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Ealdred

Anglo-Saxon archbishop
Also known as: Aldred
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Ealdred (died Sept. 11, 1069, York, Eng.) was an Anglo-Saxon archbishop of York from 1061, who played an important part in secular politics at the time of the Norman conquest and legitimized the rule of William the Conqueror (William I) by crowning him king on Christmas Day, 1066. Ealdred, originally a monk at Winchester, became abbot of Tavistock, Devon, about 1027 and bishop of Worcester in 1046. Made archbishop of York by Pope Nicholas II,...

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