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EARL MORCAR (fl. ro66)

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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 820 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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EARL See also:MORCAR (fl. ro66)  , son of See also:Earl ./Elfgar, See also:brother of See also:Edwin, earl of the Mercians . They assisted the Northumbrian to expel See also:Tostig, of the See also:house of See also:Godwin, in 1065 and See also:Morcar was chosen earl by the rebels . Harold, Tostig's brother, consented to this See also:extension of the See also:power of the Mercian house . In spite of this concession, and the help which he gave them against Tostig and Harold Hardrada, the two See also:brothers See also:left him to fight alone at See also:Hastings . After trying to secure the See also:crown for their own house, they submitted to See also:William, but lost their earldoms . They attempted to raise the See also:North in ro68, and failed ignominiously . They were pardoned, but Morcar afterwards joined See also:Hereward in the Isle of See also:Ely (1071), while Edwin perished in attempting to raise a Welsh See also:rebellion . Morcar died in See also:prison; at what date is unknown . See E . A . See also:Freeman, See also:Norman See also:Conquest and Wiltiam See also:Rufus, vol. i .

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