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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.
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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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.
27 de oct. de 2023 · Æthelswith’s powerful kin ensured that she was a major player at the Mercian court, jointly issuing royal charters and appearing regularly in the witness lists. 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.
18 de mar. de 2024 · In the 850s, we see closer economic ties between the two kingdoms and more interaction between their nobles and the marriage of King Burgred of Mercia (852-874) to Æthelswith, the daughter of the King of Wessex, further strengthened relations.
30 de jun. de 2021 · Æthelswith "Queen of Mercia" of Mercia formerly Wessex aka of Wessex. Born about 0840 in Wantage, Berkshire, England. Ancestors. Daughter of Æthelwulf (Wessex) of Wessex and Osburh (Unknown) of Wessex. Sister of Athelstan Wessex, Æthelbald (Wessex) of Wessex, Æthelberht (Wessex) of Wessex, Æthelred Wessex and Ælfred (Wessex) of ...
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.
