Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria was the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls and the only English aristocrat to be executed during the reign of William I.
Statue traditionally identified as Waltheof, at Crowland Abbey in Lincolnshire, west front of ruined nave, 4th tier
Siward, Earl of Northumbria
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Siward or Sigurd was an important earl of 11th-century northern England. The Old Norse nickname Digri and its Latin translation Grossus are given to him by near-contemporary texts. He emerged as a reg
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria
…1076) was the last of the Anglo-Saxon earls and the only English aristocrat to be executed during the reign of William I. Waltheof was the second son of Siward, Earl of Northumbria. His mother was Aelfflaed, daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Bernicia, son of Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria. In 1054, Waltheof's brother, Osbeorn, who was…
Siƿard eorl (spelled with a wynn) in a manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (c. 1200)
Coin of King Edward the Confessor
Anachronistic early 19th-century depiction by John Martin of Mac Bethad (centre-right) watching Siward's Northumbrian army approaching (right)
The Death of Earl Siward (1861) by James Smetham, a 19th-century representation of Earl Siward readying for death