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Ealdred (or Aldred; died 11 September 1069) was Abbot of Tavistock Bishop of Worcester and Archbishop of York in Anglo-Saxon England. He was related to a number of other ecclesiastics of the period. After becoming a monk at the monastery at Winchester he was appointed Abbot of Tavistock Abbey in around 1027. In 1046 he was named to the Bishopric of Worcester. Ealdred besides his episcopal duties served Edward the Confessor the King of England as a diplomat and as a military leader.
