# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lfweard-of-wessex
# Generated: 2026-09-02T01:40:35.993Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lfweard-of-wessex"
name: "Ælfweard of Wessex"
slug: "lfweard-of-wessex"
description: "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."
tagline: "West Saxon monarch"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "904"
deathDate: "0924-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.303370786516854
  historical:           21.939444
  currentAttention:     12.79650436953808
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Medieval Era"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Էտելվիրդ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.