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Eardwulf of Northumbria

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/May 14, 2016 by Brianboulton (talk) 13:37, 27 April 2016 (UTC)



Eardwulf (fl. 790 – c. 830) was king of Northumbria from 796 to 806, when he was deposed and went into exile. He may have had a second reign from 808 until perhaps 811 or 830. Northumbria in the last years of the eighth century was the scene of dynastic strife between several noble families: in 790, the then-king Æthelred I attempted to have Eardwulf assassinated. Eardwulf's survival may have been viewed as a sign of divine favour. A group of nobles conspired to assassinate Æthelred in April 796 and he was succeeded by Osbald: Osbald's reign lasted only twenty-seven days before he was deposed and Eardwulf became king on 14 May 796. In 798, early in his reign, Eardwulf fought a battle at Billington Moor against a nobleman named Wada, who had been one of those who killed King Æthelred. Wada was defeated and driven into exile. In 801, Eardwulf led an army against Coenwulf of Mercia, perhaps because of Coenwulf's support for other claimants to the Northumbrian throne. Eardwulf was deposed in 806 and according to a Frankish record, returned to his kingdom in 808. No record has survived of his death or the end of his reign: dates from 811 to 830 have been suggested. He was possibly buried at the Mercian royal monastery of Breedon on the Hill which carries a dedication to Saint Mary and Saint Hardulph, with whom Eardwulf is identified by several historians.
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 * Promoted: December 4, 2007
 * Reasons for nomination: Could be 26 May too
 * Support as nominator. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 01:25, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Support As admirer of the article. Ceoil (talk) 07:45, 17 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment -- old promotion but seems to be on a few people's watchlists; note there are harv errors all over the place at the moment. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 03:29, 18 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Ian, can you indicate where there are harv errors? At a glance the article does not appear to be using harv referencing (did any in 2007?) so I assume these are later additions. Brianboulton (talk) 08:13, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * If it's not a silly question, do you have Ucucha's harv errors script installed, Brian? It's all through the bibliography. From memory the errors can be cured by changing all instances of the "citation" template to "cite book" (or whatever else is appropriate). A global change might do it. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:23, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yep, found a minute and tried a global change and that took care of it. It might be good if Mike as main editor gave his blessing to the article as a whole before it hits the front page, but no special objections from me. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 09:32, 21 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I tallied yr comment as a (sort of oppose) above as it is a, "wait and let's sort out stuff before running"-type comment. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 10:25, 20 April 2016 (UTC)