Ælfwald (Old English: Alfƿold, "elf-ruler," reigned from 713 to 749) was an 8th-century king of East Anglia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that today includes...
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descendants ruled the East Angles in an almost unbroken line until after the reign of Ælfwald in the middle of the 8th century. When East Anglia was first mentioned...
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probably compiled in 725 or 726 during the reign of Ælfwald, lists the royal line of East Anglia, from Ælfwald to the Germanic god Woden. Alberht is so obscure...
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Ælfwald (also Alfwald or Aelfwald or Elfwald) may refer to: King Ælfwald I of Northumbria (died 788) King Ælfwald II of Northumbria (fl. 806–808) King...
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disappearance of both of the East Anglian Episcopal sees, which were caused by Viking raids and later settlement. Ælfwald of East Anglia died in 749 after ruling...
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790s, in which the ancestry of Ælfwald of East Anglia was traced back through fourteen generations to Wōden. East Anglia was a long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom...
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Wehha of East Anglia is listed by Anglo-Saxon records as a king of the East Angles. If he existed, Wehha ruled the East Angles as a pagan king during the...
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East Anglia, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom which included the present-day English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was the son of Tytila of East Anglia and...
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Ælfwald, the last of the Wuffingas dynasty to rule the East Angles. Until 749, the long-lived independent kingdom of East Anglia (Old English: Ēast Engla...
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killed. The last Wuffingas king was Ælfwald, who died in 749. During the late 7th and 8th centuries East Anglia continued to be overshadowed by Mercian...
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Tytila (died around 616) was a semi-historical pagan king of East Anglia, a small Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk...
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The Kingdom of East Anglia, also known as the Kingdom of the East Angles, was a small independent Anglo-Saxon kingdom that comprised what are now the English...
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Guthrum (redirect from Guthrum of East Anglia)
Guthrum (Old English: Guðrum, c. 835 – c. 890) was King of East Anglia in the late 9th century. Originally a native of Denmark, he was one of the leaders...
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power until the end of the reign of the poorly recorded Ælfwald in 749. After Ælfwald, the East Angles were ruled independently by kings of unknown lineage...
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the King (c. 774 – 20 May 794) was an 8th-century saint and a king of East Anglia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of...
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Ƿuffa) is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon genealogies as an early king of East Anglia. If historical, he would have lived in the 6th century. By tradition...
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Wuffingas (category East Anglian monarchs)
as well as a pedigree of Ælfwald contained in the Anglian collection that dates from the 9th century. In the pedigree, Ælfwald is claimed to descend from...
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Edmund the Martyr (redirect from Edmund of East Anglia)
Martyr (also known as St Edmund or Edmund of East Anglia, died 20 November 869) was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death. Few historical...
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Æthelstan Half-King (category Earls and ealdormen of East Anglia)
in land disputes, along with Ælfwald; Miller; Williams. Andrew Wareham, Lords and Communities in Early Medieval East Anglia, Institute of Historical Research...
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Kent and of East Anglia Ceolwulf I, King (821–823), also King of Kent and of East Anglia Beornwulf, King (823–826), also King of East Anglia Ludeca, King...
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and marries Gisaltruda, sister of Anselm, Duke of Friuli. King Ælfwald of East Anglia dies after a 36-year reign. He is succeeded by Beonna, Æthelberht...
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Hereswith (section East Anglia)
Ælfwald of East Anglia as the son of Ealdwulf, and not of Athilric and Hereswith, as is sometimes stated. After staying for one year in East Anglia in...
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Turkey), which never recovers. King Ealdwulf of East Anglia dies, and is succeeded by his son Ælfwald. Queen Cuthburh of Northumbria travels south to...
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Botolph of Thorney (category East Anglian saints)
East Anglia, Kent and Sussex. The Life of St Ceolfrith, written around the time of Bede by an unknown author, mentions an abbot named Botolph in East...
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of Dumnonia, King (c.700–c.710) Kingdom of East Anglia (complete list) – Ealdwulf, King (663–c.713) Ælfwald, King (713–749) Beonna, Co-King (749–c.760)...
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Æthelred I of Northumbria is deposed for the first time; succeeded by Ælfwald I of Northumbria 779 Hygeberht becomes Bishop of Lichfield. 784 Offa raids...
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was changed to Neots-bury. The chapel and monastery were located on the east bank of the River Great Ouse, on the north side of the present-day town of...
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Canterbury. 806 Eardwulf of Northumbria is deposed and apparently succeeded by Ælfwald II. In 808 Eardwulf perhaps returns to the throne for an uncertain period...
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Glastonbury Rumon of Tavistock Samson of Dol Sativola of Exeter East Anglian Æthelberht of East Anglia Æthelburh of Faremoutiers Æthelflæd of Ramsey Æthelthryth...
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were Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Æthelwine, Ealdorman of East Anglia, while Æthelred was backed by his mother, Queen Ælfthryth and her friend...
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