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Æthelswith (c. 838–888) was the only known daughter of King Æthelwulf of Wessex. She married King Burgred of Mercia in 853. The couple had no known issue.
5 de feb. de 2024 · Queen Æthelswith passed away in 888 in Pavia, and was laid to rest there. She may have been undertaking a pilgrimage when she died. Her body and the ring that she once bestowed were both buried underground a thousand miles apart.
A ninth-century finger ring from Driffield, Yorkshire, now lost (Okasha 1971, no. 33), has various features in common with the Æthelswith ring, including an inscription on the bezel and hoop which translates, “Behold the Lamb of God”.
11 de ene. de 2024 · Æthelswith Queen of Mercia of Mercia (Wessex) aka of Wessex (est. 840 - est. 888)
Æthelswith (c. 838 – 888) was the Queen of Mercia from 853 as the wife of King Burgred. An Anglo-Saxon noblewoman from the House of Wessex, Æthelswith was the daughter of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and thus the sister of future Kings Alfred the Great and Aethelred.
Æthelswith Ring, finger-ring, Late Anglo-Saxon, Aberford | The British Museum Images. View and buy royalty free and rights managed stock photos at The British Museum Images.
30 de jun. de 2021 · Æthelswith was the daughter of Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburh. Her birth date is uncertain. In 853 she married Burgred, king of Mercia at Chippenham, Wiltshire.
