Aethelheard Of Wessex

	Aethelheard Of Wessex Aethelheard may refer to: Æthelheard of Wessex, monarch of Wessex Æthelheard of the Hwicce, monarch of the Hwicce Æthelheard of Winchester, 8th century bishop of Winchester Æthelhard Æthelhard (died 12 May 805) was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in sou ... 8th/9th century, Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of Canterbury * Æthelgeard, landowner of Winchester and official during the reign of Eadwig in the 950s {{disambig, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Æthelheard Of Wessex Æthelheard (meaning roughly "Noble Stern"), 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 relative'. When Ine abdicated and went to Rome in 726, he left behind no obvious heir, and according to Bede simply left his kingdom "to younger men". In the wake of his departure, the West Saxon throne was disputed between Æthelheard and a rival claimant, Oswald. Oswald may have had the better claim, as the ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' calls him a descendant of the early king Ceawlin, but it was Æthelheard who prevailed. It is possible that his success ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Æthelheard Of The Hwicce Aethelheard may refer to: Æthelheard of Wessex, monarch of Wessex Æthelheard of the Hwicce, monarch of the Hwicce * Æthelheard of Winchester, 8th century bishop of Winchester Æthelhard Æthelhard (died 12 May 805) was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in sou ... 8th/9th century, Bishop of Winchester and Archbishop of Canterbury Æthelgeard, landowner of Winchester and official during the reign of Eadwig in the 950s {{disambig, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Æthelheard Of Winchester __NOTOC__ Æthelheard was a medieval Bishop of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England. The bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire. The Bishop of Winchester has always held ''ex officio'' (except .... He was consecrated between 759 and 778. He died between 759 and 778.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 223 Citations References * External links * Bishops of Winchester 8th-century English bishops {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Æthelhard Æthelhard (died 12 May 805) was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in southern England, and was deposed around 796 by King Eadberht III Præn of Kent. By 803, Æthelhard, along with the Mercian King Coenwulf, had secured the demotion of the rival archbishopric, once more making Canterbury the only archbishopric south of the Humber in Britain. Æthelhard died in 805, and was considered a saint until his cult was suppressed after the Norman Conquest in 1066. Early life Nothing is known of Æthelhard's family background or early life, however it is assumed that he was a native of Mercia. He first appears in the historical record as abbot of a monastery at Louth, Lincolnshire before being named to the diocese of Winchester.Williams "Æthelheard" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' He was consecrated Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]