Ælfwald I of Northumbria

Ælfwald I
Ælfwald I
King of Northumbria
Reign	779-788
Predecessor	Æthelwald Moll of Northumbria
Successor	Osred II
Born	between 759 and 767
Issue	Ælf; Ælfwine
Father	Oswulf of Northumbria

Ælfwald I (born between 759 and 767 AD) was king of Northumbria from 779 to 788. He is thought to have been a son of Oswulf, and thus a grandson of Eadberht Eating.

Ælfwald became king after Æthelred son of Æthelwald Moll was deposed in 778.^[1] He was murdered, probably at Chesters, by ealdorman Sicga on 23 September 788. He was buried at Hexham Abbey where he was considered a saint.

Ælfwald was succeeded by his first cousin Osred,^[2] son of Alhred and Osgifu, daughter of Eadberht Eating. Ælfwald's sons Ælf and Ælfwine were killed in 791 on the orders of King Æthelred.

References

^ Swanton, Michael (1996). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Phoenix. pp. 52–53.
^ Swanton, Michael (1996). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Phoenix. p. 54.

External links

Ælfwald 7 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Preceded by Æthelred	King of Northumbria	Succeeded by Osred

[1] Swanton, Michael (1996). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Phoenix. pp. 52–53.

[2] Swanton, Michael (1996). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. London: Phoenix. p. 54.

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