Category:Æthelflæd
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They had a daughter, Ælfwynn. Her tombstone is now displayed in Gloucester City Museum. Father - Alfred the Great Mother - Ealhswith Spouse - Ecgwynn, Aelfflaed, Eadgifu Children - by Ecgwynn - Aethelstan, a daughter by Aelfflaed - Eadgifu, Aelfweard, Edwin, Eadgyth, Eadhild by Eadgifu - Edmund, Eadred Eadburh, Aelfgifu King of England - 899 - 924 Predecessor - Alfred the Great Successor -Aethelstan ….
The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England 2nd ed. His son, Edward, and his ealdormen, in particular his son-in-law, Æthelred, had won the glory. Formidable and warrior-like but just and fair, she won the admiration and respect of the people of Wessex and Mercia.
Who was Æthelflæd ? - She is first recorded as Æthelred's wife in a charter of 887, but Keynes thinks that the marriage may have taken place two or three years earlier, and the historian Maggie Bailey dates it to between 882 and 887, with the most likely political context being the occupation of London in 886. Mercia was inherited by Ethelred and Aethelflaed's daughter, Aelfwynn, born before 903.
His talk documented the excavation of the fort built by Aethelflaed in Stafford. This took place on Saturday, July 14. The panel was chaired by Dr Sara Read, together with Dr Jennifer Evans, Annie Whitehead and Marianne Whiting. The pieces were laid out on the lower lawn of Tamworth Castle Grounds for one day only at a grand reveal on Saturday, July 14. These included an Anglo-Saxon encampment and a range of fun themed activities for all the family. Coloured slides helped illustrate the aethelflaed of sculpture,stained glass and painting aethelflaed with her legend. Delegates came from the United States, Canada and Europe. The conference was being co-ordinated by scholars from Keele, Chester and Manchester universities. There was an Aethel AleFest on 14 Aethelflaed. Lady Aethelflaed is now installed on the roundabout outside Tamworth Railway Station. Here's a helpful video guide so that you can quickly learn about who Aethelflaed was.
Erik And Aethelflaed - I Can Not Let Her Go - THE LAST KINGDOM
I've also compiled a reading list of my favourite history books via the Amazon influencer program. It is thought that Aethelflaed believed it would be better that she should not marry and produce a male heir around whom the Mercians could rally - which might well cause a rift in the close alliance with Wessex, which she would have seen as a retrograde step in creating a united England She had married Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and was buried in Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany. As Æthelflæd reached her teens, her father had begun to push the Vikings out of south eastern England and began to reclaim territory for both his own kingdom of Wessex and his northern ally of. Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History. She is first recorded as Æthelred's wife in a charter of 887, but Keynes thinks that the marriage may have taken place two or three years earlier, and the historian Maggie Bailey dates it to between 882 and 887, with the most likely political context being the occupation of London in 886. Coinage issued in English Mercia in Ceolred's time named him as king, but in Æthelred's time it named the West Saxon king, yet Æthelred issued some charters in his own name, implying royal authority. Unfortunately this was one of many battles in which Æthelred was not involved. Aethelflaed was succeeded by her daughter Aelfwyn, whom Aethelflaed had made a joint ruler with her. In Lapidge, Michael; Blair, John; Keynes, Simon; Scragg, Donald. External Links The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia. Aethelflaed's father Alfred put London in the care of his son-in-law and daughter. When King Edward died in 924, Æthelstan initially faced opposition at the West Saxon court, but was accepted as king in Mercia.
