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Ealdred was the son of
Eadwulf. He was a ruler or nobleman in
Northumbria in the early tenth century.
Ealdred's father, called "king of the Saxons of the North" by the
Annals of Ulster, but only
reeve of
Bamburgh by the chronicler
Æthelweard (historian), died in 913. He may have been ruler of Northumbria following Eowils and Halfdan who were killed at
Tettenhall circa 910. It is unknown whether the family had links to pre- or post-Viking
kings of Northumbria.
The
Historia de Sancto Cuthberto states that Ealdred "was a friend of King
Edward the Elder, as his father had been a favourite of King
Alfred the Great". Ealdred was driven from his lands, whether all of Northumbria or merely the northern part which had once been
Bernicia is debated, by
Ragnall ua Ímair, either in 914 or, more probably, in 918. The
Historia states that Ealdred sought refuge with
Constantín mac Áeda, the
king of Alba, and that the two fought Ragnall at the
battle of Corbridge, dated by the
Annals of Ulster and the
Chronicle of the Kings of Alba to 918. The battle appears to have been indecisive and Ragnall remained the master of at least southern Northumbria, former
Deira, or perhaps of all.
In 920 "the sons of Eadwulf" were among those who met with Edward the Elder and, in the words of the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, "chose him as father and lord". Ealdred is named as one of those present at
Eamont Bridge on
12 July 927 when Edward's son
Æthelstan met with the northern British kings.
While Ealdred is nowhere certainly recorded after 927, it may be that the
Annals of Clonmacnoise report his death as "Adulf mcEtulfe, king of the North Saxons" circa 934, although this may be another of Eadwulf's sons.
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