Daughter Alfred The Great Wife

871 899 ce and became queen of mercia following the death of her husband aethelred ii lord of the mercians r.

Daughter alfred the great wife. 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. Ethelfleda alternative spelling aethelfled æthelfleda or æthelflæd 872 879 918 was the eldest daughter of king alfred the great of wessex and his wife ealhswith. 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. Ealhswith was a mercian princess who married alfred anglo saxon king of wessex.

911 918 ce was the daughter of king alfred the great of wessex r. æthelflæd lady of the mercians c. 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. Ealhswith wife of alfred the great.

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. 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. She was the eldest daughter of alfred the great king of the anglo saxon kingdom of wessex and his wife ealhswith. 899 924 ce and.

She was born around ad 872. She married aethelred or ethelred later the ealdorman or earl of mercia in about 886 and had one daughter aelfwynn. 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.