Ealdgyth (daughter Of Ælfgar, Earl Of Mercia)
The name Ealdgyth ( ang, Ealdgȳð; sometimes modernized to Aldith, may refer to * Ealdgyth, daughter of Uhtred the Bold, Earl of Northumbria (died 1016) and Ælfgifu who is a daughter of Æthelred the Unready, Æthelred II * Ealdgyth (floruit 1015–1016) (born c. 992), wife of Sigeferth and then of King Edmund Ironside * Ealdgyth, wife of the thane Morcar (thegn), Morcar (died 1015) * Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar (fl. c. 1057 – 1066), wife of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and later of Harold Godwineson * Edith Swanneck (c. 1025 – c. 1086), concubine of Harold Godwineson * Ealdgyth of Wallingford, daughter of Wigot and wife of Robert D'Oyly (died 1091) See also

* Eadgyth (other), Old English form of the name (Edith) * Eadgifu, sometimes Latinized as Ediva or Edgiva {{given name, cat=Old English personal names ...
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Uhtred The Bold
Uhtred of Bamburgh (sometimes Uchtred); died c. 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 Eadwulfings 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 beginning of a blood feud. Accomplishments In 995, according to Symeon of Durham, when the remains of St Cuthbert were transferred from Chester-le-Street to Durham, Uhtred went to Durham with his monks to clear the site of the new cathedral. The new cathedral was founded by Bishop Aldhun, and Uhtred married Aldhun's daughter, Ecgfrida, probably at about this time. From his marriage he received several estates that had belonged to the church. In 1006 Malcolm II of Scotland invaded Northumbria and besieged the newly founded episcopal city of Durham. At that time the Danes were raiding southern England an ...
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