Uhtred the Bold -

- 1016

• Name	Uhtred the Bold -  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Biography	Like his grandfather, Uhtred was both High-Reeve of Bamburgh and Ealdorman of York (Northumbria), the later position he held from 1006 until he was murdered in 1016. In 1006 Malcolm II of Scotland invaded Northumbria and Æthelred was busy defending southern England from the Danes. Uhtred's father was too old and the present did nothing. Uhtred put together an army and defeated the Scottish invaders. Uhtred hired local women to clean the severed heads of the Scottish dead and paid them a cow for each head. Æthelred rewarded Uhtred with the ealdormanry of Bamburgh even though his father, the ealdorman of Bamburgh, was still alive. Then Æthelred had Ealdorman Ælfhelm of York killed so Uhtred could take his place. With his new prominence, he dismissed his first wife and married the daughter of a wealthy York landowner. When Æthelred was forced into exile, Uhtred pledged his allegiance to the Danish King. When Æthelred came back, Uhtred married pledged his allegiance to him and married his daughter, Ælfgifu. After Æthelred died and England was invaded again by the Danes, Uhtred was summoned to meet with the new Danish King. On the way he was murdered by Thurbrand the Hold under the king's guidance. Eventually Uhtred's son Ealdred avenged his father's death by killing Thurbrand. Ealdred was then killed by Thurbrand's son Carl. Years later, Ealdred's grandson killed all Carl's sons and grandsons.
  Died	1016  [1]
  Person ID	I2687	Our Family
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Waltheof of Bamburgh -,   d. Aft 994
  Family ID	F1563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ælfgifu -
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Ealdgyth -
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S326] Ancestrial Roots. [S249] Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhtred,_Earl_of_Northumbria