| Eadweard I | |
|---|---|
 Miniature from Matthew Paris's Historia Anglorum, c. 1253 | |
| Duke of Mercia | |
| Reign | 15 September 1066 – 11 March 1100 |
| Predecessor | Wulfstan II |
| Successor | Beornwulf I of Mercia |
| Born | 21 January 1048 Northamptonshire, Kingdom of England |
| Died | 11 March 1100 (aged 52) Northamptonshire, Kingdom of England |
| Burial | |
| House | House of Wulfing |
| Father | Unknown |
| Mother | Unknown |
Eadweard I (21 January 1048 – 11 March 1100) was Duke of Mercia from 26 September 1093 until his death in 1100. He became earl of Northamptonshire shortly before William the Conqueror's invasion of England and submitted. As his parents are unknown, the origin and how Eadweard became earl are also unknown. Some historians believe he was a distant cousin of king Harold Godwinson, others claim he was a Norman member of William the Conqueror's court. The most widely accepted claim, however, is that Eadweard was a minor Anglo-Saxon noble from Northamptonshire who rose to the status of earl just before the invasion.
He had three wives. His first wife, Octreda, bore five children, three of which reached adulthood. Octreda died in 1090 while pregnant with a sixth child. Eadweard then married Avice quickly afterward but she succumbed to smallpox a mere two months later. Two years later, he married the Franconian Heilwig and they remained married until Eadweard died. His second son to live to adulthood, Earl Rædwulf of Northamptonshire, was born to Heilwig.
He participated in the defensive war against the Norwegian king Harald IV, son of Harald Hardrada, in 1069 as a vassal of William I. In the aftermath, Eadweard conquered the lands around Northamptonshire and was crowned duke of Mercia in 1093.
In the aftermath of King Robert's death, a war of succession broke out between the Norwegian claimant Bodil of Essex and the Anglo-Norman Eadmund, and Anglo-Saxon Eorcenberht of Godwin between 1097 and 1109. Eadweard supported the Anglo-Norman Eadmund.
However, in 1100, Eadweard became ill with smallpox and quickly died.
Houses of Wulfing
edit| Alpín mac Echdach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domnall I mac Ailpín King of the Picts 812–862 r. 858–862 | Kenneth I MacAlpin King of the Picts 810–858/859 r. 841/843–858/859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Giric King of the Picts c. 832–889 r. 878–889 | Constantín I mac Cináeda King of the Picts r. 862–877 | Áed Findliath High King of Ireland | Máel Muire ingen Cináeda | Flann Sinna High King of Ireland 847/848–916 | Áed mac Cináeda King of the Picts d. 878 r. 877–878 | ? | Rhun King of Alt Clut r. 872–878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Donald II mac Causantín King of Alba r. 889–900 | Constantine II King of Alba before 879–952 r. 900–943 | Eochaid King of the Picts r. 878–889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Malcolm I King of Alba c. 900–954 r. 943–954 | Indulf King of Alba r. 954–962 | Cellach d. 937 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dub King of Alba r. 962–967 | Kenneth II King of Alba before 954–995 r. 971–995 | Cuilén King of Alba r. 967–971 | Amlaíb mac Ilduilb King of Alba r. 973–977 | Eochaid d. 971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kenneth III King of Alba before 967–1005 r. 997–1005 | Malcolm II King of Scots c. 980–1034 r. 1005–1034 | Constantine III King of Alba before 971–997 r. 995–997 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gille Coemgáin | Giric d. 1005 | Boite mac Cináeda d. 1058 | Donada | Findláech Mormaer of Moray | Bethóc | Crínán of Dunkeld Mormaer of Atholl d. 1045 | Olith | Sigurd the Stout Earl of Orkney c. 960–1014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gille Coemgáin Mormaer of Moray d. 1032 | Gruoch of Scotland fl. 1020–1054 | Macbeth King of Alba 1005–1057 r. 1040–1057 | Duncan I King of Alba c. 1001–1040 r. 1034–1040 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lulach the fool King of Alba before 1033–1058 r. 1057–1058 | House of Dunkeld | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Máel Snechtai Mormaer of Moray | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||