Elfward
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Elfward, (d. 924) son (possibly illegitmate) of Edward the Elder is sometimes said to have reigned for a short time after his fatherâs death. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles says only:
- âKing Edward passed away, in Mercia, at Farndon, and his son Ãlfweard very soon after â sixteen days â at Oxford, their bodies lie at Winchester, Ãthelstan was chosen king...â