NORTHUMBRIA Uhtred

Abt 0975 - 1016  (41 years)

• Name	NORTHUMBRIA Uhtred
  Birth	Abt 0975	Northumbria, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	1016	Wighill, Yorkshire, England
  Notes	Uhtred Northumbria of Northumbria was born circa 0975. He was Ealdorman of all Northumbria from 0995 to 1016.[2] Marriages and Issue m.1 Ecgfrida.[3] Issue: Ealdred[4] m.2 Sigen, dau. of Styr Ulfsson. Issue: Eadulf III[5] Gospatric.[6] m.3 (abt. 1009) Ælfgifu of Wessex, dau. of Æthelred II. Issue: 2. Ealdgyth m. Maldred[7] Sources ↑ assassinated by Thurbrand Hold. Resulted in series of killings involving the two families that continued into the 1070s. ↑ A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland, and Wales by Ann Williams, Alfred P. Smyth, D. P. Kirby google ebooks (accessed Jun 2023) ↑ marriage brought Uhtred certain vills of the church of St Cuthbert, namely Barmpton, Skirningham, Elton, Carlton, School Aycliffe, and Monk Hesleden in the south of co. Durham. Marriage seen as part of the church of St Cuthbert's policy of recruiting allies, although the earl would also have gained from an alliance with this powerful ecclesiastical institution. Uhtred was to retain control of these vills as long as he lived honourably in marriage with Ecgfrida." (De obsessione Dunelmi) ↑ succeeded Eadulf Cudel as earl; d.1039 (murdered Risewood); m. unknown. Issue: 5. ↑ succeeded Ealdred ↑ Gospatric's grandson, Eadwulf Rus, murdered Bishop Walcher (Wikipedia). ↑ father: Crinan; Issue: Cospatric, also became earl. See also: Fletcher, R. (2004). "Genealogical table 3: The marriages and issue of Earl Uhtred." Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England, (pp.76). Oxford University Press. Google Books. Fletcher, R. & Lane, A. (2002). Bloodfeud: Murder and Revenge in Anglo-Saxon England. Kapelle, W.E (1979). The Norman Conquest of the North, (pp. 15-16, 17-19, table 2, pp. 18). University of North Carolina Press. Simeon of Durham's. 'Siege of Durham.' -- Primary Source Speight, H. (1898). Chronicles and Stories of Old Bingley, pp. 74. London: Elliot Stock. Google Books. Space:Chronicles and stories of old Bingley Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England, (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. "Uhtred (d.1016)". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900?. London: Smith, Elder & Co. Wikipedia: Uhtred the Bold
  Person ID	I59192	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	BAMBURG Waltheof,   b. Bef 0955, Northumbria, England d. Aft 0996, Bambrough, Northumberland, England (Age > 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	NORTHUMBRIA Unknown,   b. Abt 0940, Northumberland, England d. Northumberland, England
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 0994	Northumberland, England
  Family ID	F26321	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	DURHAM Ecgfrida,   b. 0973, Northumberland, England d. Dec 1067, Durham, England (Age ~ 94 years)
  Marriage	Abt 0995
  Children	1. NORTHUMBRIA Ealdred,   b. Abt 0990, Bernicia, Northumbria, England d. Abt 1039, Risewood Forest, England (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026