Æthelwold
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Royalty and nobility
- King Æthelwold of DeiraÆthelwold of DeiraŒthelwald was a King of Deira . He was the son of King Oswald of Northumbria, who was killed at the Battle of Maserfield in 642....
, King of Deira, d. 655 - King Æthelwold of East AngliaÆthelwold of East AngliaÆthelwold, also known as Æthelwald or Æþelwald , was a 7th century king of East Anglia, the long-lived Anglo-Saxon kingdom which today includes the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. He was a member of the Wuffingas dynasty, which ruled East Anglia from their regio at Rendlesham...
, King of East Anglia, d. 664 - King Æthelwold Moll of NorthumbriaÆthelwold Moll of NorthumbriaÆthelwald Moll was King of Northumbria, the historic petty kingdom of Angles in medieval England, from 759 to 765. He seized power after the murder of Oswulf son of Eadberht; his ancestry and connection to the royal family of Northumbria is unknown. Æthelwald faced at least one rebellion, led by...
, King of Northumbria, d. post-765 - Æthelwold of WessexÆthelwold of WessexÆthelwold was the youngest of three known sons of King Æthelred of Wessex. His brother Oswald is recorded between 863 and 875, and Æthelhelm is only recorded as a beneficiary of King Alfred's will in the mid 880s, and probably died soon afterwards...
, son of King Æthelred of Wessex, d. 902 - Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East AngliaÆthelwald, Ealdorman of East AngliaÆthelwald was ealdorman of East Anglia. He is mentioned in Byrhtferth's life of Oswald of Worcester along with other members of his family....
, son of Æthelstan Half-King, d. 962
Saints
- Saint Æthelwold (hermit), hermit on Inner Farne, d. 699; feast kept 23 March
- Saint Æthelwold (bishop of Lindisfarne), Abbot of Melrose and Bishop of Lindisfarne, d. 740; feast kept 12 February
- Saint Æthelwold of WinchesterÆthelwold of WinchesterÆthelwold of Winchester , was Bishop of Winchester from 963 to 984 and one of the leaders of the tenth century monastic reform movement in Anglo-Saxon England....
, Bishop of Winchester, d. 984; feast kept 1 August
Other clerics
- Æthelwold (bishop of Domnoc), Bishop of Domnoc (probably DunwichDunwichDunwich is a small town in Suffolk, England, within the Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB.Dunwich was the capital of East Anglia 1500 years ago but the harbour and most of the town have since disappeared due to coastal erosion. Its decline began in 1286 when a sea surge hit the East Anglian coast, and...
), mid-9th century - Æthelwold (bishop of Lichfield), Bishop of Lichfield, d. 845
- Æthelwold (bishop of Dorchester), Bishop of Dorchester, d. 950
- Æthelwold (bishop of Winchester), Bishop of Winchester, d. 1012
- Æthelwold (bishop of Carlisle), Bishop of Carlisle, d. 1157