EADWULF

• Son of UHTRED, son of WALTHEOF Earl of Northumbria & his Thrid wife ÆLFGIFU, daughter of ÆTHELRED II King of England & his first wife Ælflæd
• Saxon Earls of Northumberland

ENGLAND, ANGLO-SAXON NOBILITY

EADWULF (-murdered 1041). Simeon of Durham names "Aldred, Eadulf and Cospatric" as the three sons of "Uchtred"[449]. Earl of Northumbria. Simeon of Durham records that Eadwulf succeeded in Northumbria after his brother Ealdred was murdered but that he was "put to death by Siward"[450]. Named son of Uhtred by Roger of Hoveden, second of the three sons he lists, specifying that he succeeded his brother as Earl of Northumbria[451]. He was betrayed and murdered on the orders of King Harthacnut[452]. married as her second husband, SIGRIDA, [widow] of ARKIL (son of Fridegist), daughter of KILVERT & his wife Ecgfrida. Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records that "Sigrida, the daughter of Kilvert and of Ecgfrida, the daughter of bishop Aldun" (first wife of Eadwulf's father Uhtred) married "Arkil the son of Fridegist, and earl Eadulf, and Arkil the son of Ecgfrith"[453].

Eadwulf & his wife Sigrida had two children

• a) OSWULF (-murdered 1069). Simeon of Durham records that Earl Morcar handed over the earldom "beyond the Tyne" to "the young Osulf son of...earl Eadulf", but that William I King of England appointed "Copsi who was on the side of earl Tosti" who was beheaded by Oswulf "in the fifth week of his charge of the earldom IV Id Mar at Newburn"[359]. Named son of Eadwulf by Roger of Hoveden, who specifies that he was appointed by King William I to succeed Morcar as Earl of Northumbria[360]. Simeon of Durham records that Oswulf was killed by a robber[361].
• b) [HALDEN . Inquisitions by "David...Cumbrensis regionis princeps", dated 1124, concerning land owned by the church of Glasgow refer to donations by "...Halden filius Eadulf"[362]. It is not known whether this refers to an otherwise unknown son of Eadwulf, son of Uhtred.]