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On the way to a meeting with the new King, Uhtred and his men were ambushed and killed.

The real Uhtred was killed in 1016 shortly after Sweyn's son, Cnut (Magnus Bruun) invaded Yorkshire and became King of England. Uhtred of Bebbanburg in The Last Kingdom is loosely based on the real Uhtred the Bold. Sweyn was accepted as King of the English in December 1013.įollowing Sweyn's death in January 1014, Ethelred returned from exile in Normandy and resumed his reign as King of the English, with Uhtred transferring his allegiance back to Ethelred.Īfter Ethelred's return, Uhtred married Ethelred's daughter, Aelfgifu. When King Swyen Forkbeard of Denmark invaded England, Uhtred surrendered to him alongside all of the Danes in the North. Similar to Uhtred in The Last Kingdom Season 1, the real Uhtred did raise an army from Bernicia and Yorkshire against the Scots and lined their severed heads on poles along the walls of Durham.įor his victory, the real Uhtred was rewarded by King Ethelred II with the ealdormanry of Bamburgh and he was later appointed ealdorman of York, uniting northern and southern Northumbria under the house of Bamburgh, consolidating Anglo-Saxon power.

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In The Last Kingdom, Bamburgh Castle is known as Bebbanburg Castle. Uhtred the Bold was the son of Waltheof I, ealdorman of Bamburgh, whose family had ruled from the castle of Bamburgh on the Northumbrian coast. This also means Uhtred's alliance with Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons (played by David Dawson), is entirely fictional.

The Last Kingdom's Uhtred lived in the 9th century, whereas the real Uhtred lived in the 10th century. However, the Uhtred in The Last Kingdom and Cornwell's The Saxon Stories and the real Uhtred of the Bold lived in entirely different centuries. Uhtred of Bebbanburg is loosely based on Uhtred the Bold, an ealdorman of all Northumbria from 1006 to 1016.Ĭornwell was inspired to write the novels after he discovered he was a descendant of the real-life Uhtred the Bold. He is one of the few characters in the show to be fictional, created by The Saxon Stories author Bernard Cornwell.

The Uhtred of Bebbanburg audiences know so well from The Last Kingdom, is not a real historical figure. Who Is Uhtred of Bebbanburg and Is He Based On A Real Person? Is Uhtred of Bebbanburg based on a real person? Newsweek has everything you need to know. Played by American Horror Story star Alexander Dreymon, Uhtred is forced to reckon with his past and fight for the future of the land in Season 5. Season 5 of The Last Kingdom is streaming on Netflix now and, after two years of waiting, fans are reunited with Uhtred of Bebbanburg.