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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.
Æthelwold ( / ˈæθəlwoʊld /) or Æthelwald (died 13 December 902) was the younger of two known sons of Æthelred I, King of Wessex from 865 to 871. Æthelwold and his brother Æthelhelm were still infants when their father the king died while fighting a Danish Viking invasion.
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, [1] but his ancestry is unknown, perhaps making him the first King of Wessex not to be descended from Cynric by blood.
3. Origin: germanic. Name Root: *aþalaz *harduz / *hardu- > Athalhart. Meaning:* This name derives from Old High German name “Athalhart,” composed of two elements: “*aþalaz” (noble, nobleman, aristocratic, eminent, glorious, excellent) and “*harduz / *hardu-” (hard, strong, brave, fearless, powerful).
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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.
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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.
