Information AboutEalhswith |
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| 852 births | |
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| roman catholic nuns | |
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Her father was Æthelred Mucil , Ealdorman of the Gaini. She was married in 868 , to Alfred The Great , king of Wessex . The children of Alfred and Eahlswith included Edward The Elder , later king of Wessex, Aelfthryth , who married Baldwin II, Count Of Flanders , and Ethelfleda , who ruled as Lady of the Mercians. After Alfred's death in 899, Eahlswith became a nun. She died on December 5 , 905 , and is buried in St. Mary's Abbey , Winchester , Hampshire . Also ref. ''History of the Anglo-Saxons'' (1831) by Sir Francis Palgrave for more details on her husband Alfred the Great. EXTERNAL LINKS |