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Alfred Aetheling

Son of English king Æthelred II and his second wife Emma of Normandy; brother of Edward the Confessor · Historical Figures · Lived 1012 to 1037 · aged 25

Ælfred Æþeling was the youngest of the eight sons of the English king Æthelred the Unready. He and his brother Edward the Confessor were sons of Æthelred's second wife Emma of Normandy. King Canute became their stepfather when he married Emma.

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Ælfred and his brother were caught up in the power struggles at the start and end of Canute's reign.

Category
Historical Figures
Type
Historical Figure
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Deceased
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Lived 1012 to 1037 · aged 25