Ælfwald II.

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England at the time of Ælfwald
Ælfwald had this coin minted by the mint master Cuthheard in York

Ælfwald II. (Also Elfvaldus ; † 808 ?) Was probably king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria from 806 to 808 .

Life

Ælfwald's origin is unknown. In 806, according to other sources possibly not until 808, King Eardwulf (796-806? And 808? -810/830) was expelled from Northumbria. It is possible that King Cenwulf (796–821) of Mercia pulled the strings in the background. Ælfwald II, about whom almost nothing is known, usurped the throne. Eardwulf fled to Nijmegen to the court of Charlemagne (768–814) with whom he concluded an alliance. He went to Rome in 808 to get the support of Pope Leo III. (795-816) secure.

There are no contemporary texts on Ælfwald, but some stycas (silver coins with a very low fineness) that were minted during his reign have been preserved. Only by the chroniclers Symeon of Durham (early 12th century) and Roger von Wendover (early 13th century) was Ælfwald briefly mentioned by name.

Ælfwald ruled for two years until Eardwulf returned to Northumbria in 808, accompanied by the deacon Aldulfus and the abbots Hruotfridus and Nantharius. Eardwulf came back to the throne through the intervention of the Frankish ambassadors. His second term in office is very uncertain. The list of kings of this century is extremely unclear and so Eanred , the son of Eardwulf, could have been Ælfwald's successor. Other historians, such as B. Simon Keynes think a second term is possible, while Kirby and Rollason in particular believe that Eardwulf actually reigned a second time as King of Northumbria.

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  1. ^ A b Simon Keynes: Kings of the Northumbrians . In: Lapidge et al. (Ed.): The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England . Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford et al. a. 2001, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1 , pp. 502-505.
  2. ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 806
  3. ↑ a b c d David W. Rollason: Eardwulf ( Memento from May 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved February 4, 2012
  4. ^ Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , p. 95.
  5. ^ A b Annales Regni Francorum for the year 808 in The Latin Library in Latin
  6. ↑ Website ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Fitzwilliam Museum @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
  7. ^ Symeon of Durham: Historia ecclesiae Dunelmensis and De Primo Saxonum Adventu , which was printed as part of the collected works of Symeon; Roger von Wendover: Flores Historiarum
  8. ^ Barbara Yorke: Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England . Routledge, London-New York 2002, ISBN 978-0-415-16639-3 , pp. 87 and 96.
  9. ↑ DP Kirby: The Earliest English Kings . Routledge, London-New York 2000, ISBN 978-0-415-24211-0 , p. 158
predecessor Office successor
Eardwulf King of Northumbria
806–808 		Eardwulf
personal data
SURNAME Ælfwald II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aelfwald; Elfvaldus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Northumbria (806-808)
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century
DATE OF DEATH after 808