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Æthelmær the Stout or Æthelmær the Fat (died 1015) a leading thegn from the 980s, discðegn (dish-bearer or seneschal) to King Æthelred the Unready, and briefly ealdorman of the Western Provinces in 1013.
Æthelweard was father of Æthelmær the Stout, who was ealdorman of the Western provinces towards the end of Æthelred II's reign. Æthelmær was the father of Æthelnoth, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1020, and was later regarded as a saint, and of the Æthelweard executed by King Cnut in 1017.
Æthelweard fue el padre de Æthelmær the Stout, que fue ealdorman de las provincias occidentales hacia el final del reinado de Æthelred II. Æthelmær fue el padre de Æthelnoth, que se convirtió en arzobispo de Canterbury en 1020, y más tarde fue considerado un santo, y de Æthelweard ejecutado por el rey Cnut en 1017.
Æthelmær the Stout or Æthelmær the Fat (died 1015) a leading thegn from the 980s, discðegn (dish-bearer or seneschal) to King Æthelred the Unready, and briefly ealdorman of the Western Provinces in 1013. He was the founder of Cerne Abbey and Eynsham Abbey, and a patron of the leading scholar, Ælfric of Eynsham.
In 1005 Æthelmær the Stout, son of Ealdorman Æthelweard, and (like his father) a kinsman of King Æthelred the Unready, decided to retire from public life and to live in common with the community of the monastery he had founded at Eynsham in Oxfordshire.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Godwin, Earl of Wessex. 1001 - 15 April 1053. Godwin was the son of Wulfnoth Cild, thegn of Sussex, himself the son of Æthelmær the Stout, a direct descendant in the male line from Ethelred I King of Wessex (c. 837-871), an elder brother of Alfred the Great.
Background. Earl Godwin is probably first recorded in 1014, when Godwin, son of Wulfnoth, was left land at a place called Compton in the will of King Æthelred the Unready 's son Æthelstan Ætheling. As Earl Godwin was later recorded as holding land at Compton in Sussex it is likely that he was the Godwin mentioned in Æthelstan Ætheling's will.
