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Æthelswith. 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. Her marriage probably signaled the subordination of Burgred to his father-in-law and the Saxon kingdom at a time when both Wessex and Mercia were suffering Danish ...
5 de feb. de 2024 · Æthelswith: The Mercian queen whose gold ring was unearthed by a Victorian ploughman. In 1870, a man was ploughing a field in West Yorkshire, in the countryside between the towns of Aberford and Sherburn on Elmet. As his plough overturned a row of soil, he glanced a glimmer of gold. He halted his horses, and bent down to pick up the shiny ...
Etelswita. Ethelswita de Mercia (en inglés antiguo: Æthelswith; 838 o 841 – Italia, 888) fue la única hija conocida de Ethelwulfo rey de Wessex y de Osburga. Se convirtió en reina al casar con Burgred de Mercia, en 853. La pareja no tuvo descendencia.
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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. She subscribed most of Burgred's charters, with her name recorded in some as "Æthelswith regina" - Queen Æthelswith.
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Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians ( c. 870 – 12 June 918) ruled Mercia in the English Midlands from 911 until her death. She was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith . Æthelflæd was born around 870 at the height of the Viking invasions of England.
27 de oct. de 2023 · Æthelswith was the first English queen to dispose of land in her own right and may possibly have been the first crowned queen in England. Æthelswith’s reign marks the apogee of Mercian queenship which I suggest was indicative of the rising power of Wessex.
