Ælfgar is an
Anglo-Saxon masculine personal name, from ''ælf'' "
elf
An elf (: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic peoples, Germanic folklore. Elves appear especially in Norse mythology, North Germanic mythology, being mentioned in the Icelandic ''Poetic Edda'' and the ''Prose Edda'' ...
" and ''gar'' "spear", that may refer to:
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Ælfgar of Lichfield (died c. 947), bishop of Lichfield
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Ælfgar of Elmham (died 1021), bishop of Elmham
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Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia
Ælfgar (died ) was the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, by his famous wife Godgifu ( Lady Godiva). He succeeded to his father's title, Earl of Mercia, and responsibilities on the latter's death in 1057. He gained the additional title of Earl of E ...
(1030–1062), earl of Mercia
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Ælfgar of Selwood
Ælfgar (''Algar''), according to 16th-century antiquarian John Leland, was a saint venerated at a chapel in the forest of Selwood, three miles from Mells (near Frome), Somerset.Blair, "Handlist", p. 503 Leland wrote that at the chapel "be burye ...
, saint venerated in later medieval Somerset
See also
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Algar
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Alger (name)
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Elgar (disambiguation)
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Ælfgifu Ælfgifu (also ''Ælfgyfu''; ''Elfgifa, Elfgiva, Elgiva'') is an Anglo-Saxon name, Anglo-Saxon feminine personal name, from ''ælf'' "elf" and ''gifu'' "gift".
When Emma of Normandy, the later mother of Edward the Confessor, became queen of Engla ...
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Wulfgar
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