Waltheof OF BAMBURGH

ABT 920 - AFT 1006

• BIRTH: ABT 920, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England
• DEATH: AFT 1006, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
• EVENT: Malcolm II beseiged Durham in 1006, Waltheof, being elderly, shut himself within his walls and did nothing, as did the other lords. Waltheof's son Uchtred rallied the men of the area and repelled Malcolm's forces
  SEIGE+OF+DURHAM : 1006, Durham, England
• EVENT: Following his decisive victory, King Æthelred promoted Uchtred to Ealdorman of all Northumbria, replacing his elderly father. This was not a punitive action, but a necessary one. At his 'advanced age' Waltheof was no longer capable of defending the area
  DISPLACED+BY+SON+UCHTRED : 1006, Northumbria, England
• EVENT: Waltheof of Northumbria, Saint Waltheof of Melrose, Waltheof of Allerdale, Waltheof of Inverkeithing and Dalmeny, or Waltheofl of Dunbar.
  NOT+THE+SAME+AS+ :
• EVENT: De Northumbria post Britannos says that Osulf had a son named Ealdred, father of Waltheof of Bamburgh (fl. 994), father of Uhtred of Northumbria.
  FATHER%3A+Ealdred%2C+son+of+Osulf :

1. +Uchtred of Bamburgh
2.  Eadwulf CUDEL

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