Earl of Northumbria
Earl of Northumbria was a title in the
Anglo-Danish, late
Anglo-Saxon, and early
Anglo-Norman period in
England. The earldom of
Northumbria was the successor of the
ealdormanry of
Bamburgh, itself the successor of an independent
Bernicia. Under the
Norse kingdom of York, there were earls of
Deira. Eventually all Northumbria was united under the Bernician dynasty. This dynasty held onto Bernicia until
1041, but from
1016 there were other earls in York who were appointed by King
Canute the Great over all Northumbria. It was itself broken up in the early
Norman period and dissolved into the earldoms of
York and
Northumberland, with much land going to the
prince-bishopric of Durham.
The earls were:
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Osulf I (
954-
963),
Earl of Bernicia from
930*
Waltheof I (
963-
995)
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Uhtred the Bold (
995-
1016)
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Eric of Hlathir/
Eirik Håkonson (
1016-
1031)
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Siward (
1031-
1055), without underlings in Bernicia from
1041*
Tostig (
1055-
1065)
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Morcar (
1065-
1066)
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Copsi (
1067)
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Osulf II (
1067)
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Cospatrick (
1067-
1068)
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Robert Comine (
1068-
1069)
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Cospatrick (
1069-
1072), again
Vacant during the
Harrying of the North until...
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Waltheof II (
1072-
1075)
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William Walcher (
1075-
1080), also
prince-bishop of Durham*
Aubrey de Coucy (
1080), perhaps formally until
1086*
Robert de Mowbray (
1086-
1095)
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List of monarchs of Northumbria*
Earl of York*
Earl of Northumberland#
