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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.
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 ...
Æthelred (died 911) became Lord of the Mercians in England shortly after the death or disappearance of Mercia's last king, Ceolwulf II, in 879. He is also sometimes called the Ealdorman of Mercia. Æthelred's rule was confined to the western half, as eastern Mercia was then part of the Viking-ruled Danelaw. His ancestry is unknown.
The Black Forest National Park (German: Nationalpark Schwarzwald) is a national park in the state of Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany.. It has an area of 10,062 hectares (100.62 km 2; 38.85 sq mi) and is located on the main crest of the Northern Black Forest, mainly between the Black Forest High Road (Schwarzwaldhochstraße) and the valley of the Murg.
A vigil has been held to honor the life of Jennaleah “Jenna” Hin, the 17-year-old girl who was found dead by suicide in a Nevada desert after she disappeared following an argument with her ...
William of Malmesbury describes Æthelflæd as the daughter of King Ceolwulf I of Mercia, wife of King Wiglaf's son Wigmund, and mother of Wigstan. [ 1 ] According to Thomas of Marlborough 's hagiographical life of Wigstan, when his father King Wigmund died in 840, Wigstan refused to become king, preferring a life of religion.
Mama June Shannon is ready for a new beginning.. The reality star, 45, tells PEOPLE in an exclusive interview amid the one-year anniversary of her daughter Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell’s death that ...
U.S. Figure Skating/YouTube Hours before her death, 12-year-old figure skater Olivia Ter was busy taking a step back in time. Ter, who died in the Wednesday, January 29 plane crash above ...