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Æthelweard (died 920 or 922) was the younger son of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith. He was born about 880. That he was Alfred's younger son by Ealhswith is stated by Asser in his biography of the king (c. 893). Asser also provides valuable detail on the boy's upbringing.
He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith. When Edward succeeded to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousin Æthelwold, who had a strong claim to the throne as the son of Alfred's elder brother and predecessor, Æthelred I.
Æthelweard (died 920 or 922) was the younger son of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith. He was born about 880. That he was Alfred's younger son by Ealhswith is stated by Asser in his biography of the king ( c. 893). Asser also provides valuable detail on the boy's upbringing.
3 days ago. Alfred had two legitimate sons, Edward and Æthelweard. He also may have had an illegitimate son named Osferth too. Only Edward, amongst his sons was a king, ruling from 899 – 924....
Æthelweard (also Ethelward; d. c. 998) 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 .
Ealdorman Æthelweard is also known as the patron of Abbot Ælfric, as the addressee of Ælfric's famous preface to his translation of Genesis and of his Old English preface to his Lives of Saints; that is, we know him as a person who took great interest in religious texts written in or translated into the vernacular.
Dec 18, 2021 · Æthelweard Wessex is a member of the House of Wessex. Biography. Æthelweard was a son of Alfred the Great and Ealhswith. [1] [2] [3] [4] His birth date is uncertain, but Asser lists him as the last of the children of King Alfred who survived childhood [2] and it may have been about 880. [3]
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