Ælfwine
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Ælfwine is an Old English personal name and may refer to:
In history:
In J.R.R. Tolkien's fiction:
In history:
- Ælfwine of Deira (c. 661 - 679), child-King of Deira
- Ælfwine of ElmhamÆlfwine of ElmhamÆlfwine was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.He was consecrated before 1019 and died on 12 April between 1023 and 1038.-External links:*...
(died 1023), bishop of Elmham and Dunwich - Ælfwine of WinchesterÆlfwine of WinchesterÆlfwine was a medieval Bishop of Winchester. He was a royal priest prior to his selection as a bishop. He was consecrated in 1032. He died on 29 August 1047.-References:...
(died 1047), Bishop of Winchester - Ælfwine of Wells (died 998), Bishop of Wells
- Ælfwine of LichfieldÆlfwine of LichfieldÆlfwine was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. He was consecrated between 903 and 915 and died between 935 and 941.-External links:*...
(died 937), Bishop of Lichfield - Ælfwine, son of Æthelweard (son of Alfred), who died in the Battle of Brunanburh
- Ælfwine, a young warrior in the poem The Battle of MaldonThe Battle of MaldonThe Battle of Maldon is the name given to an Old English poem of uncertain date celebrating the real Battle of Maldon of 991, at which the Anglo-Saxons failed to prevent a Viking invasion...
- Ælfwine HaroldssonÆlfwine HaroldssonÆlfwine Haroldsson or Ælfwine was most probably an illegitimate son of King Harold Harefoot of England. He was probably born during the early 1030s, either in Scandinavia or after 1035 in England...
, son of Harald Harefoot, King of England
In J.R.R. Tolkien's fiction:
- Ælfwine of England, an early character in fantasy writings of J. R. R. Tolkien
- Elfwine (Middle-earth), a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings