Daughter Alfred The Great Wife
Ealhswith was a mercian princess who married alfred anglo saxon king of wessex.
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. 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. 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. 899 924 ce and.
Ealhswith wife of alfred the great. 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. 911 918 ce was the daughter of king alfred the great of wessex r. 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. 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 c. 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.
She married aethelred or ethelred later the ealdorman or earl of mercia in about 886 and had one daughter aelfwynn. She was the eldest daughter of alfred the great king of the anglo saxon kingdom of wessex and his wife ealhswith. She was born around ad 872.