- Wes****, the king
appointed ealdormen to lead
individual shires.
Under Alfred the
Great (r. 871–899),
there were nine or ten
ealdormen. Each West
Saxon shire...
-
aristocrat who
ranked at the
third level in lay society,
below the king and
ealdormen. He had to be a
substantial landowner.
Thanage refers to the
tenure by...
-
Surrey (/ˈsʌri/) is a
ceremonial county in
South East England. It is
bordered by
Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sus****...
- date the
reigns of each king. The
monarchs were
either known as
kings or
ealdormen.
According to the charters, most
kings did not
govern alone: Nothhelm...
- were
royal appointments, but the
latter in
effect became hereditary.
Ealdormen of the
Mercians (non-dynastic) Earls of the
Mercians (descendants of...
-
Ealdormen before 1066
Ruler Accession End
Notes Oslac 963×966 975 T****d 975×979 992x994 Ælfhelm c.994 1006
Uhtred of
Bamburgh 1006 1016 Eiríkr Hákonarson...
-
third lay (non-religious) rank in
English society after the king and
ealdormen. Dish-bearers and
butlers probably also
carried out
diverse military and...
- Half-King's own
brothers and sons, five of whom at one time or
another were
ealdormen.
Since Half-King was an
intimate of the
reform circle, and St Dunstan...
- 750s – 778 780s ****imilation of the
Hwicce into
Mercia is completed.
Ealdormen Æthelmund c. 796-802 Died in
battle 802. ?Æthelric fl. 804 Son of Æthelmund...
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lands and
often fought with
kings at
their call-up and behest. Similarly,
ealdormen ruled counties or
groups of counties, and
similarly were
appointed by...
