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Æthelheard Of The Hwicce
Aethelheard may refer to: *Æthelheard of Wessex, monarch of Wessex * Æthelheard of the Hwicce, monarch of the Hwicce * Æthelheard of Winchester, 8th century bishop of Winchester *Æthelhard Æthelhard (died 12 May 805) was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in sout ..., Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of Canterbury, 8th/9th century * Æthelgeard, landowner of Winchester and official during the reign of Eadwig in the 950s {{disambig, given name ...
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Æthelheard Of Wessex
Æthelheard (meaning roughly "Noble Stern"), also spelled Ethelheard, Edelard or Æþelheard, was King of Wessex from 726 to 740. There is an unreliable record of Æthelheard having been the brother-in-law of his predecessor, Ine, but his ancestry is unknown, perhaps making him the first King of Wessex not to be descended from Cynric by blood. Some sources identify him as the brother of Queen Æthelburg of Wessex, the wife of his predecessor, King Ine. His own successor Cuthred is identified in the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' as 'his relative'. When Ine abdicated and went to Rome in 726, he left behind no obvious heir, and according to Bede simply left his kingdom "to younger men". In the wake of his departure, the West Saxon throne was disputed between Æthelheard and a rival claimant, Oswald. Oswald may have had the better claim, as the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' calls him a descendant of the early king Ceawlin, but it was Æthelheard who prevailed. It is possible that his ...
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Æthelheard Of The Hwicce
Aethelheard may refer to: *Æthelheard of Wessex, monarch of Wessex * Æthelheard of the Hwicce, monarch of the Hwicce * Æthelheard of Winchester, 8th century bishop of Winchester *Æthelhard Æthelhard (died 12 May 805) was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in sout ..., Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of Canterbury, 8th/9th century * Æthelgeard, landowner of Winchester and official during the reign of Eadwig in the 950s {{disambig, given name ...
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Æthelheard Of Winchester
Aethelheard may refer to: *Æthelheard of Wessex Æthelheard (meaning roughly "Noble Stern"), also spelled Ethelheard, Edelard or Æþelheard, was King of Wessex from 726 to 740. There is an unreliable record of Æthelheard having been the brother-in-law of his predecessor, Ine, but his ance ..., monarch of Wessex * Æthelheard of the Hwicce, monarch of the Hwicce * Æthelheard of Winchester, 8th century bishop of Winchester * Æthelhard, Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of Canterbury, 8th/9th century * Æthelgeard, landowner of Winchester and official during the reign of Eadwig in the 950s {{disambig, given name ...
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Æthelhard
Æthelhard (died 12 May 805) was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in southern England, and was deposed around 796 by King Eadberht III Præn of Kent. By 803, Æthelhard, along with the Mercian King Coenwulf, had secured the demotion of the rival archbishopric, once more making Canterbury the only archbishopric south of the Humber in Britain. Æthelhard died in 805, and was considered a saint until his cult was suppressed after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Early life Nothing is known of Æthelhard's family background or early life, however it is assumed that he was a native of Mercia. He first appears in the historical record as abbot of a monastery at Louth, Lincolnshire before being named to the diocese of Winchester. He was consecrated Bishop of Winchester sometime after 759 and before 778. Canterbury Æth ...
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