Elfrida OF ENGLAND

Female Abt 873 - 929  (~ 56 years)


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  • Name Elfrida OF ENGLAND  [1
    Nickname Aelfthryth 
    Born Abt 873  Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 7 Jun 929  Flanders, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5787  adkinshorton
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2013 

    Father Alfred 'the Great' KING OF WESSEX,   b. 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Lady Ealhswith OF MERCIA,   b. Abt 852, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Dec 904, St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years) 
    Married Abt 869  Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F25202  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Baldwin II OF FLANDERS,   b. 864,   d. 10 Sep 918  (Age 54 years) 
    Children 
     1. Count Adalulf of Boulogne OF FLANDERS
    +2. Count Arnulf I "the Great" OF FLANDERS,   b. 873,   d. 27 Mar 965  (Age 92 years)
    Family ID F25576  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Ethelfleda married the regent of Mercia, Ethelred, (Ealdorman of the Mercians). This marriage set the final seal upon the cooperation of the South and Midlands. He died in 911, and his widow succeeded him as ruler of Mercia. She was known as "the Lady of the Mercians." She aided his brother Edward I., the Elder, in conquering the Danelaw and its Five Boroughs. In 918, the Danish resistance in East Anglia collapsed, and all the Danish leaders submitted to Edward as their protector and lord. They were granted in return their estates and the right to live according to their Danish customs. At the same time "the Lady of the Mercians" conquered Leicester, and received even from York offers of submission. In this hour of success Ethelfleda died, and Edward was invited by the nobles of Mercia to occupy the vacant throne.

  • Sources 
    1. [S18796] The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James, Vol. I.


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