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Æthelweard (historian) 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 .
Æthelweard (died 920 or 922) was the younger son of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith . He was born about 880. [1] That he was Alfred's younger son by Ealhswith is stated by Asser in his biography of the king ( c. 893). [2] Asser also provides valuable detail on the boy's upbringing.
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. Whereas his brother Edward and sister Ælfthryth were raised and ...
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.
Jan 11, 2024 · Æthelweard’s chronicle, in a rugged and distinctive Latin, covers history from Creation down to 975, just before he wrote the work. He bases it largely on the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and parts of his chronicle provide valuableinformation about this Old English work, here in Æthelweard’s Latin translation or paraphrase.
Extract. The author of the Chronicon Æthelweardi is commonly identified with the ealdor-man of the western shires who signed charters from 973–98 and played an important political role particularly in King Æthelred's England. Ealdorman Æthelweard is also known as the patron of Abbot Ælfric, as the addressee of Ælfric's famous preface to ...
The Fourth Book of The Chronicle of Æthelweard. Æthelweard, an ealdorman during the late tenth century, was the author of a Latin Chronicle extending to the year 975. Up to the year 892 he is largely dependent on the other sources with a few details of his own; later he is largely an independent source.
