Daughter Alfred The Great Wife

Osburh s existence is known only from asser s life of king alfred she is not named as witness to any charters nor is her death reported in the anglo saxon.

Daughter alfred the great wife. æthelflæd lady of the mercians c. But she was the mother of illustrious children and she is remembered as the true and beloved lady of the. Her mother ealhswith who was married to king alfred in 868 was the daughter of ethelred mucel alderman of the hwicce an area which mainly covered. Osburh or osburga also osburga oslacsdotter was the first wife of king æthelwulf of wessex and mother of alfred the great alfred s biographer asser described her as a most religious woman noble in character and noble by birth.

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 by 878 most of england was under danish viking rule east anglia and. She was born around ad 872. æthelflæd lady of the mercians 869 870 918 æthelflæd has been described as our greatest woman general was was born around 864 the eldest daughter of alfred the great king of the anglo saxon kingdom of wessex and his queen ealhswith.

Ethelfleda alternative spelling aethelfled æthelfleda or æthelflæd 872 879 918 was the eldest daughter of king alfred the great of wessex and his wife ealhswith. Ealhswith wife of alfred the great. 870 12 june 918 ruled mercia in the english midlands from 911 until her death. She married aethelred or ethelred later the ealdorman or earl of mercia in about 886 and had one daughter aelfwynn.

She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during alfred s administration. She is best known as the lady of the mercians who defeated the vikings and established english rule which would be consolidated by her brother edward the elder r. Ealhswith was a mercian princess who married alfred anglo saxon king of wessex.