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Æthelflæd was succeeded by her daughter Ælfwynn, but in December Edward took personal control of Mercia and carried Ælfwynn off to Wessex. Historians disagree whether Mercia was an independent kingdom under Æthelred and Æthelflæd but they agree that Æthelflæd was a great ruler who played an important part in the conquest of the Danelaw.
Ælfwynn's parents may have married as early as 882 and not later than 887. According to William of Malmesbury, Ælfwynn was the only child of Æthelflæd and Æthelred.. The date of her birth is not recorded, but it is presumed that she was born soon after her parents' marriage, perhaps around 8
She is attested by Eadmer's Life of St Dunstan, which says that Æthelflæd Eneda, daughter of Ordmær, ealdorman (dux) of the East Angles, became the lawful wife (coniunx legitima) of Edgar while he was king of the Mercians (between 957 and 959), and died 'a few years later'. Æthelflæd was thought to have been a strong, independent and well ...
A grieving mother claimed she was fired from the Detroit bank where she worked for 30 years while taking family medical leave to care for her dying daughter who was battling breast cancer.
It was early 2024 and Isabella, then 19, was battling medulloblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. “She wasn’t eating much,” says Michael. “She wasn’t eating much,” says Michael.
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The novel A Chronicle of Ethelfled (1861), by Anne Manning, focused on the relationship between Æthelflæd (called "Ethelfled" in the novel) and her father, King Alfred. [1]
Nunnaminster was renamed to the abbey of St.Mary, and Ealhswith's son, Edward the Elder, sent his daughter Eadburh there to become a nun. [13] After Alfred’s death in 899, Edward had Ealhswith move to his nunnery in New Minster, where she lived out the rest of her days.