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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.
- Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King
Ælfwynn was the wife of Æthelstan Half-King, Ealdorman of...
- Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King
Ælfwynn was the wife of Æthelstan Half-King, Ealdorman of East Anglia, who was called the Half-King because it was believed that he was so powerful that King Edmund I (r. 940–946) and his brother King Eadred (r. 946–955) depended on his advice.
6 nov 2022 · Ælfwynn (c. 888–after 919) was the daughter of Æthelred, ruler of English Mercia, and Æthelflæd, daughter of King Alfred the Great and herself ruler of Mercia after her husband's death. Following the death of her mother on 12 June 918, Ælfwynn too was for a short time ruler of Mercia.
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Æthelstan was the son of Æthelfrith, an Ealdorman who held lands in Somerset, Berkshire, and Middlesex. His mother was Æthelgyth, daughter of Æthelwulf. His elder brother Ælfstan and his younger brothers Æthelwold and Ædric were Ealdormen of south and east Mercia, Kent and central Wessex, respectively.Æthelfrith was an ealdorman in Mercia in the la...
Æthelstan seems to have been appointed Ealdorman of East Anglia and other parts by King Æthelstan in about 932. The lands King Æthelstan gave him had mostly been part of the Danelaw which had only been forced out of the area after the Battle of Tempsford in Bedfordshirefifteen years earlier in 917. Æthelstan's brother Ælfstan inherited his father's...
People associated with Æthelstan's family include Ealdorman Byrhtnoth, whose defeat at the Battle of Maldon is commemorated in verse. Æthelstan's children included: 1. Æthelwald (died c. 962), Ealdorman of Essex, then of East Anglia after his father became a monk. Queen Ælfthryth, daughter of Ealdorman Ordgar, who was later the third wife of King E...
Hart, Cyril (2004). "Æthelstan [Ethelstan, Æthelstan Half-King] (fl. 932–956)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8917. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8....Henson, Donald, A Guide to Late Anglo-Saxon England: From Ælfred to Eadgar II. Anglo-Saxon Books, 1998. ISBN 1-898281-21-1Higham, Nick, The Death of Anglo-Saxon England. Sutton, 1997. ISBN 0-7509-2469-1Lapidge, Michael, ed. (2009). Byrhtferth of Ramsey: The Lives of St Oswald and St Ecgwine. Oxford, UK: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-955078-4.Æthelstan 26 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England. Retrieved 2007-10-29.Poco dopo i capi vichinghi di York le offrirono la loro lealtà, ma morì il 12 giugno 918 prima di poter sfruttare l'offerta. Le successe la figlia Ælfwynn, ma nel dicembre seguente fu deposta da Edoardo, che prese il controllo personale della Mercia e completò l'unificazione della Mercia col Wessex.
Ælfwynn (née vers 888 – morte après 919) est la fille unique d'Æthelred et d'Æthelflæd. Elle hérite du titre de « dame des Merciens » à la mort de sa mère en 918 . Le royaume de Mercie est revendiqué par son oncle maternel Édouard l'Ancien qui la dépose et lui succède en 919.
23 mar 2022 · The fate of Ælfwynn and the Mercian succession is key plot arc in season 5 of The Last Kingdom, but how true is the Netflix show to real history? How much is known about the real woman who shares the name, and could she have succeeded her mother Æthelflæd as a second Lady of the Mercians?
