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People: Uhtred of Bamburgh
Topic: Persian Civil War of 1747-60
Location: Bordeaux Aquitaine France

Uhtred of Bamburgh

ruler of Bamburgh and ealdorman of Northumbria
Years: 955 - 1016

Uhtred of Bamburgh (Uhtred the Bold—sometimes Uchtred; died ca. 1016), was ruler of Bamburgh and from 1006 to 1016 the ealdorman of Northumbria. He was the son of Waltheof I, ruler of Bamburgh (Bebbanburg), whose family, the Eadwulfingas, had ruled the surrounding region for over a century. Uhtred's death by assassination was described in De obsessione Dunelmi and has been interpreted as the beginning of a blood feud. Lest he be confused with Uhtred, the son of Eadwulf I of Bamburgh, he historically has been referred to as Uhtred the Bold.