Ælfflæd (fl. early 10th century) was the second wife of the English king Edward the Elder. Ælfflæd was the daughter of an ealdorman Æthelhelm, probably...
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Ælfflæd is a name of Anglo-Saxon England meaning Ælf (Elf) and flæd (beauty). It may refer to: Saint Ælfflæd of Whitby (654–714) Ælfflæd of Mercia, daughter...
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Ælfflæd with her. Upon Hilda's death in 680, Oswiu's widow, Eanflæd and their daughter Ælfflæd became joint abbesses and later in the 680s, Ælfflæd was...
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Ælfflæd was a daughter of Offa of Mercia and Cynethryth. She may have witnessed a charter with her father, mother, and brother Ecgfrith in the 770s. She...
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Ælfflæd or Æthelflæd (fl. 840) is not recorded before the twelfth century. William of Malmesbury describes Æthelflæd as the daughter of King Ceolwulf...
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daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife Ælfflæd. Eadgifu was one of three West Saxon sisters married to Continental rulers:...
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one known child, a daughter: Ælfflæd of Mercia. According to a tradition preserved at Evesham, Ceolwulf's daughter Ælfflæd married Wigmund, the son of...
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second wife Ælfflaed had borne him sons. While his intentions are unknown, it appears to have been Ælfweard, Edward's eldest son by Ælfflæd, who on 17...
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the second son of Edward the Elder, the eldest born to his second wife Ælfflæd. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle simply states that Ælfweard died soon after...
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AD), also known as Saint Wystan, was the son of Wigmund of Mercia and Ælfflæd, daughter of King Ceolwulf I of Mercia. Like many Mercians of the period...
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recorded. She had at least one brother and at least one sister, Ælfflæd (died c. 1002). Ælfflæd was married to Byrhtnoth, who probably succeeded her father...
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daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons and his second wife Ælfflæd. In 926 Edward's son, king Æthelstan, received an embassy from his cousin...
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Edwin (died 933) was the younger son of King Edward the Elder and Ælfflæd, his second wife. He drowned at sea in circumstances which are unclear. Edward...
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is subscribed immediately after King Edward, and before Edward's wife Ælfflæd. Alfred left his wife three important symbolic estates in his will, Edington...
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to the beginning of Æthelstan's reign. Edward married his second wife, Ælfflæd, at about the time of his father's death, probably because Ecgwynn had...
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His dominance never extended to Northumbria, though he gave his daughter Ælfflæd in marriage to the Northumbrian king Æthelred I in 792. Historians once...
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probably died by 899, as around the time of Alfred's death Edward married Ælfflæd, the daughter of Ealdorman Æthelhelm, probably of Wiltshire. Janet Nelson...
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married to Ælfflæd, sister of the dowager Queen Æthelflæd of Damerham, making Byrhtnoth a kinsman of King Edgar by marriage. Byrhtnoth and Ælfflæd are identified...
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(644/645–685) and Ælfwine (c. 660–679), the daughters Osthryth (died 697) and Ælfflæd (c. 654–714). The Irish princess Fín was the mother of Aldfrith (died 705)...
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born to the reigning English king Edward the Elder by his second wife, Ælfflæd, and hence was a granddaughter of King Alfred the Great. She had an older...
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266 days) c. 874 Son of Alfred and Ealhswith (1) Ecgwynn c. 893 2 children (2) Ælfflæd c. 900 8 children (3) Eadgifu of Kent c. 919 4 children 17 July 924 Aged...
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suggests that she was a grandchild of Ceolwulf, through his daughter, Ælfflæd, and her husband, Wigmund. Æthelred had at least two children with Eadburh...
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he is thought to be a descendant of Ceolwulf I through his daughter Ælfflæd. Ælfflæd was first married to Wigmund, son of King Wiglaf, and then to Beorhtfrith...
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charters. She first witnessed a charter dated 770, along with Ecgfrith and Ælfflæd. By 780 she is Cyneðryð Dei gratia regina Merciorum ("Cynethryth, by the...
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succeeded as abbess by Eanflæd, widow of King Oswiu, and their daughter, Ælfflæd. From then onward we know nothing about the abbey at Whitby until it was...
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Preceded by Ælfflæd Consort of the King of the Anglo-Saxons 919–924 Succeeded by Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury...
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Æthelhelm who served as Ealdorman of Wiltshire, the probable father of Ælfflæd, who became Edward the Elder's second wife about 899. However, Barbara...
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died around the time of Alfred's death, as by 901 Edward was married to Ælfflæd. In about 919, he married Eadgifu, who had two sons, Edmund and Eadred...
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behalf. Siward entrenched his position in northern England by marrying Ælfflæd, the daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Bamburgh. After killing Ealdred's successor...
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Ealdred, all daughters. Three of those daughters were all named "Ælfleda" (Ælfflaed), while this may seem unlikely it is actually common for the time. If a...
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