Note 60 — Chapter II · THE FORMATION OF THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND. 449–975.
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Ælfred was, according to custom, chosen in preference to the sons of his elder brother Æthelred, who were minors at the time of their father’s death. On Ælfred’s death one of these sons, Æthelwald, tried to obtain the crown, but the Witenagemót elected Eadward the son of Ælfred.