Ealhhelm was an
Anglo-Saxon nobleman and
ealdorman of central
Mercia
la, Merciorum regnum
, conventional_long_name=Kingdom of Mercia
, common_name=Mercia
, status=Kingdom
, status_text=Independent kingdom (527–879) Client state of Wessex ()
, life_span=527–918
, era= Heptarchy
, event_start=
, date_start=
, ...
(now Worcestershire and Gloucestershire) from 940 to 951. His sons were acknowledged as kinsmen by several kings, but the nature of the relationship is unknown.
Ealhhelm is described by the historian Shashi Jayakumar as "an obscure figure who had been ealdorman in Mercia under Edmund". His sons were
Ælfhere, Ealdorman of Mercia
Ælfhere (died in 983) was Ealdorman of Mercia. His family, along with those of Æthelstan Half-King and Æthelstan Rota, rose to greatness in the middle third of the 10th century. In the reign of Edward the Martyr, Ælfhere was a leader of the ant ...
, Ælfheah, Ælfwine and Eadric.
Ælfric Cild
Ælfric Cild ()Williams, "Ælfhere (''d''. 983)" was a wealthy Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon nobleman from the east Midlands, Ealdorman of Mercia between 983 and 985, and possibly brother-in-law to his predecessor Ælfhere, Ealdorman of Mercia, ...
may have been his son-in-law.
References
Bibliography
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Further reading
* . Retrieved 2007-10-28
* Henson, Donald, ''A Guide to Late Anglo-Saxon England: From Ælfred to Eadgar II.'' Hockwold-cum-Wilton: Anglo-Saxon Books, 1998.
* Williams, Ann, "''Princeps Merciorum Gentis'': The Family, Career and Connections of Ælfhere, Ealdorman of Mercia" in Peter Clemoes (ed.), ''Anglo-Saxon England'', 10 (1982), pp. 143–172. Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Anglo-Saxon ealdormen
10th-century English people