Ealhswida Queen of England
- Born: Abt 852, Mercia, England
- Marriage: Alfred "The Great" King of England in 869 in Winchester 851
- Died: 5 Dec 905, Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset about age 53
- Buried: Winchester Cathedral, London, England
 General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots . . ., 8th Edition, 1:14, wife of alfred the Great and daughter of Æthelred Mucill, ealdorman of the Gaini and Edburga; 44:15, wife of Alfred the great and parents of Ethelswith, married to Baldwin II, Count of Flanders. 160
Noted events in her life were:
• Information. 470
Became a nun at widowhood. Reputed as a saint after death.
• Family. 470 Married 868, Winchester, England to , Alfred the Great, King West Saxons.
Æthelflaed, Lady of Mercia, b. CIR 869
Edmund, b. ABT 870
Edward the Elder, King of England, b. 869
Æfthryth
Æthelgeofu of Shaftesbury, Abbess of Shaftesbury
Æthelweard, b. 880
Ealhswida married Alfred "The Great" King of England, son of Æthelwulf, King Wessex & England and Osburgh de Hampshire Queen of England, in 869 in Winchester 851. (Alfred "The Great" King of England was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England 851 and died on 28 Oct 901 in Winchester, Hampshire, England 851.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Engagement: 1st cousins, 1x removed.
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