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Thurbrand (Old English: Þūrbrand; fl. 1010s; died c. 1024), nicknamed "the Hold", was a Northumbrian magnate in the early 11th century. Perhaps based in Holderness and East Yorkshire, Thurbrand was recorded as the killer of Uhtred the Bold, Earl of Northumbria.
- 1 known son: Carl. 4 known grandsons: Thurbrand, Cnut, Sumarlithr, and another (whose name is lost)
- unknown
- Thorbrand
4 giorni fa · Thurbrand the Hold was an early eleventh-century Northumbrian nobleman believed to be of Danish descent. He was probably based in Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The unusual epithet, the "Hold", derives from an office said by the Norðleoda laga, meaning Law of the North People, to have been equal in wergild to a royal ...
Michael McComb. The Last Kingdom and Alfred's Mercenaries? Uhtred of Bebbenburg, played by Alexander Dreymond in The Last Kingdom (2015-2022), has become one of the most well-known and well-liked characters in historical fiction over the last decade.
Uhtred was summoned to a peace meeting with Cnut, and on the way there, he and forty of his men were murdered by Thurbrand the Hold at Wighill with the connivance of Cnut. Uhtred was succeeded in Bernicia by his brother Eadwulf Cudel.
29 mar 2020 · Styr, however, had a condition for the match: Uhtred was to kill his enemy, Thurbrand the Hold. But Thurbrand struck first. As England succumbed to Scandinavian conquest in the mid-1010s, Uhtred (as De obsessione tells it) remained staunchly loyal to King Æthelred, whose daughter had by this point become his third wife.
Waltheof had many enemies in the north. Amongst them was the family of Thurbrand the Hold; Thurbrand had killed Waltheof's great-grandfather, Uhtred the Bold, starting a long-running blood-feud that had resulted in the deaths of many members of both
He was summoned to a meeting with Canute, and en route, he and forty of his men were murdered by Thurbrand the Hold, with the aid of Uhtred's servant, Wighill and with the connivance of King Canute. Uhtred was succeeded in Bernicia by his brother Eadwulf Cudel.
