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Guthfrith or
Guthred (
Old Norse Guðroðr) (died
24 August 895?) was the king of the
Viking kingdom of
Jórvík, or
York, from
circa 883 until his death.
The first known king of Viking York,
Halfdan, was expelled in 877. In c. 883,
Symeon of Durham's
History of the Kings simply states, "Guthred, from a slave, was made king", but his
History of the Church of Durham gives a longer account. Here he writes that after Halfdan was driven out:
During this time the [Viking] army, and such of the inhabitants as survived, being without a king, were insecure; whereupon the blessed Cuthbert himself appeared in a vision to abbot Eadred [ofthe monastery at Carlisle]...[and] addressed him in the following words:—"Go to the army of the Danes," he said, "and announce to them that you're come as my messenger; and ask where you can find a lad named Guthred, the son of Hardacnut, whom they sold to a widow. Having found him, and paid the widow the price of his liberty, let him be brought forward before the whole aforesaid army; and my will and pleasure is, that he be elected and appointed king at Oswiesdune, (that is, Oswin's hill), and let the bracelet be placed upon his right arm.
It isn't clear whether was a Christian, but his relations with the community of Saint Cuthbert, which was a major force in the former
Bernicia, which had lain outwith the influence of Halfdan, whose authority was limited to the former
Deira—approximately
Yorkshire—were good. He granted much land between the
River Tyne and the
River Wear to the community. This had once belong to the
Wearmouth-Jarrow monastery, and formed the core the lands of the church of Durham. Other lands, at the mouth of the
River Tees, Guthred allowed Eadred to purchase for the church.
Symeon recounts that Guthred faced a large invasion by the Scots, which was defeated with the aid of Saint Cuthbert.
Guthred died on
24 August 895 (or perhaps
894) and was buried at
York Minster. His father was Hardicnut of Norway.
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