Elchere

Family: West-Saxons · Role: alderman · First appears: A.D. 836–867

Life events

• 851 · Athelstan and Elchere defeated a large heathen army, captured nine ships, and dispersed the rest.(A.D. 836–867 · 📍 Sandwich in Kent)
  • With: Athelstan son of Ethelwulf
  • “The same year King Athelstan and Alderman Elchere fought in their ships, and slew a large army at Sandwich in Kent, taking nine ships and dispersing the rest.”

A.D. 836–867

• allies with Athelstan son of Ethelwulf “The same year King Athelstan and Alderman Elchere fought in their ships, and slew a large army at Sandwich in Kent”
• allies with Huda “The same year also Elchere with the men of Kent, and Huda with the men of Surrey, fought in the Isle of Thanet with the heathen army, and soon obtained the victory;”

Also listed in West Saxons — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.