Ethelweard

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{{Infobox Monarch Basic | name=Ethelweard | title=King of England | image=| | rank=8th | reign=July 17,924 - August 2,924 | date of birth=circa 904 | place of birth=Wessex | date of death=August 2, 924 | place of death=| | place of burial=Winchester Cathedral | married=Never married | father=Edward the Elder | mother=Elfleda }}

Ethelweard or Æðelweard (904 – 924) was son of Edward the Elder. According to one version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Æðelweard (a bookish boy) was appointed king.

Supposedly, he became a hermit at Bridgnorth, and was elected king by the witan after his father's death. He died in Oxford after being king for only sixteen days. Some say that he was assassinated upon the orders of his half-brother Æðelstan. He was buried at Winchester.

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