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Æthelberht, King of Wessex
Æthelberht (d. 865), Ethelbert of Wessex, third son of Æthelwulf, was sub-king of Kent and then sole king of Wessex and Kent from 860 to 865; Æthelred and Alfred renounced claims, Danes destroyed Winchester in 860 and ravaged Kent in 865.
Æthelflæd
Æthelflæd, also spelled Ethelfleda, ruled the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia from 911 until 918 as Lady of the Mercians, building fortresses and campaigning against the Vikings.
Aethelgar
Aethelgar, also spelled Æthelgar or Algar, was an Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk who was abbot of New Minster at Winchester, bishop of Selsey from 980, and Archbishop of Canterbury from 988 until his death in 990.
Aethelheard
Aethelheard (Æthelheard, also spelled Ethelhard; died 805) was the fourteenth Archbishop of Canterbury, a Mercian who restored Canterbury's primacy by abolishing the rival archbishopric of Lichfield in 803.
Aethelhelm
Aethelhelm, also written Athelm, was a 10th-century English churchman who was first bishop of Wells from about 909 and later archbishop of Canterbury, dying in 923 or 926.
Ætheling
Ætheling (Old English æþeling) denoted a man of noble birth in Anglo-Saxon England, later a prince of the royal house eligible for kingship; distinct from the flower edelweiss, the name Adeline, and the footballer Aetheling.
Aethelnoth
Æthelnoth, also spelled Ethelnoth and called "the Good," was archbishop of Canterbury from 1020 to 1038, a member of the royal house of Wessex venerated as a saint after his death in 1038.
Æthelred (archbishop of Canterbury)
Æthelred (Old English: Æðered) was archbishop of Canterbury from 870 until his death in 888, succeeding Ceolnoth; his thin surviving record includes two charters and a papal letter.
Æthelred the Unready
Æthelred the Unready, also known as Æthelred II, was king of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016.
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (Myrcna hlaford), ruled Mercia c. 881–911 as Alfred the Great's ealdorman ally and son-in-law, married Æthelflæd, led the defence against the 892–896 Viking invasion, and was succeeded by his wife.
Æthelstan
Æthelstan (Athelstan, Æþelstan), king of the Anglo-Saxons 924–939 and of the English from 927, first king of a unified England; took York in 927, won Brunanburh in 937, died childless in 939.
Æthelwold ætheling
Æthelwold ætheling (died 902), son of King Æthelred I of Wessex, contested Edward the Elder's succession in 899, seized Wimborne and Christchurch, was accepted as king by the Northumbrian Danes, and died at the battle of the Holme.
Æthelwulf, King of Wessex
Æthelwulf (d. 858), king of Wessex 839–858 and sub-king of Kent under Ecgberht; father of Alfred the Great; victor over 350 Viking ships at Ockley in 851; pilgrim to Rome 855; husband of Judith of West Francia.
Aether (classical element)
Aether (αἰθήρ), or quintessence, is Aristotle's fifth classical element: a divine, unchanging substance filling the heavens from the moon upward, whose natural circular motion explains eternal celestial rotation, later reinterpreted by medieval and modern physics.
Aether (mythology)
Aether (Greek Αἰθήρ, Aither) is the Greek primordial god of the bright upper air and heavenly light, son of Erebus and Nyx and brother-consort of Hemera in Hesiod's Theogony, with variant Hyginus and Orphic genealogies.
Aether theories
Aether theories, also known as aether theory, proposed that a medium fills space and carries light waves, until Einstein's 1905 relativity removed the need for it.
Aethiopia (Αἰθιοπία)
Aethiopia (Αἰθιοπία, Aithiopia) is the name Greek and Roman writers used for the lands south of Egypt, especially the kingdom of Kush, with its capital at Meroë in present-day Sudan.
Aethiopica
The Aethiopica, also known as Theagenes and Charicleia, is an ancient Greek novel in ten books by Heliodorus of Emesa, the longest surviving Greek novel.
Aetia
Aetia (Αἴτια, "Causes") is a four-book elegiac poem by the Hellenistic Greek poet Callimachus, written at Alexandria in the third century BCE and explaining the origins of rituals, customs, and place-names.
Aetius (magister militum)
Flavius Aetius (c. 390-454), western Roman magister utriusque militiae and Patrician, dominated the Western Empire's politics, used Hunnic allies, and checked Attila in Gaul in 451 before being killed by Valentinian III.
Aetna
Aetna: major US health insurer founded 1853 in Hartford (fire insurance roots, 1819), acquired by CVS Health for $69B in 2018; 27M+ medical members, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, ACA, dental and behavioral health products.
Aetolian League (Κοινὸν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν)
The Aetolian League (Κοινὸν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν) was a federal alliance of Greek tribes and city states based in Aetolia, formed in the early 4th century BCE.
AEV 3 Kodiak
The AEV 3 Kodiak, also known as the Pionierpanzer 3 Kodiak, is an armored engineer vehicle built on the Leopard 2 chassis, serving Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Singapore.
AEW All Out
AEW All Out is All Elite Wrestling's annual late-summer pay-per-view, first held August 31, 2019 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, as a follow-up to the independent All In; Chris Jericho became the first AEW World Champion there.
AEW Continental Championship
AEW Continental Championship: men's singles title in All Elite Wrestling, created November 2023 as the Continental Classic tournament prize. Inaugural champion Eddie Kingston; Kazuchika Okada holds the longest reign (647 days); Jon Moxley is current champion.
AEW Continental Classic
AEW Continental Classic (C2): annual 12-man round-robin tournament by All Elite Wrestling, run November-December since 2023 under 20-minute Continental Rules; winners Eddie Kingston, Kazuchika Okada, Jon Moxley.
AEW Dark
AEW Dark was All Elite Wrestling's weekly YouTube web series (October 8, 2019 to April 25, 2023, 193 episodes) showing untelevised Dynamite matches; ended by the Warner Bros. Discovery deal, briefly revived as Dark: Stocking Stuffer in Cardiff, 2025.
AEW Double or Nothing
AEW Double or Nothing, All Elite Wrestling's annual late-May pay-per-view and its inaugural 2019 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas; eight editions through 2026, known for Jericho vs Omega, Jon Moxley's debut, and Stadium Stampede.
AEW Dynamite
AEW Dynamite is All Elite Wrestling's flagship weekly two-hour wrestling show, airing Wednesdays 8-10 p.m. ET on TBS and simulcast on Max since its January 2022 move from TNT.
AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring
AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring, annual AEW prize (established November 27, 2019) won via a battle royal plus singles final; MJF won six straight years 2019-2024, Bandido won 2025.