# Ælfweard of Wessex

> The son who ruled for sixteen days — or never ruled at all. Ælfweard's claim to the throne of Wessex died with him weeks after his father, leaving one of early medieval England's briefest and murkiest reigns.

*West Saxon monarch*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/lfweard-of-wessex

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Born:** 904
- **Died:** 0924-08-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 902, Ælfweard was Edward the Elder's second son, the eldest by his second wife Ælfflæd. When his father died in July 924, succession split: some sources suggest Ælfweard took Wessex while his half-brother Æthelstan took Mercia. If he ruled at all, it lasted only until August 924, when Ælfweard died — suddenly, and under circumstances the records don't clarify. Æthelstan inherited everything, and Ælfweard became a footnote: the prince whose throne vanished before it was ever really his.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 55.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.3 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 21.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 12.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfweard_of_Wessex)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q272322)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/%C3%86lfweard%20of%20Wessex)
- [إلفورد من وسكس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B3)
- [الفورد من وسكس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B3)
- [الفورد وسکس](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B3)
- [Etelvird](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etelvird)
- [Etelweard](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etelweard)
- [Æthelweard af England](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelweard_af_England)
- [Æthelweard (Wessex)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelweard_(Wessex))
- [Έλφγουιρντ του Ουέσσεξ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BE)
- [Ethelweard](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelweard)
- [Ælfweard](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfweard)
- [Ælfweard Wessexkoa](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfweard_Wessexkoa)
- [الفورد وسکس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%B3)
- [Ethelweard](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelweard)
- [Ælfweard](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfweard)
- [Aelfweard de Wessex](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelfweard_de_Wessex)
- [אלפווארד, מלך וסקס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93%2C_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%A1)
- [Aelfweard od Wessexa](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelfweard_od_Wessexa)
- [Ælfweard wessexi király](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfweard_wessexi_kir%C3%A1ly)
- [Էտելվիրդ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%BE%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%A4)
- [Elfweard dari Wessex](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elfweard_dari_Wessex)
- [Ethelweard](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelweard)
- [エルフウェルド](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%89)
- [Ethelweard van Wessex](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelweard_van_Wessex)
- [Ælfweard Westseaxna Æþeling](https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfweard_Westseaxna_%C3%86%C3%BEeling)

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