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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 ...
After Æthelred's death in 911, Æthelflæd ruled as "Lady of the Mercians", but she did not inherit the Mercian territories of London and Oxford, which were taken by Edward. Æthelflæd died in 918, and their daughter Ælfwynn briefly ruled Mercia until deposed by Edward the Elder, who took the territory under his direct control. [44]
Æthelred (/ ˈ æ θ əl r ɛ d /; died after 704) was king of Mercia from 675 until 704. He was the son of Penda of Mercia and came to the throne in 675, when his brother, Wulfhere of Mercia, died from an illness. Within a year of his accession he invaded Kent, where his armies destroyed the city of Rochester.
Ælfwynn was the ruler of Mercia as the 'Second Lady of the Mercians' for a few months in 918, following her mother's death on 12 June 918. She was the daughter of Æthelred and Æthelflæd, the rulers of Mercia.
Mercia briefly regained a political existence separate from Wessex in 955–959, when Edgar became king of Mercia, and again in 1016, when Cnut and Edmund Ironside divided the English kingdom between themselves, with Cnut taking Mercia. [27] Mercia maintained its separate identity as an earldom until the Norman Conquest in 1066. [28]
The 1930 novel Elfwin by S. Fowler Wright features Æthelflæd (called Ethelfleda in the text). [2] The young adult novel The Edge on the Sword (2003) by Rebecca Tingle deals with Aethelflaeda as a young woman. [3] In Bernard Cornwell's "Saxon Stories" series she appears in a number of the books.
Ælfthryth (c. 945 – 1000 or 1001, also Alfrida, Elfrida or Elfthryth) was Queen of the English from her marriage to King Edgar in 964 or 965 until Edgar's death in 975. . She was a leading figure in the regency during the minority of her son King Æthelred the Unready between 978 and
Lady of the Mercians ~870–918 r. 911-918: Edward the Elder King of the Anglo-Saxons 871–924 r.899-924: Ealhhelm Ealdorman fl. 940–951: Ceolwulf II King of Mercia?-~879 r.874–~879: Ælfwynn Lady of the Mercians r.918: Æthelstan King of Mercia ~894–939 r.924: Edmund I King of the English?-939 r.946: Ælfhere Ealdorman of Mercia?-983 ...