King of NorthumbriaEardwulf's background is obscure; his father may also have been named Eardwulf and may have been one of the two Eardwulfs whose deaths are recorded by Symeon of Durham in 774 and 775. [1]
Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on 14th May 796, after being recalled from exile following the deposition of Osbald of Northumbria in 796. [2] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that he was consecrated King by Eanbald I, Archbishop of York, and Bishops Æthelberht, Beadwulf and Hygebald, at York Minster on 26 May 796. [3]
Sources
↑ Symeon of Durham's History of the Kings quoted in Wikipedia : Eardwulf of Northumbria
↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography : Eardwulf
↑ Wikipedia : Eardwulf of Northumbria
Abt 0758 - 0830 (72 years)