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Guthred died on 24 August 895 (or perhaps 894) and was buried at York Minster. [4]Æthelweard the 10th century historian, wrote in his Chronicon for 895: . There also died Guthfrith. king of the Northumbrians, on the feast of the apostle St Bartholomew [24 August]; his body is entombed in the city of York in the chief church.
There was an interregnum after Halfdan died until Guthred became king in 883. Guthred was the first Christian Viking king of York. It is traditionally thought that Guthred's election was sponsored by Archbishop Wulfhere's religious community from Lindisfarne.
These include: 29 pennies of Alfred the Great, five pennies of Guthrum, one penny of Guthred, three pennies of Charles the Bald, one penny of Odo of France and 32 pennies of uncertain mint. [1] The hoard is one of the earliest archaeological examples of pecking, and evidence that Carolingian coins were pecked in England.
James McClure will sign books from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Aug. 2, and noon to 2 p.m., Aug. 3, at the York County History Center’s new museum at West Philadelphia and North Pershing in York. The ...
Gudfred (r. 804–810), Danish king, son of King Sigfred; Guthred, king of Northumbria (ruled c. 883 – 895) Gofraid ua Ímair (died 934), aka Gothfrith II, King of York; Olaf III Guthfrithson (died 941), King of Dublin; Gofraid mac Sitriuc (died 951), King of Dublin
Eadred Lulisc [1] or Eadred of Carlisle (fl. late 9th century) is the abbot of Carlisle recorded by the Historia de Sancto Cuthberto.The Historia gives the abbot central place in the election of Guthred as king of Northumbria by the Viking army based in Yorkshire, and that subsequently Eadred purchased land from him, using it to endow the bishopric of St Cuthbert.
Gofraid mac Sitriuc (d. 951), King of Dublin; Gofraid mac Sitriuc (d. 1070), King of Dublin, father of Fingal mac Gofraid; Gofraid ua Ímair (d. 934), King of Dublin and Northumbria; Guðrøðr Magnússon (fl. 1275), son of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles; Guðröðr of Skåne, 7th-century Scanian king; Guthred (d. 895), King of York
[6] [7] Several events in the series are based on events in the life of Uhtred the Bold, such as the siege of Bebbanburg by the Scots and the severed heads on poles; however, unlike many other characters in the book series who correspond closely to historical figures, such as Alfred the Great, Guthrum and King Guthred, the main character Uhtred ...