List of rulers of Bamburgh
Today's Bamburgh Castle
From the destruction of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria by the Vikings in 867 to the early 11th century, Bamburgh and the surrounding region (the former Bernicia ), the northern part of Northumbria, was made by shadowy kings, then by a series of ealdormen ( Latin Duces ), Old English eorl , Modernes Englisch earl and high-reeves (from Old English heah-gerefa ) governs. Some of these men ruled the whole of Northumbria .
Ruler of Bamburgh
- Egbert I , 867–872, King of Northumbria
- Ricsige , 872 / 3–876, King of Northumbria
- Egbert II. , 876–878 or after 883 ?, King of Northumbria
- Eadwulf I of Northumbria fl. At 890-913, Of the, Annals of Ulster called "King of the North Saxony" of Æthelweard reeve of Bamburgh called
- Ealdred I , 913 – around 933, probably ruler over all of Northumbria, perhaps only over the northern part (the former Bernicia), father of Osulf I.
- Æthelstan of England , around 933–939, overlord of all of Northumbria
- Adulf mcEtulfe († 934), probably Æthelwulf son of Eadwulf , called "King of the Northern Saxons" in the annals of Clonmacnoise
- Edmund I of England , 939, presumably overlord of Northumbria
- Olaf Guthfrithson , 939–941, presumably ruled all of Northumbria
- Amlaíb Cuarán , 941–944, presumably ruled all of Northumbria
- Edmund I of England , 944–946, 2nd time
- Osulf I. , fl. 946–963, son of Ealdred I.
- Eadwulf Evil-Child , fl. 963-973
- Waltheof , fl. 994, son of Osulf I.
- Uhtred the Bold , 1006-1016, ruled all of Northumbria, son of Waltheof
- Eadwulf II. Cudel , † 1019, son of Waltheof
- Ealdred II. , † 1038, son of Uhtred
- Eadwulf III. , † 1041, son of Uhtred
- In 1041-1065 Bernicia was united with the rest of Northumbria .
- Osulf II. , 1065–67, son of Eadwulf III.
- After 1067, Bernicia was united with the rest of Northumbria .
literature
- Benjamin Hudson (2004), Ealdred (d. 933?), Leader of the Northumbrians , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, accessed August 25, 2013
- Neil McGuigan (2015), Ælla and the descendants of Ivar: politics and legend in the Viking Age , Northern History 52 (1), pp. 20-34}, accessed June 7, 2015
- David Rollason (2003), Northumbria, 500-1100: Creation and Destruction of a Kingdom , Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-81335-2