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Æthelheard (auch Æþelheard, Æðelheard, Æðelherd, Adelhardus, Edilhard, Athelardus etc.; † um 740) war in den Jahren 726 bis 740 König des angelsächsischen Königreichs Wessex.
Æthelheard (meaning roughly "Noble Stern"), also spelled Ethelheard, Edelard or Æþelheard, was King of Wessex from 726 to 740. There is an unreliable record of Æthelheard having been the brother-in-law of his predecessor, Ine, but his ancestry is unknown, perhaps making him the first King of Wessex not to be descended from Cynric ...
- 726–740
- Ine
Æthelheard war in den Jahren 726 bis 740 König des angelsächsischen Königreichs Wessex.
Æthelheard ist eine Variante des Namens Adalhard. Der Name setzt sich aus den germanischen Elementen adal „edel“ und hard „tapfer, mutig“ zusammen. Varianten. Deutsch: Adalhard Friesisch: Aldert, Abbe, Abe, Adde, Ale, Alke, Alle, Atse; Germanisch: Adalhard, Alard; Französisch: Adélard; Italienisch: Adelardo
Æthelhard. Æthelhard [a] (died 12 May 805) was a Bishop of Winchester then an Archbishop of Canterbury in medieval England. Appointed by King Offa of Mercia, Æthelhard had difficulties with both the Kentish monarchs and with a rival archiepiscopate in southern England, and was deposed around 796 by King Eadberht III Præn of Kent.
- 792
- 12 May 805
- 21 July 793
- Jænberht
Æthelheard, king of the West Saxons (726–40). Little is known of this king who succeeded to the throne of Wessex when Ine, described in some sources as his kinsman, abdicated to go on pilgrimage to Rome. His succession was challenged by Atheling Oswald, who claimed descent from King Ceawlin.
Athelheard, also spelled Æthelheard († 740), was a West Saxon nobleman and atheling. He was the King of Wessex from 726 until his death. He took the powerful kingdom of Wessex left to him by his father, Ine and gained a bit more from Mercia. He was seen as one of Wessex’s most powerful kings.
