Uhtred, earl of Bamburgh

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: murdered 1016.

Place of Death: Wighill, Yorkshire.

The date and place are given by Aird (ODNB). McGuigan gives between 1016 and 1019.

Relationships

Father: Waltheof (fl. about 994-1006).

This relationship is given by Aird (ODNB) and by Woolf.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Ecgfrida.

This relationship is given by Aird (ODNB).

Spouse: Sige, daughter of Styr, son of Ulf.

This relationship is given by Aird (ODNB).

Spouse: Ælgifu.

This relationship is given by Aird (ODNB).

Children (by Egcfrida):

(The information below comes from Aird (ODNB).

Ealdred (died 1038).

Children (by Sige):

Eadulf.

Children (by Ælgifu):

Ealdgyth married Maldred, son of Crinan.

References

Aird, William M. “Uhtred, earl of Bamburgh (d. 1016)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Arnold, Thomas. (ed.) Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia. 2 Volumes (London, 1882-1885).

McGuigan, Neil. Neither Scotland nor England: Middle Britain, c. 850-1150. A thesis submitted for the degree of PhD at the University of St Andrews. 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/7829

“Uchtred 2” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website. [accessed 11 June 2014]

Woolf, Alex. From Pictland to Alba: 789 - 1070. (Edinburgh University Press, 2007).