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Eardwulf's background is obscure; his father may also have been named E a r d w u lf and may have been one of the two Eardwulfs whose deaths are rec o r d e d b y Symeon of Durham in 774 and 775. [Symeon of Durham's ''His t o r y o f t he Kings'' quoted in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eardwulf_ o f _ N o rthumbria Wikipedia : Eardwulf of Northumbria]]
Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on 14th May 796. The Anglo-Saxon C h r o n i cle records that he was consecrated King by Eanbald I, Archbishop o f Y o r k , a nd Bishops Athelberht, Beadwulf and Hygebald, at York Minster o n 2 6 M a y 7 9 6.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eardwulf_of_Northumbria Wikipedia : Eard w u l f o f N orthumbria]
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Abt 758 - 830 (72 years)