Ælfthryth Princess of England England
- Born: Wessex, England
- Marriage: Baudouin II "le Chauve" Comte de Flandres in 884 in Flanders/England 529
- Died: 7 Jun 929, Flanders 529
- Buried: Saint-Pierre de Gand 174
 Other names for Ælfthryth were Ælfþryð of Wessex and Elftrude of Wessex.
General Notes:
~ Emperor Charlemagnes Descendents, Vol. II, p. 185 529
Noted events in her life were:
• Web Reference: Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders from Wikipedia.
Ælfthryth was the youngest child of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England and his wife Ealhswith. She had four or five siblings, including King Edward the Elder and Ethelfleda.
Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (died 918), Count of Flanders.
They had the following issue:
Arnulf I of Flanders; married Adela of Vermandois
Adalulf, Count of Boulogne ancestor of Matilda of Flanders, who married William the Conqueror, first monarch from the House of Normandy, which means that following the Norman conquest of England and the death of William I all the monarchs of England were also descendants of the House of Wessex.
[Source: Dictionary of National Biography]
• Web Reference:
Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands Ælfthryth of Wessex was the daughter of Alfred King of Wessex and his wife Ealhswith. Ælfthryth married Baudouin II "le Chauve"count of Flanders. " 'Elfthtritham' is named by Roger of Hoveden, third in his list of King Alfred's daughters by Queen Ealhswith [Roger of Hoveden I, p. 41]. She is called "Æthelswitha" by Asser [Asser, Part II]. "Elftrudis" is named as wife of Count Baudouin II in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin without giving her origin [Saint-Bertin II.73, 918, p. 138].
Ælfthryth married Baudouin II "le Chauve" Comte de Flandres, son of Baudouin I "Bras-de-Fer" comté de Flanders and Judith des Francs, in 884 in Flanders/England.529 (Baudouin II "le Chauve" Comte de Flandres was born about 864 in Flanders,174 died on 11 Sep 918 in Blandinberg, Flanders 529 and was buried in Saint-Pierre de Gand 174.)
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