From the destruction of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria by the Vikings in 867 to the early eleventh century, Bamburgh and the surrounding region (the former Bernicia), the northern part of Northumbria, was ruled for a short period by shadowy kings, then by a series of ealdormen (Latin duces, Old English eorl, modern English earl) and high-reeves (from Old English heah-gerefa). Several of these men ruled all Northumbria.
King Egbert I (867–872)
King Ricsige (872/3–876)
King Egbert II (876–878 or after 883?)
Earl Eadwulf of Bamburgh (fl. c. 890 – 913), called 'king of the north Saxons' by the Annals of Ulster
Ealdred I of Bamburgh 913 – c. 933, father of Osulf I of Bamburgh
Æthelstan of England (c. 933 – 939), overlord of all Northumbria
Adulf mcEtulfe (died 934), possibly 'Æthelwulf son of Eadwulf', named 'King of the Northern Saxons' by the Annals of Clonmacnoise.
Edmund I of England (939), possibly overlord of Northumbria
Olaf Guthfrithson (939–941), possibly ruled all of Northumbria
Amlaíb Cuarán (941–944), possibly ruled all of Northumbria
Edmund I of England (944–946), possibly overlord of Northumbria
Osulf I of Bamburgh (floruit 946–963) son of Ealdred I of Bamburgh
Eadwulf I 'Evil-Child' of Bamburgh (floruit 963–973)
Waltheof of Bamburgh (floruit 994), son of Osulf I of Bamburgh
Uhtred 'the Bold' of Northumbria (1006–16), ruled all Northumbria, son of Waltheof of Bamburgh
Eadwulf II 'Cudel' of Bamburgh (died 1019), son of Waltheof of Bamburgh
Ealdred II of Bamburgh (died 1038) son of Uhtred 'the Bold' of Northumbria
Eadwulf III of Bamburgh (died 1041) son of Uhtred 'the Bold' of Northumbria
Bernicia united to the rest of Northumbria during this period (1041–65).
Osulf II of Bamburgh (1065–67) son of Eadwulf III of Bamburgh
Bernicia united to the rest of Northumbria after 1067.
