Ælfwald
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Ælfwald may refer to:
- King Ælfwald I of NorthumbriaÆlfwald I of NorthumbriaÆlfwald was king of Northumbria from 778 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...
- King Ælfwald II of NorthumbriaÆlfwald II of NorthumbriaÆlfwald is said to have been king of Northumbria following the deposition of Eardwulf in 806. This information is only reported in the anonymous tract De primo Saxonum adventu and the later Flores Historiarum of Roger of Wendover...
- King Ælfwald of Sussex
- King Ælfwald of East Anglia
- AlfwoldAlfwoldAlfwold was a saint and Bishop of Sherborne in Dorset.-Life:Little is known of him apart from the information given by William of Malmesbury. He was at first a monk of Winchester, then was consecrated Bishop of Sherborne in 1045, succeeding his own brother Brithwyn...
, Bishop of Sherborne