When did Waltheof become Earl of Northumbria?
Waltheof was said to be devout and charitable and was probably educated for a monastic life. Around 1065, however, he became an earl, governing Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. Who was the last Saxon Earl? 1050 – 31 May 1076 Waltheof of Northumbria, last of the Anglo-Saxon earls, was the son of Siward the Strong, Earl of…