Morcar (lived 1065–1087)

Earl of Northumbria, brother of Edwin, Earl of Mercia. He became Earl of Northumbria in 1065, on the expulsion of Tostig. When Tostig invaded England from Norway in 1066 Edwin and Morcar resisted him. Though defeated at Fulford they inflicted heavy losses on the invaders, which almost certainly helped to decide the future king Harold II's subsequent victory at Stamford Bridge.

Morcar swore fealty to William the Conqueror in 1066, but in 1071 joined Hereward the Wake at Ely. He was later captured and died in prison.