Ealhswith

Ealhswith

Infobox British Royalty|majesty|consort
name = Ealhswith
title = Queen of the Anglo-SaxonsDubious|date=March 2008
reign = 23 April 871 – 26 October 899
spouse = Alfred the Great
issue = Ælfthryth
Ethelfleda
Ethelgiva
Edward the Elder
Æthelwærd
royal house = House of Wessex
father = Æthelred Mucil
date of birth = c. 852
place of birth = Mercia
date of death = death date and age|905|12|5|852|12|4|df=yes
place of burial = St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester
occupation = Nun|

Ealhswith (or Ealswitha) of the Gaini was born c. 852 in Mercia. Her name means "Temple strength".

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 Ealhswith included Edward the Elder, later king of Wessex, Ælfthryth, who married Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, and Ethelfleda, who ruled as Lady of the Mercians.

After Alfred's death in 899, Ealhswith became a nun. She died on 5 December 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.

ee also

*House of Wessex family tree

External links

* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22390 Find-A-Grave profile for Queen Ealswitha]
* [http://www.cityofwinchester.co.uk/history/html/nunnaminster.html St. Mary's Abbey]


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