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in our Database | |  | | | | Ealhswith Of Mercia Sex: Female | | | |  | | Birth Date | 0852 Gaini Tribal Lands, Mercian Kingdom, England | | Death Date | 0905 St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England | | Father | Aethelred Ealdorman of the Gaini MUCIL | Born: 0825 | Died: 0866 | | Mother | | Born: | | | Ealhswith Of Mercia
Notes: | Occupation: Queen of the Anglo-Saxons, Became a nun at widowhood drottning, Saint after death, Queen of England, Dronning av England, a nun at St. Marys Abbey, Queen, Queen Consort of Wessex, QUEEN OF ENGLAND, Drottning av Wessex
| | Notes: | Ealhswith was a Mercian princess who married Alfred, Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex. She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during Alfred’s administration. But she was the mother of illustrious children and she is remembered as “the true and beloved lady of the English”. Ealhswith’s mother was a scholar named Eadburgh who was well known at court. King Burhred of Mercia was invaded by the “Great Army” of Scandinavians and they had camped out near Nottingham. Burhred sent a message to Alfred and Aethelred, appealing for help in the fight. Alfred and Aethelred took their troops to Nottingham and began a siege. This is where Alfred met and wooed Ealhswith. To seal the alliance with Mercia, Alfred and Ealhswith were married. The ceremony took place in the royal vill of Sutton Courtenay. There was feasting and gift-giving that lasted long into the night. But the festivities were interrupted when Alfred fell ill. We don’t really know what the illness was but he seemed to suffer from some intestinal disorder. It was the beginning of an affliction that would last for the rest of his life. At Christmas in January of 878, the Viking leader Guthrum made a surprise attack on Alfred’s royal palace at Chippenham. Alfred fled with Ealhswith and his family to the rough and desolate island of Athelney in Somerset where they lived for about four months.
| | Notes: | Place of Burial: Winchester Cathedral, London, England
| |  | | Birth Date | 0849 | | Death Date | 0899 | | Father | Aethelwulf | Born: 0795 | Died: 0858 JAN 13 | | Mother | Osbuga | Born: 0807 | Died: 0855 | | Alfred king of The Anglo-Saxons THE GREAT Notes: | Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England.[1] He is one of only two English monarchs to be given the epithet "the Great", the other being the Scandinavian Cnut the Great. He was also the first King of the West Saxons to style himself "King of the Anglo-Saxons". Details of Alfreds life are described in a work by the 10th-century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser. Alfred had a reputation as a learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged education, proposing that primary education be taught in English, and improved his kingdoms legal system, military structure and his peoples quality of life. In 2002, Alfred was ranked number 14 in the BBCs poll of the 100 Greatest Britons. | | Individual Notes: | | | Individual Notes: | | | |
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Aethelred
MUCIL
b.0825
d.0866
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