Ælfgar is an Anglo-Saxon masculine personal name, from ''ælf'' "

elf An elf (: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic peoples, Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in Norse mythology, North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic ''Poetic Edda'' and the ''Prose Edda'' ...

" and ''gar'' "spear", that may refer to: *

Ælfgar of Lichfield __NOTOC__ Wulfgar (died ) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. Wulfgar was consecrated between 935 and 941 and died between 946 and 949.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 218 He is known to history from William of Malmesbury ...

(died c. 947), bishop of Lichfield *

Ælfgar of Elmham __NOTOC__ Ælfgar was a medieval Bishop of Elmham The Bishop of Norwich is the Ordinary (Catholic Church), ordinary of the Church of England Anglican Diocese of Norwich, Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese cove ...

(died 1021), bishop of Elmham *

Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia Ælfgar (died ) was the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, by his famous wife Godgifu ( Lady Godiva). He succeeded to his father's title, Earl of Mercia, and responsibilities on the latter's death in 1057. He gained the additional title of Earl of E ...

(1030–1062), earl of Mercia *

Ælfgar of Selwood Ælfgar (''Algar''), according to 16th-century antiquarian John Leland, was a saint venerated at a chapel in the forest of Selwood, three miles from Mells (near Frome), Somerset.Blair, "Handlist", p. 503 Leland wrote that at the chapel "be burye ...

, saint venerated in later medieval Somerset

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