Ælfwald I of Northumbria

Ælfwald I
King of Northumbria
Reign779-788
PredecessorÆthelwald Moll of Northumbria
SuccessorOsred II
Bornbetween 759 and 767
IssueÆlf
Ælfwine
FatherOswulf of Northumbria

Sceat of Ælfwald I

Ælfwald I (born between 759 and 767 AD) was king of Northumbria from 779 to 788. He is thought to have been a son of Oswulf, and thus a grandson of Eadberht Eating.

Ælfwald became king after Æthelred son of Æthelwald Moll was deposed in 778.[1] He was murdered, probably at Chesters, by ealdorman Sicga on 23 September 788. He was buried at Hexham Abbey where he was considered a saint.

Ælfwald was succeeded by his first cousin Osred,[2] son of Alhred and Osgifu, daughter of Eadberht Eating. Ælfwald's sons Ælf and Ælfwine were killed in 791 on the orders of King Æthelred.

See also

References

  1. ^ Swanton, Michael (1996). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Phoenix. pp. 52–53.
  2. ^ Swanton, Michael (1996). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Phoenix. p. 54.

Further reading

  • Higham, N.J., The Kingdom of Northumbria AD 350–1100. Stroud: Sutton, 1993. ISBN 0-86299-730-5
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