Save
Cite
Email this content

Share Link

Copy this link, or click below to email it to a friend
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-8916
Link copied successfully

The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.
Share This

Article contents

Show Summary Details

Ailred [Ælred, Æthelred] of Rievaulx

(1110–1167)

David N. Bell

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/8916

Extract

Ailred [Ælred, Æthelred] of Rievaulx (1110–1167), religious writer and abbot of Rievaulx, was probably the youngest of the three sons of Eilaf, the last hereditary priest of the church of St Andrew at Hexham, grandson of Eilaf, treasurer of Durham, and great-grandson of the learned ...

You do not currently have access to this article

Login

Please login to access the full content.

Access to the full content requires a subscription

Oxford University Press

Printed from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Under the terms of the licence agreement, an individual user may print out a single article for personal use (for details see Privacy Policy and Legal Notice).

date: 08 March 2021

Browse All

Browse All

Share Link

Article contents

Ailred [Ælred, Æthelred] of Rievaulx

Extract

Login

Subscribe