Alfred The Great Wife Death

Alfred the great 848 9 26 october 899 was king of wessex from 871 to c.

Alfred the great wife death. Marriage to alfred the great. He was the youngest son of king æthelwulf of wessex his father died when he was young and three of alfred s brothers æthelbald æthelberht and æthelred reigned in turn before him. After ascending the throne alfred spent several years fighting viking invasions. At the time of her marriage alfred s brother aethelred was king and alfred was considered his heir.

She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during alfred s administration. Ealhswith wife of alfred the great. He succeeded his father as king of wessex when alfred died. A daughter named aethelthryth or elfrida was born c.

The marriage was a political marriage that would help unite wessex and mercia who had been at odds with each other since king egbert. Ealhswith or ealswitha died 5 december 902 was the wife of king alfred the great her father was a mercian nobleman æthelred mucel ealdorman of the gaini which is thought to be an old mercian tribal group her mother was eadburh a member of the mercian royal family and according to the historian richard abels she was a descendant of king cenwulf of mercia. Ealhswith was a mercian princess who married alfred anglo saxon king of wessex. Ealhswith was the daughter of the mercian ealdorman aethelred mucel and she was married to prince alfred of.

Their last child was a son named aethelweard born c. But she was the mother of illustrious children and she is remembered as the true and beloved lady of the. She married count baldwin of flanders in 893 and was an ancestress of matilda of flanders who married william the conqueror. Ealhswith wife of king alfred the great.