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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 .
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.
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; Æthelweard (bishop of Sherborne ...
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.
Aethelweard was an English chronicler and likely ealderman of the western provinces (probably the whole of Wessex), a descendant of King Alfred’s brother Aethelred. He wrote, in elaborate and peculiar Latin, a chronicle for his continental kinswoman, Matilda, abbess of Essen. In the printed version.
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Apr 18, 2024 · Genealogy for Ealdorman Æthelweard (c.920 - c.998) family tree on Geni, with over 255 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives.
Jul 10, 2024 · See, however, The Anglo-Saxon Minor Poems, ed. Dobbie, E. van K., ASPR 6 (New York, 1942), lx–lxvi, for vernacular and Latin poetic treatments of the chronology of the Christian year, in particular the Old English Menologium which is roughly contemporary with the Chronicon.
