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Æthelswith of Mercia. When Æthelswith of Mercia was born about 0852, in Gainsborough, Argyle No. 1, Saskatchewan, Canada, her father, Aethelred Mucel Ealdorman of Gaini Mercia, was 28 and her mother, Edburga of Mercia, was 23. She married Alfred 'the Great' of Wessex King of the Anglo-Saxons in 0868, in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.
Aethelwulf (died 858) was an Anglo-Saxon king in England, the father of King Alfred the Great. As ruler of the West Saxons from 839 to 856, he allied his kingdom of Wessex with Mercia and thereby withstood invasions by Danish Vikings. The son of the great West Saxon king Egbert (ruled 802–839), Aethelwulf ascended the throne four years after ...
Æthelred eventually came to terms with Alfred, who was already well connected in Mercia, as his wife was from a powerful Mercian family and his sister, Æthelswith, Burgred’s wife, had previously been Queen of Mercia. By 883, Æthelred was titled 'Ealdormen of Mercia' and recognised Alfred's overlordship. We have no information as to why ...
Æthelwulf's third son, Æthelberht, was probably born around 839 and was king from 860 to 865. The only daughter, Æthelswith, married Burgred, King of Mercia, in 853. The other two sons were much younger: Æthelred was born around 848 and was king from 865 to 871, and Alfred was born around 849 and was king from 871 to 899.
Object reference numbers: 1829,1114.1. AF.458. File size: 18.74 MB - 3600 x 1819px. 30.48cm x 15.4cm @300ppi. Aethelwulf Ring, late Anglo-Saxon | The British Museum Images. View and buy royalty free and rights managed stock photos at The British Museum Images.
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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. 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 (Viking) raids.
