Northumbrian rebels

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The Northumbrian rebels were a group of northern English nobles and supporters who rose in 1065 to depose the unpopular Earl Tostig Godwinson and assert their regional autonomy against southern royal authority.

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Northumbrian rebels canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical group ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
rebel group ⓘ
action killing of Tostig’s supporters in Northumbria ⓘ
plundering of Tostig’s property ⓘ
seizure of York ⓘ
activeInCentury 11th century ⓘ
activeInYear 1065 ⓘ
cause killings of prominent Northumbrian nobles under Tostig ⓘ
regional hostility to southern influence ⓘ
resentment of Tostig’s harsh rule ⓘ
resentment of Tostig’s heavy taxation ⓘ
conflict rebellion against Earl Tostig ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
demand removal of Tostig from earldom ⓘ
selection of an earl acceptable to Northumbrians ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
goal assertion of Northumbrian regional autonomy ⓘ
deposition of Earl Tostig Godwinson ⓘ
hasConsequence damage to Harold Godwinson’s family authority in the north ⓘ
weakening of English political stability before 1066 ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext late Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
reign of Edward the Confessor ⓘ
hasMember Northumbrian nobles ⓘ
local thegns ⓘ
supporters from northern England ⓘ
headquarters York ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-Conquest England ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
location Northumbria ⓘ
method armed uprising ⓘ
negotiatedWith Harold Godwinson ⓘ
opposedBy King Edward the Confessor ⓘ
opposedTo Godwin family dominance in Northumbria ⓘ
Tostig Godwinson ⓘ
southern royal authority ⓘ
partOf Northumbrian nobility ⓘ
placeOfRebellion York ⓘ
preceded Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
region northern England ⓘ
relatedEvent crisis of 1065 in Northumbria ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
result appointment of Morcar as Earl of Northumbria ⓘ
deposition of Tostig as Earl of Northumbria ⓘ
exile of Tostig Godwinson ⓘ
startTime October 1065 ⓘ
supportedCandidate Morcar ⓘ

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Tostig Godwinson → opponent → Northumbrian rebels ⓘ