Ealdred

Ealdred (also Aldred ) is an Anglo-Saxon male given name . The name is composed of the elements Eald- (= "old, experienced") and -red / -ræd (= "advice, wisdom, luck, help, power"). Significant namesake were:

• Ealdred (Hwicce) , Anglo-Saxon King of the Hwicce (755 – after 778)
• Ealdred (Leicester) , Bishop of Leicester (fl. 840)
• Ealdred (Northumbria) , ruler of Northumbria (913–927)
• Ealdred (Lindisfarne) , Bishop of Lindisfarne at Chester-le-Street, fl.? 946–? 968
• Ealdred (Cornwall) , Bishop of Cornwall (981 / 990-1002 / 1009)
• Ealdred (Archbishop of York) , Bishop of Worcester and Hereford, and Archbishop of York († 1069)

See also:

• Aldred

Individual evidence

1. ^ Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE); on-line
2. ^ Gerhard Köbler : Old English Dictionary, 2nd edition, 2003, online