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Ælwald was king of Northumbria from 778 to 779. He is thought to have been a son of Oswulf, and thus a grandson of Eadberht Eating.
Ælfwald became king after Æthelred son of Æthelwald Moll was deposed in 778. He had a relatively long reign by the standards of the time in Northumbria. He was murdered in 789, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports
Her wæs Alfwald Norðhymbra cyning ofslægen fram Sigan on .viiii. Kalendas Octobris, 7 heofonlic leoht wæs lome gesewen þær þær he ofslægen wæs, 7 he wæs bebyrged on Hagustaldesee innan þære cyrican.
He was succeeded by his first cousin Osred, son of Alhred and an unnamed daughter of Eadberht Eating.
| Preceded by: Æthelred |
King of Northumbria | Succeeded by: Osred |
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