Eadwulf (Northumbria)

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Eadwulf (also Eadulf, Etulb mac Ecuilb ; † 717 ) was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria for two months in the years 705 and 706 .

Life

Northumbria in the time of Eadwulf

Eadwulf came from the Northumbrian nobility. Its exact origin is unknown, but it was possibly related to the Deirian royal family. Individual historians identify him with the Etulb mac Ecuilb (Eadwulf, son of Ecgwulf) mentioned in Irish annals and consider him a descendant of Ida von Bernicia . Earnwine († 740) was his son.

When King Aldfrith fell ill in 705, the succession to the throne was not assured because his son Osred was only about eight years old. On December 14, 705, Aldfrith died in Driffield . Some historians date his death differently to the year 704. A time of political turmoil began in which Eadwulf was initially able to assert himself against the supporters of Osred. At first Eadwulf was also supported by Wilfrid , the Bishop of York, who had been driven into exile by Aldfrith and was now hoping to be reinstated. After corresponding approaches remained unsuccessful, Wilfrid supported Osred from then on. Eadwulf's reign lasted only two months. In the vicinity of Bamburgh there were military clashes with the supporters of Osred, which included his aunt Ælfflæd, Bishop Wilfrid and Ealdorman Beorhtfrith. Eadwulf was defeated and had to go into exile. Osred succeeded the throne. However, the dynastic disputes were only resolved for a short time and an era of economic and cultural decline began. Eadwulf was no longer politically active and lived the rest of his life in the area around Iona where he died in 717.

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literature

  • Barbara Yorke : Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 . PDF (6.2 MB)
  • DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings , Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-0-415-24211-0 .
  • DP Kirby: Saint Wilfrid at Hexham . Taylor & Francis, 1974, ISBN 0-85362-155-1 .
  • James Earle Fraser: From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795 (New Edinburgh history of Scotland, Volume 1) , Edinburgh University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7486-1232-1 .
  • David W. Rollason: Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom . Cambridge University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-521-81335-8 .
  • John Cannon, Anne Hargreaves: The Kings and Queens of Britain , Oxford University Press, 2009 (2nd revised edition), ISBN 978-0-19-955922-0 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Simon Keynes: Kings of the Northumbrians . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 , pp. 502-505.
  2. ↑ a b c d Rosemary Cramp: Aldfrith  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oxforddnb.com   (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved November 11, 2011
  3. ↑ a b James Earle Fraser: From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795 (New Edinburgh history of Scotland, Volume 1) , Edinburgh University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7486-1232-1 , p. 265.
  4. ↑ James Earle Fraser: From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795 (New Edinburgh history of Scotland, Volume 1) , Edinburgh University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7486-1232-1 , p. 268.
  5. ^ Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , pp. 87-89.
  6. ^ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 705
  7. ^ A b Eddius Stephanus: Vita Wilfridi 59
  8. ↑ David W. Rollason: Osred I  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oxforddnb.com   (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved November 13, 2011
predecessor Office successor
Aldfrith King of Northumbria
705-706 		Osred I.
personal data
SURNAME Eadwulf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eadulf; Etulb mac Ecuilb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Northumbria
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 717
Place of death at Iona