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Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (Middle English: Wallef, Old Norse: Valþjóf) (died 31 May 1076) was the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls and the only English aristocrat to be executed during the reign of William I.
Waltheof es el tema de la novela histórica Of the Ring of Earls, escrita por Julieta Dymoke en 1970. Waltheof es un personaje principal en El Manto de Invierno, novela escrita por Elizabeth Chadwick en 2002.
Waltheof, conde de Northumbria fue el último de los condes anglosajones y el único aristócrata inglés ejecutado durante el reinado de Guillermo I.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Waltheof I was the earl of Northumbria (963-995), the son and successor of Osulf I. His name is Scandinavian and implies that he had Viking ancestors. It remained in his family when Earl Siward married his great-granddaughter and named his son Waltheof.
27 de may. de 2024 · Waltheof was the earl of Northumbria and ancestor of the Scottish kings through the marriage of his daughter Matilda to King David I. Son of Siward, the Danish earl of Northumbria (1041–55), and Aelflaed, daughter of Aldred, earl of Northumbria, he received an earldom consisting of the shires of.
7 de abr. de 2024 · Waltheof (1050-31 May 1076), Earl of Northumbria and last of the Anglo-Saxon earls. He was the only English aristocrat to be formally executed during the reign of William I. He was reputed for his physical strength but was weak and unreliable in character.
Waltheof became involved in a long-standing Anglo-Saxon blood feud with members of the family who had killed his maternal great-grandfather, Uhtred the Bold, and his grandfather Ealdred. Blood feuds between families in Anglo-Saxon England were a vicious cycle of retribution that often lasted for generations.
