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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.
After becoming a monk at the monastery at Winchester, he was appointed Abbot of Tavistock Abbey in around 1027.
Ealdred, besides his episcopal duties, served Edward the Confessor, the King of England, as a diplomat and as a military leader.
He worked to bring one of the king's relatives, Edward the Exile, back to England from Hungary to secure an heir for the childless king.
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