Who was Uhtred of Bebbanburg? The Real Story

when you hear the name butrint of bebbanburg the handsome face of actor alexander Draiman probably comes to mind the Netflix series the last Kingdom portrays him as a dashing and heroic ladies man with a background of hardship and triumph at a future destined for glory battle after battle he's just so good with anyway this guy is just good at winning and it might surprise you to know that the real loot raid was actually somewhat of a glorious man himself let's go back to the Year 9 71 ad and take a look at who traded bebbanburg really was you're watching history and beyond remember to Like subscribe and eat lots of pie but not too much [Music] the year is 971 ad a crying baby is baptized at the fortress of Bamburgh and the elderman wall tee off of Boerne sia greets his son and heir boo 'tried not much is known about what roads early life history seems only to become interested 35 years later o nutrit is forced to go to battle for his homeland and for England with the South of England weakened due to constant Viking rains from the north king malcolm ii of the scots is a perfect opportunity to attack his southern neighbors as he marched through Northumbria there was not much resistance without help from England the kingdoms of Northumbria were forced to shall we say take care of business on their own and that is where our hero Odroid comes into play with the elder man wall T off to old and weak to lead an army boot road led the men in Bern Ischia and a force from New York to Durham or the Scottish army had been ravaging Richard had done it with a crushing victory against the Scots he had proven himself he did so well in fact that he caught the attention of the king of recently united England æthelred Richard was made the new alderman bernisa and would work closely with the king in the years to come as a trusted warrior so as you can see Richard never did become a dane and his father lived on through his adulthood instead of being known as food trade ragnarson he was known as boot read the bold due to his triumphant actions let's continue we all know the last Kingdom portrays Uhtred to be a ladies man so let's talk a little bit about his wives yes I said wives rude rude met his first wife ik Freda when helping the monks in Durham clear site for a new cathedral to house the remains of Saint Cuthbert it Frida was the daughter of the founding bishop known as bishop auld Hood this led him to gain multiple states that once belonged to the church well played Deut written well played Richard would he stay with egg Freda for long however after becoming alderman of York courtesy of King Ethelred and his murder of the current ruler ultra decided he was tired of it Freda and married Sita daughter of a wealthy citizen of York the entirety of the north was now united under hudred and house been burn some years later in 10:13 King Ethelred had to go into exile after King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark invaded England but it turns out Swain would only rule for five weeks due to the fact that he died the cause of death is unknown but some people speculate he ate too much pie and by some people I mean me moving along when Ethelred returned to his kingdom in 1014 he was so excited to be back where he belongs did he let you trade marry his daughter egg alga fou alga fou else go fool but welcome to wife number three Orchard became even closer with the rural family as he campaigned in Cheshire in the interest of Wessex with ethelred's son Edmund Ironside this is about where his luck ran out while he was campaigning the Danes led by Knut as you may remember as this dude who also happens to be the son of Swain invaded England once again King Ethelred died under siege in London and etre to eventually bent the knee to his new Danish ruler can you accept the new treads loyalty and invited him to come meet him personally hudred accepted and left with 40 of his men to go meet Knut on the way there Woodard and his men were ambushed and slaughtered by thurb ran the hold and his men and his even said the birds own servant aided in the ambush in Bern Ischia Bucher was succeeded by his brother aid wolf as for York the Norwegian Lord Erica flattered was put in charge insuring Danish rule throughout the land as you can probably imagine who - its family was not happy when they found out about his murder a powerful blood feud between those involved lasted for decades after who through his death one of who treats sons Eldred actually avenged his father and killed Thurmond some years later their brands son went and killed Eldred this is why I'm a pacifist finally in 1074 Boutrous family regained its prominence as ultras great-grandson wall tee off became Earl of Northumbria this guy really settled the score as he murdered most of third brands grandsons and great-grandsons well that's enough of that hopefully you now have a good understanding of who Trudeau bebbanburg really was thank you for watching history and beyond to see that bar it's fueled by you make sure to LIKE and subscribe and make sure to tune in next week so you can learn more and more and more and more and more until you're so smart but you could take over the world

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Length: 5min 28sec (328 seconds)

Published: Fri May 22 2020