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Eadwulf II Sex: Male | | | |  | | Birth Date | 0765 Northumbria | | Death Date | 0830 Northumbria | | Father | Eadwulf of Northumbria | Born: 0735 Northumberland, England | Died: 0796 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Eadwulf
Notes: | Eadwulf II in 796 was declared King of Northumbria and when he died circa 830 his son Eadwulf III succeeded to the title. Eadwulf III died circa 840 and his son Eadwulf IV was only a child then and so did not succeed to a title until the 870s or later. Eadwulf IV left Northumbria after the victory of Ragnarssons "Great Heathen Army" in 867. Eadwulf IV joined up with the future King Alfred the Great in Wessex, swore allegiance to Alfred and was granted the title of Earl of Bamburgh even though he did not possess Bamburgh yet. With victories over the Vikings and Ragnarsson in the south of England, Eadwulf IV returned to take the Fortress of Bamburgh and make an advantageous marriage for his son Ealdred to Ethelthryth, daughter of the former King of Northumberland. From then on Eadwulf IV and his successors were either called High Reeve of Bamburgh, rulers of the northern Saxons, or their actual title as granted by King Alfred, Earl of either Bamburgh, or Bernicia, or Northumberland. A popular history has been written that corresponds with the circumstances and life of Eadwulf IV beginning from 867. It is titled "The Last Kingdom" in a movie made into a BBC mini-series. It exchanges the character of Eadwulf with his 3x g-grandson, Uhtred "The Bold" Earl of Northumberland. [British historians have now changed this interpretation to one in conformity with the final credits at the end of each movie where it states that "some of the characters portrayed are fictional and any identification with real persons is coincidental." That is the authors prerogative. However, why is there still such a strong story-line just like the life of Eadwulf IV?] Some facts are changed however. Eadwulfs father Eadwulf III was killed when Eadwulf IV was only a child but 27 years before the Great Heathen invasion. This deprived the child from being king of Northumbria. So the title was taken by an uncle(it is believed) of his. When Eadwulf came of age, his uncle stood in the way of his becoming king. Thus, I quote: "The Historia de Sancto Cuthberto states that Ealdred was a friend of King Edward the Elder, as his father(Eadwulf IV) had been a favourite of King Alfred the Great". This means that those 2 lords of Northumbria had traveled quite a bit into Lancashire, Mercia, and Wessex in support of King Alfred the Great and his son Edward the Elder. The theme of the mini series is exactly that. However, the narrative is more compelling and dramatic using Uhtred the Bold because Uhtred became a famous warrior all over Europe and married his childrens lineages to the royal houses of Scotland both before Malcolm III and after him to King David the Saint. Uhtreds lineage through Matildas (House of Northumberland and Huntingdon) marriage to King David became the Huntingdon offshoot line which eventually became the Scottish Stewart line which ruled Scotland from 1371 (Robert II) and then England from 1603-1714 and the death of Queen Anne. In "The Last Kingdom" the story begins at the end of when Aella and Osberhrt ruled from 847-867. Some historical tales say King Aella captured the famous Viking raider and Lord called Ragnar and then murdered Ragnar in prison. That prompted the rise of the Great Heathen Army led by the Ragnarssons, Ivar, Ragnarsson, and Hubba, to come to conquer Northumbria and the city of York knowing that Aella would not fail to try to wrest York back from them. Aella and Osberhrt were both killed by the sons of Ragnar in the 867 battle at York. In "The Last Kingdom" Uhtred was at the battle because he demanded that his father let him fight the Heathen even at the age of about 10. Uhtred is taken by Ragnar (but actually by Ragnarsson) and he adopts him. But Uhtred befriends a brave female compatriot and escapes the Vikings when they came of age. His uncle would not let him stay at Bebbanburgh fortress(said to be its name around that time or earlier) so Uhtred and his first love go to join Alfred just before he became king of Wessex. Alfred finds Uhtred to be paganized by his upbringing by Ragnarsson and so is unsure of him. However, Uhtred is determined to gain the rule of Northumbria like his father and so is faithful to Alfred literally valiantly securing a strong kingdom for the new King Alfred the Great. The historical Uhtred the Bold was a hundred years after Alfred, so it was Eadwulf IV de Singleton who along with his son Ealdred and wife Ethelthryth, and their son Eadwulf V Reeve of Bamburgh, who gained back most of their power from the Vikings. In the movie, the still living Ragnar advised Uhtred to never draw his sword against Hubba. But I won spoil it for you, since it is semi-fictional and in a movie, but Uhtred does draw his sword to destroy Hubba, all part of the legend of Uhtred the Bold. Uhtred the Bolds titles 1st passed to his brother and then to his first son, Ealdred, who had 5 daughters, no sons. Then Uhtreds second son took the Earls title when Ealdred was murdered by Thurbrandsson. Uhtreds third son Gospatric never succeeded to any major title like Earl. But Gospatric had one son, Uchtred (de Singleton) bc1027 verified by Simeons Account of the Siege of Durham v.3, pt.2, p.556. Gospatrics son Uchtred would then be the father of two sons, Ucke bc1058 and Eadwulf, murdered for conspiracy. Eadwulf had killed his cousin, Bishop Walcher. Search: Bishop Walcher, to learn more about him and the cousin relationship). With Eadwulf dieing early being murdered himself, Ucke bc1058 carried on the family line. There is a secondary and primary source (Domesday Book 1066-86) confirming the existence of Uckes father, Uchtred FitzGospatrick de Singleton, also spelled Ughtred. The secondary source is at WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/CHINGLE_HALL. The reference(3 "Chingle") shows that Uchtred FitzGospatrick did own the property in the Goosnargh, Lancashire area as early as 1060 or before. The property was used by his descendant Alan Singleton 200 years later to build the Manor House of Chingle Hall which manor existed in the Singleton family for at least 500 years. Branches of the family split off from Broughton Tower to hold Chingle Hall Manor after Alan Singleton built it in 1260. Note: this uses a secondary source, and a primary source has now been found in the Domesday Book (see profile and overview for Robert de Moelis, brother of the 1st Alan de Singleton bc1183. If you go to the profile of Robert de Meolis to check this out, be sure to spell it M-e-o-l-i-s. Profile gives Edward Baines listing of some of the manors owned by Uchtred as listed in Domesday). The evidence is becoming compelling. The present owner of Chingle Hall is an eminent historian and maintains that the bc1027 Uchtred owned what was later called Chingle(Singleton) Hall Manor. Uchtreds son Ucke was the father of Huck, Reeve of Singleton bc1100 d1171. (Quote from Lanc. Pipe Rolls: "William de Wynewyc holds v. carucates of land in thanage of the King, and renders therefor xxs. yearly. And Robert, father of the aforesaid William, gave to HUCTRED, son of UCKE, j. carucate of land for his homage and service, which Alan, son of Richard, holds." Alan de Singleton had married Alice Wynewick, descendant of Robert and William Wynewyc, thus uniting the Wynwick and Singleton lineages.
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Ancestors Chart | Parents 2 | 4 persons | 8 persons | 16 persons | 32 persons | 64 persons | 128 persons | 256 persons | 512 persons | 1024 persons | - | Eadwulf of Northumbria
b.0735 Northumberland, England
d.0796 | Earnwine of Northumbria
b.0700 Northumberland, England
d.0740 | Eadwulf of Northumbria I
b.0670
d.0717
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