Ealhswith of Mercia
(-902)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Alfred "The Great" OF WESSEX

Ealhswith of Mercia

  • Marriage (1): Alfred "The Great" OF WESSEX in 868
  • Died: 5 Dec 902

  General Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealhswith
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 Cyril Hart she was a descendant of King Coenwulf of Mercia. She is commemorated as a saint in the Christian East and the West on 20 July.


Ealhswith married Alfred "The Great" OF WESSEX in 868. (Alfred "The Great" OF WESSEX was born in 847-849 in Vantage, Berkshire, Wessex, England and died on 26 Oct 899.)


J. Ferran 27/08/2024


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