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Ecgfrida Of Durham

Ecgfrida Of Durham

Female 973 - 1087  (113 years)

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  • Name Ecgfrida Of Durham 
    Birth 6 Apr 973  Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    _AMTID 192683790718:1030:204653251 
    _COLOR 25 
    _FSFTID 99QT-MCB 
    _UID 390C2921C57E45FB852A337ECD7C1C875EB7 
    Death 1087  Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Abt 1087  Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I137993  World of Hyde
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2025 

    Father Aldhun, Bishop Of Durham,   b. Abt 940, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1018, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Mother Ælfgifu, Gunnarsdottir,   b. 21 Nov 957, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Nov 1031 (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F68833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ealdorman Uchtred, Earl Of Northumbria Becinia,   b. 971, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1016, Wighill, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years) 
    Marriage Abt 994 
    Children 
     1. Earl of Northumbria Eadwulf Cudel, Ealdred's uncle, died about 1020 and Ealdred succeeded him. Ealdred Of Bamburgh, II Earl Of Northumbria,   b. Abt 994, Bamburgh, Northumberland, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1038, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 44 years)
     2. Lady Ealdgyth De Northumbria, Of Carlisle Allerdale,   b. Aft 1009, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1045, Dunbar Castle, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 34 years)
    Family ID F46765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2025 

    Family 2 Kilvert Ligulfsson de Lumley,   b. 970, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1016, Northumbria, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years) 
    Children 
     1. Sigrida Of Weardley,   b. 1015, Weardley, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1076, West Riding, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    Family ID F83771  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 6 Apr 973 - Northumberland, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1087 - Northumberland, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Abt 1087 - Northumberland, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Ecgfrida, was the daughter of Aldun (Ealdhun), Bishop of Durham, born about 973 in Durham, England. In 995 her father moved his see from Chester-le-Street to the present day location of Durham Cathedral and Uchtred of Bamburgh assisted him in preparing the new site for the church. It is at this time that Ecgfida met and married Uchtred. They had one son Ealdred born about 997. In 1006 Uchtred repudiated Ecgfrida (divorced) and she returned to her father.

      Ecgfrida, married again to Kilvert Fitz Ligwulf and had a daughter named Sigrid. Ecgfrida was again repudiated, returned to her father and became a nun.

      Ecgfrida died in 1089, and was buried at Durham.

      Ecgfrida's son Ealdred succeeded his uncle Eadwulf Cudel as Earl of Bernicia in 1020/25 and died in 1038 in the bloodfeud started by the murder of his father Uchtred by Thurbrand.

      Ecgfrida's daughter Sigrid, married three times, one husband being Eadwulf, the son of her mother's 1st husband Uchtred and his 2nd wife, her half-brother Ealdred's half-brother.

      (see "Robertson's Essays," p. 172 for information on these marriages)

      Please use proper primary cites. Who is "Robertson's Essays"?
      Ecgfrida
      d/o Aldun, 1st Bishop of Durham &
      b- 973 - Elton, Durham, England
      m-1- Uchtred , Earldorman of Northumbria divorced
      m-2- Kilvert Fitz Ligwulf d- 1017 divorced
      d- 1089