Æthelweard (son of Alfred)
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Æthelweard was the younger son of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith.
Will of Alfred the Great, AD 873–888, granting land to Æthelweard (11th-century copy, British Library Stowe MS 944, ff. 29v–33r)
Battle of Brunanburh
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The Battle of Brunanburh was fought in 937 between Æthelstan, King of England, and an alliance of Olaf Guthfrithson, King of Dublin; Constantine II, King of Scotland; and Owain, King of Strathclyde. T
Æthelweard (son of Alfred)
…but if so, he seems to be mistaken for a son of Edward. William tells that Æthelweard had two sons, Æthelwine and Ælfwine, who died fighting in the Battle of Brunanburh in 937, and who were buried in Malmesbury Abbey, at the behest of their cousin King Æthelstan, who was buried there himself only two years later. The…
A portrait of Æthelstan presenting a book to Saint Cuthbert
The Brackenwood golf course at Bebington, Wirral
Ancient artesian spring at Barton-upon-Humber