Æthelheard of Wessex
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title:
Æthelheard of Wessex
text:
Æthelheard, also spelled Ethelheard, Edelard or Æþelheard, was King of Wessex from 726 to 740. There is an unreliable record of Æthelheard having been the brother-in-law of his predecessor, Ine, but his ancestry is unknown, perhaps making him the first King of Wessex not to be descended from Cynric by blood. Some sources identify him as the brother of Queen Æthelburg of Wessex, the wife of his predecessor, King Ine. His own successor Cuthred is identified in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as 'his rel
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King of Wessex
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelheard_of_Wessex
date created:
2004-03-18T04:03:38Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T16:17:13Z
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