Alfred Ætheling

Alfred Aetheling
Miniature of Alfred Aetheling in a 13th-century royal genealogy
Bornc. 1012
Died1036 (aged 23–24)
HouseHouse of Wessex
FatherÆthelred the Unready
MotherEmma of Normandy

Ælfred Æþeling (c. 1012–1036) 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. Ælfred and his brother were caught up in the power struggles at the start and end of Canute's reign.

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