Uhtred went on to accompany his adoptive father on his campaigns against the remaining Saxon kingdoms, and he volunteered to spy on the Saxons during the Siege of Nottingham in 868. He found living with the Danes freer than living with the pious Christians, and he embraced the Norse gods of Thor, Odin, and Hoder. ![]() Uhtred was raised as Ragnar's son, adopting the name "Uhtred Ragnarsson" and being loved the same as Ragnar Ragnarsson, his older adoptive brother, and his sickly younger adoptive brother Rorik. Ragnar ultimately arranged for Ravn to sell Uhtred to him instead, and Ragnar said that Aelfric would have to deal with him now an intimidated Alferic allowed for Uhtred to be in Ragnar's care, and returned to Bebbanburg empty-handed. At a meeting between the Viking leaders and Aelfric, the priest Beocca reunited with Uhtred he quietly warned the boy that his uncle Aelfric wanted to kill him and become the new Ealdorman. ![]() Unfortunately, Sven's father Kjartan fled to Bebbanburg and informed Aelfric that his nephew was alive and able to be ransomed both men wanted Uhtred dead. Uhtred was taken back to Ragnar's new home at Syningthwaite, where he was raised by the Danes. He rescued Ragnar's daughter and his friend Thyra from a stronger boy, Sven Kjartansson, who had stripped her half-naked in a rape attempt, and Ragnar became proud of Uhtred, giving him an amulet of Thor's hammer Uhtred's acceptance of the amulet meant his embracing of Germanic paganism, which he had already become interested in due to his conversations with the pagan Ealdwulf the Smith back in Bebbanburg. ![]() Uhtred was made the slave of Ragnar's blind father Ravn, who used Uhtred as his "eyes", and his new masters took a liking to him. He then charged from his cover and vainly attempted to attack Earl Ragnar, who knocked him out and took him captive. Uhtred snuck out of Bebbanburg in battle armor and rode to York to rejoin his father, and he arrived just in time to witness his father's death in battle. Aelfric despised Uhtred, and he ordered Scallion to murder Uhtred if the older Uhtred died in battle. Days later, his father left with a force of local men to join Kings Aella and Osberht in recapturing the city of York from the Vikings Uhtred's uncle Aelfric was left with 30 men to protect Uhtred. In 866, Osbert's older brother Uhtred was beheaded by invading Vikings under Earl Ragnar, and Osbert was rebaptized as "Uhtred", continuing a family tradition of the oldest son being named Uhtred he was made his father's new heir. As the second child, Osbert was raised with the intention of becoming a Catholic priest, and he was educated by the priest Beocca. His father was a powerful nobleman who ruled the lands south of the Tweed and north of the Tyne, and he played the role of kingmaker in the struggles between King Osberht and Aella. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, known as the Nunnaminster.Uhtred was born "Osbert" in 856 in Bebbanburg, Northumbria, the son of Ealdorman Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his Mercian wife Aethelgifu (the sister of Ealdorman Aethelwulf of Berkshire and Aethelred Mucel) and the younger half-brother of Uhtred. Most likely after the death of her husband, Ealhswith founded the convent of St. They had five children whoo survived to adulthood together. Ealhswith and Alfred married in 868 AD at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Her mother was Eadburh, a member of the Mercian royal family. Ealhswith's father ,Æthelred Mucel, was Ealdorman of the Gaini, an old Mercian tribal group. ![]() However, the child's parentage is questionable due to Elsewith's previous fling with Bjorn.Įlsewith is based on King Alfred the Great's real wife, Ealhswith. Judith believes that the child is the future of England. Marrying Alfred, Elsewith later tells Judith she is carrying a child. Meanwhile, Bjorn succeeds in wooing her in secrecy in Wessex. Elsewith is accompanied by Wilfred to Wessex to meet her future husband.
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