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Æthelweard
Æthelweard, also spelled Ethelweard, Aethelweard, Athelweard, etc., is an Anglo-Saxon male name. It may refer to: * King Æthelweard of the Hwicce (''fl''. 7/8th century) * King Æthelweard of East Anglia (''fl.'' mid-9th century) * Æthelweard (son of Alfred) (''fl''. 9/10th century), younger son of King Alfred and Ealhswith * Æthelweard (bishop of Sherborne) (d. ''c''. 909) * Æthelweard of London (d. ''c''. 915), bishop of London * Æthelweard (historian) Æthelweard (also Ethelward; d. ) was an ealdorman and the author of a Latin version of the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' known as the '' Chronicon Æthelweardi''. He was a kinsman of the royal family, being a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon King Æth ... (d. ''c''. 998), ealdorman and historian {{given name Old English given names Masculine given names ...
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Æthelweard (historian)
Æthelweard (also Ethelward; d. ) was an ealdorman and the author of a Latin version of the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' known as the '' Chronicon Æthelweardi''. He was a kinsman of the royal family, being a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred I of Wessex, the elder brother of Alfred the Great. Career Æthelweard first witnessed charters as a thegn after the accession of Eadwig in 955, probably because he was the brother of the king's wife, Ælfgifu, although the relationship is unproven. The marriage was annulled on the grounds of consanguinity, and Æthelweard's position was threatened when Eadwig died in 959 and was succeeded by his half-brother Edgar, who was hostile to the faction associated with Eadwig. Æthelweard survived, although he was not appointed to the position of ealdorman until after Edgar's death. In the view of Shashi Jayakumar, "One receives the impression that Æthelweard played his cards right in Edgar's reign, perhaps by treading warily and displayi ...
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Æthelweard (son Of Alfred)
Æthelweard (died 920 or 922) was the younger son of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith. Early life and education He was born about 880. That he was Alfred's younger son by Ealhswith is stated by Asser in his biography of the king ( 893). Asser also provides valuable detail on the boy's upbringing. Whereas his brother Edward and sister Ælfthryth were raised and educated at court, Æthelweard was sent to a type of school (''schola''), where he learned to read and write both Latin and Old English and was instructed in the liberal arts "under the attentive care of teachers, in company with all the nobly born children of virtually the entire area, and a good many of lesser birth as well." Such education would have started at an early age, before the onset of adolescence. Estates and activity Through Alfred's patronage, Æthelweard became a wealthy landowner. In his father's will (AD 873 x 888), in which he is unnamed but called Alfred's "younger son" (''þam gingran minan suna '') ...
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Æthelweard Of East Anglia
Æthelweard (died 854) was a 9th-century king of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Little is known of Æthelweard's reign and even his regnal dates are not known for certain. He was succeeded by Edmund, who was said to have been crowned on 25 December 854. 9th century East Anglia Prior to the arrival of the Vikings, the 6th century Kingdom of the East Angles was rich and powerful, with a distinctive ecclesiastical culture. Between this time and the early Norman period, practically nothing is known of the history of East Anglia, except that the kingdom was rich and powerful enough to remain independent. Its kings are in some cases known only from the coins issued during their reigns. According to the historian Barbara Yorke, Viking attacks eventually destroyed all the East Anglian monasteries, where books and charters would have been kept. Life and reign of Æthelweard As with Æthelstan, whom he suc ...
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Æthelweard Of The Hwicce
Æthelweard, also spelled Ethelweard, Aethelweard, Athelweard, etc., is an Anglo-Saxon male name. It may refer to: * King Æthelweard of the Hwicce (''fl''. 7/8th century) * King Æthelweard of East Anglia (''fl.'' mid-9th century) * Æthelweard (son of Alfred) (''fl''. 9/10th century), younger son of King Alfred and Ealhswith * Æthelweard (bishop of Sherborne) (d. ''c''. 909) * Æthelweard of London (d. ''c''. 915), bishop of London * Æthelweard (historian) Æthelweard (also Ethelward; d. ) was an ealdorman and the author of a Latin version of the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' known as the '' Chronicon Æthelweardi''. He was a kinsman of the royal family, being a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon King Æth ... (d. ''c''. 998), ealdorman and historian {{given name Old English given names Masculine given names ...
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Æthelweard Of London
__NOTOC__ Æthelweard (died between 909 and 926) was a medieval Bishop of London The bishop of London is the Ordinary (church officer), ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury. By custom the Bishop is also Dean of the Chapel Royal since 1723. The diocese covers of 17 boroughs o .... Æthelweard was consecrated between 909 and 926. He died between 909 and 926.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 220 Citations References * External links * Bishops of London 10th-century deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown 10th-century English bishops {{England-bishop-stub ...
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Æthelweard (bishop Of Sherborne)
__NOTOC__ Æthelweard was a medieval Bishop of Sherborne. Æthelweard was consecrated around 909. He died around 909.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 222 Citations References * External links * Bishops of Sherborne (ancient) 10th-century English bishops {{England-bishop-stub ...
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Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a Cultural identity, cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to Germanic peoples, Germanic settlers who became one of the most important cultural groups in Britain by the 5th century. The Anglo-Saxon period in Britain is considered to have started by about 450 and ended in 1066, with the Norman conquest of England, Norman Conquest. Although the details of Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, their early settlement and History of Anglo-Saxon England, political development are not clear, by the 8th century an Anglo-Saxon cultural identity which was generally called had developed out of the interaction of these settlers with the existing Romano-British culture. By 1066, most of the people of what is now England spoke Old English, and were considered English. Viking and Norman invasions chang ...
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Old English Given Names
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