Daughter Alfred The Great Wife

Ealhswith of the gaini daughter of æthelred mucil of the gaini tribe and eadburh a mercian royal.

Daughter alfred the great wife. As was saxon custom she was not crowned or titled queen. 899 924 ce and. Ealhswith or ealswitha died 5 december 902 was the wife of king alfred the great her father was a mercian nobleman æthelred mucel ealdorman of the gaini which is thought to be an old mercian tribal group her mother was eadburh a member of the mercian royal family and according to the historian richard abels she was a descendant of king cenwulf of mercia. Osburh s existence is known only from asser s life of king alfred she is not named as witness to any charters nor is her death reported in the anglo saxon.

But she was the mother of illustrious children and she is remembered as the true and beloved lady of the. 871 899 ce and became queen of mercia following the death of her husband aethelred ii lord of the mercians r. She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during alfred s administration. Her siblings included king edward the elder and æthelflæd.

The eldest child of the king alfred of wessex æthelflæd was thought to have been a strong independent and well educated lady. She is best known as the lady of the mercians who defeated the vikings and established english rule which would be consolidated by her brother edward the elder r. She was the youngest daughter of alfred the great the saxon king of england and his wife ealhswith. They had the following issue.

870 12 june 918 ruled mercia in the english midlands from 911 until her death. He was the son of æthelwulf king of wessex and his first wife osburh osburga. Osburh or osburga also osburga oslacsdotter was the first wife of king æthelwulf of wessex and mother of alfred the great alfred s biographer asser described her as a most religious woman noble in character and noble by birth. æthelflæd lady of the mercians 869 870 918 æthelflæd has been described as our greatest woman general was was born around 864 the eldest daughter of alfred the great king of the anglo saxon kingdom of wessex and his queen ealhswith.

She was the eldest daughter of alfred the great king of the anglo saxon kingdom of wessex and his wife ealhswith. 911 918 ce was the daughter of king alfred the great of wessex r. Alfred the great ælfred ruled wessex 871 899. Her mother ealhswith who was married to king alfred in 868 was the daughter of ethelred mucel alderman of the hwicce an area which mainly covered.

During her early years æthelflæd witnessed her father take back large swathes of england from the vikings danes starting with the famous battle of edington in wiltshire a key turning point in the anglo saxon campaign against the vikings. At the request of the east frankish king henry the fowler who wished to stake a claim to equality and to seal the alliance between the two saxon kingdoms her half brother king æthelstan sent his sisters. æthelflæd was born around 870 at the height of the viking invasions of england by 878 most of england was under danish viking rule east anglia and. Edith was born to the reigning english king edward the elder by his second wife ælfflæd and hence was a granddaughter of king alfred the great she had an older sister eadgifu.

Ealhswith wife of alfred the great. Between 893 and 899 ælfthryth married baldwin ii died 918 count of flanders. æthelflæd lady of the mercians c.