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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
Portrait of Ælfwynn's foster-son King Edgar flanked by the Virgin Mary and St Peter in the Winchester New Minster Charter of 966 [1]. Ælfwynn or Ælfwyn (died 8 July 983) was a member of a wealthy Anglo-Saxon family in Huntingdonshire who married Æthelstan Half-King, the powerful ealdorman of East Anglia, in about 932.
The Feast of the Swans was a chivalric celebration of the knighting of 267 men at Westminster Abbey on 22 May 1306. It followed a proclamation by Edward I that all esquires eligible for knighthood should come to Westminster to be knighted in turn by their future king, and to march with him against the Scots. [1]
King John II of France in a ceremony of "adoubement", early 15th century miniature. Accolade ceremonies have taken a variety of forms, including the tapping of the flat side of a knighting sword on the shoulders of a candidate (who is himself sometimes referred to as an accolade during the ceremony) [1] [6] or an embrace about the neck.
Accolade (also known as dubbing or adoubement), the central act in the rite-of-passage ceremonies conferring knighthood in the Middle Ages Scholastic accolade , Latin nicknames for scholars Topics referred to by the same term
Æthelflæd Æthelflæd (from The Cartulary and Customs of Abingdon Abbey, c. 1220) Lady of the Mercians Reign 911–918 Predecessor Æthelred Successor Ælfwynn Born c. 870 Died 12 June 918 (aged c. 48) Tamworth, Staffordshire Burial St Oswald's Priory, Gloucester Spouse Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians Issue Ælfwynn, Lady of the Mercians House Wessex Father Alfred the Great Mother Ealhswith ...
Jul. 9—By Mark Shaffer The Ironton Tribune On Sunday, the 2024 Lawrence County Fair was officially opened and the royal court was named. This year's fair queen is Isabella Kerns, the fair ...
Originally, the order was divided into Knights Petit Cross and Knights Grand Cross, the latter worn at the neck, the former on the chest. The Commendatori, who owned a commandery, weren't bestowed with a specific insignia. In 1831, Charles Albert of Sardinia divided the order into three classes: Knight Grand Cross with the Grand Cordon