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Æthelweard

Meaning

Derived from the Old English element æðel "noble" combined with weard "guardian".

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Famous People Named Æthelweard

Æthelweard (historian)

Æthelweard (also Ethelward; d.

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Æthelweard of Hwicce

Æðelweard, King of Hwicce, apparently jointly with his presumed brothers Æthelheard, Æthelberht, and Æthelric.

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Æthelweard of East Anglia

Æthelweard (died 854) was a 9th-century king of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.

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Æthelweard (son of Alfred)

Æthelweard (died 920 or 922) was the younger son of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith.

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