Origins
Eadberht became ruler of Northumbria following the second abdication of his cousin Ceolwulf, who entered the monastery at Lindisfarne. Unlike Ceolwulf's first abdication, which clearly involved force, his second, in favour of Eadberht, may have been voluntary.
The genealogy in the Historia Brittonum makes Eadberht son of Eata a descendant of Ida of Bernicia through a son of Ida named Ocg. The branch of the family to which Eadberht belonged is called the Leodwaldings, after his and Ceolwulf's grandfather Leodwald son of Ecgwulf. The genealogy gives his father Eata the cognomen Glin Mawr.
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