Allen Mawer,
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 1…
(1911)
“ Anglo-Saxon historian, was the great-grandson of Æthelred, the brother of Alfred and ealdorman or earl of the western provinces (i.e. probably of the whole of Wessex) . He first signs as dux or ealdorman in 973, and continues to sign until 998, about which time his death must have taken place. ”
