Person:Waltheof of Bamburgh (1)
Waltheof of Bamburgh
b.960 Northumberland, England
d.1006 Bamborough,,Northumberland,England
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m. 965
  1. Waltheof of Bamburgh960 - 1006
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  1. Eadwulf Cudel
  2. Uhtred _____, Earl of Northumbria971 - 1016
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Name Waltheof of Bamburgh
Alt Name[2] Earldorman Waltheof I _____
Alt Name Waltheof Lord, I
Alt Name Count Waltheof of Northumberland
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 935 Castle Bamburgh,,Northumberland,EnglandCitation needed
Birth[2][6] 960 Northumberland, England
Alt Birth? 965
Marriage to Elfeda Northumbria
Death? 1006 Bamborough,,Northumberland,EnglandCitation needed
Reference Number? Q1405240?
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Waltheof was high-reeve or ealdorman of Bamburgh (fl. 994). He was probably the son of Ealdred, and the grandson of Osulf I and was father of Uhtred the Bold, Ealdorman of Northumbria. His name is Scandinavian which may imply that he had Viking ancestors.

The name 'Waltheof' remained in his family when Earl Siward married his great-granddaughter and named his son Waltheof. This son of Siward became Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria, and one of his descendants being Saint Waltheof of Melrose.

Additionally, another branch of the family would use the Waltheof name including: Waltheof of Allerdale who was son of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria. Waltheof of Inverkeithing and Dalmeny was son of Cospatric, and grandson of Waltheof of Allerdale. Another descendant of Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria was Waltheof, Earl of Dunbar.

In 1006 Malcolm II of Scotland invaded Northumbria and besieged the newly founded episcopal city of Durham. At that time the Danes were raiding southern England and King Æthelred was unable to send help to the Northumbrians. Ealdorman Waltheof was too old to fight and remained in his castle at Bamburgh. Ealdorman Ælfhelm of York also took no action. Waltheof's son Uhtred, acting for his father, called together an army from Bernicia and Yorkshire and led it against the Scots. The result was a decisive victory for Uhtred. Local women washed the severed heads of the Scots, receiving a payment of a cow for each, and the heads were fixed on stakes to Durham's walls. Uhtred was rewarded by King Æthelred II with the ealdormanry of Bamburgh even though his father was still alive.

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References
  1.   Waltheof of Bamburgh, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 United Genealogists.
  3.   WALTHEOF, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  4.   Waltheof 4 (Male), in The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England.
  5.   Symeon of Durham, and Thomas Arnold (ed.). Symeonis monachi opera omnia: Historia Ecclesiae Dunhelmensis. (London: Longman & Co., 1882)
    1:215.
  6. ↑ This alleged birth date seems to be contradicted by Simeon of Durham, who states that Waltheof was "nimiae senectutis" (exceedingly aged) in 1006.
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