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Male Abt 920 - Abt 998  (78 years)


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  • Name Æthelweard  
    Title Ealdorman 
    Nickname Thegn of Sussex 
    Born Abt 920  Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Ealdorman of Wessex 
    Died Abt 998  Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} *Æthelwerd I "the Historian" Theign of Surrey Earldorman in Wessex

      died 0998

      father:

      *Eadric Earldorman of Wessex

      died about 0949

      mother:

      *Æthelgifu of Wessex

      (end of information)..

      siblings:

      unknown

      spouse:

      *Æthelflaed of Wessex

      (end of information)..

      children:

      *Æthelmaer Cyld "the Great" Thane of Surrey Ealdorman in Devonshire

      died about 1016

      biographical and/or anecdotal:

      notes or source:

      LDS
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      Leo: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America bef. 1700, Baltimore, 1995, Weis, Frederick Lewis; Sheppard, Walter, Reference: 5.
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      In the year 991 Æthelweard was associated with archbishop Sigeric in the conclusion of a peace with the victorious Danes from
      Maldon and in 994 he was sent with Bishop Ælfheah of Winchester to make peace with Olaf Tryggvason at Andover.
      After 975 and probably before 983, Æthelweard produced a Latin translation of the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, including material
      not found in surviving Old English versions.
      Æthelweard wrote his work on request of his relative Mathilde, abbess of Essen Abbey monastery and granddaughter of
      emperor Otto I and Eadgyth of Wessex, to help her in the duty of keeping the remembrance of the dead relatives. Most likely
      Mathilde rewarded him with a copy of Vegetius' work De Re Militari which was written in Essen and survived in England.
    • _P_CCINFO 1-2782
    • RESEARCH NOTES:
      "The Historian". Theign of Surrey
    • SOURCE NOTES:
      http://home.att.net/~a.junkins/kiev.html#V160
    • "THE HISTORIAN"; THEGN OF SUSSEX 973; EARLDORMAN OF WESSEX 974
    • Name Suffix: Ealdorman Of Wessex
    • Titled 973 Thegn of Surrey 2
      Event: Titled 974 Ealdorman of Wessex 2
      Note: Aethelweard, also spelled ETHELWERD (d. 998?), English chronicler and ealderman of the western provinces (probably the whole of Wessex), a descendant of King Alfred's brother Aethelred. He wrote, in elaborate and peculiar Latin, a chronicle for his continental kinswoman, Matilda, abbess of Essen. In the printed version of the text, the chronicle stops in 975, but fragments of the burned manuscript show that itcontinued into the reign of Aethelred (978-1016). Up to 894 it is based on a version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, more ancient than any now surviving; thereafter it is an independent authority. Aethelweard was the patron of Aelfric the homilist. The last certain mention of himis in 998. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, AETHELWEARD]
    • Titled 973 Thegn of Surrey 2
      Event: Titled 974 Ealdorman of Wessex 2
      Note: Aethelweard, also spelled ETHELWERD (d. 998?), English chronicler and ealderman of the western provinces (probably the whole of Wessex), a descendant of King Alfred's brother Aethelred. He wrote, in elaborate and peculiar Latin, a chronicle for his continental kinswoman, Matilda, abbess of Essen. In the printed version of the text, the chronicle stops in 975, but fragments of the burned manuscript show that itcontinued into the reign of Aethelred (978-1016). Up to 894 it is based on a version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, more ancient than any now surviving; thereafter it is an independent authority. Aethelweard was the patron of Aelfric the homilist. The last certain mention of himis in 998. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, AETHELWEARD]
    • Titled 973 Thegn of Surrey 2
      Event: Titled 974 Ealdorman of Wessex 2
      Note: Aethelweard, also spelled ETHELWERD (d. 998?), English chronicler and ealderman of the western provinces (probably the whole of Wessex), a descendant of King Alfred's brother Aethelred. He wrote, in elaborate and peculiar Latin, a chronicle for his continental kinswoman, Matilda, abbess of Essen. In the printed version of the text, the chronicle stops in 975, but fragments of the burned manuscript show that itcontinued into the reign of Aethelred (978-1016). Up to 894 it is based on a version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, more ancient than any now surviving; thereafter it is an independent authority. Aethelweard was the patron of Aelfric the homilist. The last certain mention of himis in 998. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, AETHELWEARD]
    • [Weis 5] seen 965, Thegn in Sussex 973, Ealdorman in Wessex 974.
    Person ID I6000000002936957256  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2020 

    Father Ædric Cild,   b. Abt 900,   d. Abt 949  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Æthelgifu,   b. Abt 915 
    Family ID F6000000003646092842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Æthelflaed,   b. Abt 920, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Æthelmaer,   b. 960,   d. 1015, Compton Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000002936957261  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart