{"slug": "eardwulf-of-northumbria", "label": "Eardwulf of Northumbria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eardwulf_of_Northumbria", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879957", "qid": "Q879957", "description": "King of Northumbria", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [790, 830], "span_label": ["790 CE", "830 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}], "related": [{"slug": "thelred-i-of-northumbria", "label": "Æthelred I of Northumbria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-northumbria", "label": "Kingdom of Northumbria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "pope-leo-iii", "label": "Pope Leo III", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "coenwulf-of-mercia", "label": "Coenwulf of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "picts", "label": "Picts", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lindisfarne", "label": "Lindisfarne", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "diocese-of-york", "label": "Diocese of York", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "concubinage", "label": "Concubinage", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "isle-of-man", "label": "Isle of Man", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 790, "year_label": "790 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelred I returns to Northumbria, and is restored to the throne after living in exile for 11 years. His rival Osred II is deposed, forcibly tonsured, and exiled to the Isle of Man. Æthelred then faces a rebellion by another rival, named Eardwulf. The latter is captured, and hanged outside the gates to Ripon Abbey. The body is taken into the abbey, where Eardwulf recovers and escapes to exile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848291#Britain", "title": "790", "revid": 1340848291, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 796, "year_label": "796 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 18", "text": "April 18 – King Æthelred I of Northumbria is murdered, probably at Corbridge, by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. Another rival, Torhtmund, slays Ealdred in revenge. Northumbria is plunged into chaos. The patrician Osbald is placed on the throne, but is deserted by his supporters after only 27 days. He flees from Lindisfarne to Pictland. Another faction brings back Æthelred I's old back-from-the-dead rival, Eardwulf, as the new king. He dismisses his wife and publicly takes a concubine. Eardwulf is alienated from Archbishop Eanbald of York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907018#Britain", "title": "796", "revid": 1364907018, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 798, "year_label": "798 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Billington: King Eardwulf of Northumbria defeats the nobleman Wada in battle, who has killed former King Æthelred I (see 796).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848766#Britain", "title": "798", "revid": 1340848766, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 799, "year_label": "799 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Eardwulf of Northumbria, worried about further rivals, has ealdorman Moll killed. Former king Osbald dies as an abbot in exile. He is buried in an unmarked grave in York Minster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848772#Britain", "title": "799", "revid": 1340848772, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 800, "year_label": "800 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "King Eardwulf of Northumbria has his men seize Prince Ealhmund, son of the late King Alhred, and put him to death. He is buried at Derby in St. Alkmund's Church, and later revered as a saint (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367075277#Europe", "title": "800", "revid": 1367075277, "section": "Events › Europe"}}, {"year": 801, "year_label": "801 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Eardwulf of Northumbria leads an army into Mercia against his rival, Coenwulf, in order to flush out other claimants to the Northumbrian throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369675421#Britain", "title": "801", "revid": 1369675421, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 806, "year_label": "806 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Eardwulf of Northumbria is expelled from his kingdom by his rival Ælfwald II, who takes the throne. Eardwulf flees to the Frankish court of Charlemagne, and later visits Pope Leo III in Rome.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292643508#Britain", "title": "806", "revid": 1292643508, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 808, "year_label": "808 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Exiled king Eardwulf of Northumbria is able to return to his kingdom, with the support of Charlemagne and Pope Leo III. He ousts the usurper, King Ælfwald II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848803#Britain", "title": "AD 808", "revid": 1340848803, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 810, "year_label": "810 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Eardwulf, king of Northumbria (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848812#Deaths", "title": "810", "revid": 1340848812, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 830, "year_label": "830 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Eardwulf, king of Northumbria (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359310799#Deaths", "title": "830", "revid": 1359310799, "section": "Deaths"}}]}