He ruled Northumbria from 796 to 806, when he was deposed. Eardwulf spent his final years in exile in Mercia (another kingdom in the Midlands), ultimately dying in 830, reports Derbyshire Live ...

What was once thought to be an 18th-century party house for aristocrats has been discovered to possibly be the 1200-year-old home of a deposed king.

Researchers determined that King Eardwulf lived in the church caves. He is the former king of Northumbria (now Northern England), and became Saint Hardulph after his kingdom failed and he ...

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Modern scholarship identifies Hardulph with King Eardwulf, who was deposed as king of Northumbria in AD806 and was buried at Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire, just five miles from the caves.

In his final moments, Eardwulf seized the opportunity to finish him off whilst the two were alone. Little did he know, Eadith saw the whole thing and she decided to cut all ties with her evil brother.

"St Hardulph is the same as Eardwulf - king of Northumbria. He's been deposed from his own kingdom. He's now in exile in Mercia and he decides this is going to be the perfect spot for him. ...