Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Æthelheard (meaning roughly \"Noble Stern\"), also spelled Ethelheard or Æþelheard, was King of Wessex from 726 to 740. There is an unreliable record of Æthelheard having been the brother-in-law of his predecessor, Ine, but his ancestry is unknown, perhaps making him the first King of Wessex not to be descended from Cynric by blood.When Ine abdicated and went to Rome in 726, he left behind no obvious heir, and according to Bede simply left his kingdom \"to younger men\"."@en }
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- Æthelheard_of_Wessex comment "Æthelheard (meaning roughly \"Noble Stern\"), also spelled Ethelheard or Æþelheard, was King of Wessex from 726 to 740. There is an unreliable record of Æthelheard having been the brother-in-law of his predecessor, Ine, but his ancestry is unknown, perhaps making him the first King of Wessex not to be descended from Cynric by blood.When Ine abdicated and went to Rome in 726, he left behind no obvious heir, and according to Bede simply left his kingdom \"to younger men\".".