• Walcher (died 14 May 1080) was the bishop of Durham from 1071, a Lotharingian and the first Prince-bishop (appointed by the King, not the Pope). He was...
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    spring of 1080 they rebelled against the rule of Walcher, the Bishop of Durham and Earl of Northumbria. Walcher was killed on 14 May 1080, and the king dispatched...
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    see from further disorder following the death of the previous bishop, Walcher, during a feud. However, it was most likely in recognition of his administrative...
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  • The murder of his Norman replacement, Walcher, Bishop of Durham, by Uhtred's descendant Eadulf Rus led William the Conqueror to send an army northwards...
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  • death of Walcher, Earl of Northumbria and Bishop of Durham. The sources say that the attack occurred as revenge for the murder of Walcher's English right-hand...
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  • clear if Walcher was involved in the plot or not. Ealdgyth survived Ligulf's death, as Walcher offered her a gift of land to settle the feud. Walcher met Ligulf's...
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  • receiving orders to commence this project from William. The castle would be significantly expanded by Bishop Walcher and his successors in later years. Waltheof...
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    Josef "Sepp" Walcher (December 8, 1954 – January 22, 1984) was an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialized in the downhill event and won the...
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  • Earl of Northumbria (1070–1072) Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria (1072–1076) Walcher (1076–1080) Aubrey de Coucy (1080–1086) Robert de Mowbray (1086–1095) Earl...
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    using winches. The holder of the office of the bishop of Durham, Bishop Walcher at the time, was appointed by the king to exercise royal authority on his...
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    Harrying of the North (category William the Conqueror)
    as high as previously thought. In 1076 William appointed another Earl of Northumbria. This time it was Walcher, a Lotharingian, who had been appointed...
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    further trouble in the earldom and the killing of Bishop Walcher at Gateshead. In 1080, William sent his son Robert Curthose north with an army while his...
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    exceptional case was the bishopric of Durham, to which William appointed a Lotharingian, Walcher. Of the papal legates, John and Peter crossed to Normandy...
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    Merseburg of wounds received. May 14 – Walcher, bishop of Durham, is killed by rebel Northumbrians. King William I (the Conqueror) sends a punitive expedition...
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  • Monarch – William I (to 9 September 1087), then William II 1080 14 May – Walcher, Bishop of Durham, is killed by rebel Northumbrians; King William I sends...
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    March 3, 1983". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) Walcher, Greg. "Plowing New Ground on Old Issues | The American Spectator | Politics...
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    Bishop Urban begins the construction on Llandaff Cathedral in Wales. Walcher of Malvern, an English astronomer and mathematician, creates a system of...
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    Ernst; Walcher, Karl (1998). Jacob Walcher (1887–1970): Gewerkschafter und Revolutionär zwischen Berlin, Paris und New York [Jacob Walcher (1887–1970):...
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    the Earls of Northumberland. The first Norman Bishop of Durham, Bishop Walcher, was murdered in 1080. This led to the surrounding country being attacked...
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    and later British, monarch within the county palatine of Durham. In 1075 Walcher, the bishop of Durham, was allowed to purchase the earldom of Northumbria;...
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    Lat. palatium, a palace) of Durham, over which Bishop Walcher was granted royal rights by William the Conqueror. When these rights were taken from Cuthbert...
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    invasion. In 1075, shortly after the Norman conquest, William the Conqueror allowed Bishop Walcher to purchase the earldom of Northumbria after its previous...
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    He later died in confinement, leaving his see vacant for William the King to appoint Walcher as bishop of Durham in 1071. The King also appointed Waltheof...
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  • Northumbria Rulers of Bamburgh Earl of York Earl of Northumberland Aird, William M. (2004). "Gospatric, earl of Northumbria (d. 1073x5)". Oxford Dictionary...
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    town were burned and many people killed in retaliation for the death of Walcher, the first prince-bishop, at the hands of an English mob. After this devastation...
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    Werstan's martyrdom. Aldwyn was succeeded by Walcher of Malvern, an astronomer and philosopher from Lorraine. Walcher's tomb lid was rescued from burial at the...
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  • Castle. 9 May – Lincoln Cathedral consecrated (made sacred). 18 October – Walcher of Malvern correctly predicts the time of a lunar eclipse. High tides cause...
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    note in the later medieval period. Wright (1923) cites a description by Walcher of Malvern of a lunar eclipse in Italy (October 19, 1094), which occurred...
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  • 1902–1990) Abul Wáfa (Persia, 940–997/998) Walcher of Malvern (England d. 1135) George Wallerstein (1930–2021) William Wales (United Kingdom, c. 1734–1798)...
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