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In Maggie Bailey's view, she probably entered holy orders. It is possible that she is the religious woman named Ælfwynn who is the beneficiary of charter S 535 dated 948 in the reign of King Eadred. [8] [9] Shashi Jayakumar suggests that she may have been the Ælfwynn who was wife of Æthelstan Half-King and foster-mother of the future King ...
955–959) in 956, perhaps in preparation for Æthelstan's retirement shortly afterwards to become a monk at Glastonbury Abbey. [11] In the same year, Æthelwold married Ælfthryth, and after his death in 962 she became the wife of King Edgar the Peaceful (r. 959–975) and the mother of King Æthelred the Unready (r. 978–1016).
Ælfwine the mariner is a fictional character found in various early versions of J. R. R. Tolkien's Legendarium.Tolkien envisaged Ælfwine as an Anglo-Saxon who visited and befriended the Elves and acted as the source of later mythology.
Princess of Elfland (the King of Elfland's daughter). She marries Alveric and births a son, Orion. She longs for, and is returned to Elfland (blown away with the leaves) after the Elfking casts the first rune, but later longs to return to her husband and son in Erl. The Elf King uses his third rune to grant her wish. Orion
Alfonso XIII as a cadet; by Manuel García Hispaleto. Alfonso XIII was born at the Royal Palace of Madrid on 17 May 1886. He was the posthumous son of Alfonso XII of Spain, who had died in November 1885, and became king upon his birth.
Ecgwynn or Ecgwynna (Old English Eċġwynn, lit. "sword joy"; fl. 890s), was the first consort of Edward the Elder, later King of the English (reigned 899–924), by whom she bore the future King Æthelstan (r. 924–939), and a daughter who married Sihtric Cáech, Norse king of Dublin, Ireland, and Northumbria.
When he became king of Spain he was known as Charles I of Spain, and after he was elected emperor, as Charles V (in French, Charles Quint). In Spain, the dynasty was known as the Casa de Austria, including illegitimate sons such as John of Austria and John Joseph of Austria.
He is also described as king in the New Minster Liber Vitae, [3] [4] an 11th-century source based in part on earlier material. On the other hand, William of Malmesbury , summarising a text dating to the lifetime of Ælfweard's elder brother Æthelstan , states that Æthelstan succeeded under the terms of his father's will.