 2009.


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