Earls, ealdormen and high-reeves of Bamburgh
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From the mid-tenth century to the early eleventh, Bamburgh
and the surrounding region (the former Bernicia
), the northern part of the old Kingdom of Northumbria, was ruled by a series of high-reeve
s (or high-reeves, from Old English heah-gerefa) and ealdormen (Latin duces
, Old English eorl, modern English earl
). Several of these men ruled all Northumbria
.
Bamburgh
Bamburgh is a large village and civil parish on the coast of Northumberland, England. It has a population of 454.It is notable for two reasons: the imposing Bamburgh Castle, overlooking the beach, seat of the former Kings of Northumbria, and at present owned by the Armstrong family ; and its...
and the surrounding region (the former Bernicia
Bernicia
Bernicia was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England....
), the northern part of the old Kingdom of Northumbria, was ruled by a series of high-reeve
High-reeve
High-reeve was a title taken by some English magnates during the 10th and 11th-centuries, and is particularly associated with the rulers of Bamburgh. It was not however only used by rulers of Bamburgh...
s (or high-reeves, from Old English heah-gerefa) and ealdormen (Latin duces
Dux
Dux is Latin for leader and later for Duke and its variant forms ....
, Old English eorl, modern English earl
Earl
An earl is a member of the nobility. The title is Anglo-Saxon, akin to the Scandinavian form jarl, and meant "chieftain", particularly a chieftain set to rule a territory in a king's stead. In Scandinavia, it became obsolete in the Middle Ages and was replaced with duke...
). Several of these men ruled all Northumbria
Earl of Northumbria
Earl of Northumbria was a title in the Anglo-Danish, late Anglo-Saxon, and early Anglo-Norman period in England. The earldom of Northumbria was the successor of the ealdormanry of Bamburgh, itself the successor of an independent Bernicia. Under the Norse kingdom of York, there were earls of...
.
- Eadwulf (died 913), said to have ruled Bamburgh as "reeveHigh-reeveHigh-reeve was a title taken by some English magnates during the 10th and 11th-centuries, and is particularly associated with the rulers of Bamburgh. It was not however only used by rulers of Bamburgh...
" by Æthelweard - Osulf I (floruit 946–54), ruled all Northumbria
- Eadwulf Evil-child
- Waltheof I (floruit 994)
- NorthmanNorthmanNorthman was a late 10th century English ealdorman , with a territorial base in Northumbria north of the river Tees. He appears in two different strands of source. These are, namely, the textual tradition of Durham witnessed by Historia de Sancto Cuthberto and the Durham Liber Vitae, and an...
(floruit 994) - Uhtred (1006–16), ruled all Northumbria
- Eadwulf Cudel (died 1019)
- Ealdred II (died 1038)
- Eadwulf III (died 1041)
- Bernicia united to the rest of Northumbria during this period (1041–65).
- Osulf II (1065–67)
- Copsi (1067)
- GospatricGospatric, Earl of NorthumbriaGospatric or Cospatric , , was Earl of Northumbria, or of Bernicia, and later lord of sizable estates around Dunbar...
(1067–72), perhaps ruled all Northumbria