Born around 870, aethelflaed was the eldest child of alfred the great and ealhswith member of ruling family of mercia as well as, sister of edward the elder, king of wessex. In 873, king burhred was driven out by the danes who settled in east mercia in 877, leaving west mercia to ceolwulf, their puppet king. It is clear from several sources that edward was in overall charge of both wessex and mercia in the first twenty years of the 10th century, and the change in 918 was not so much edward taking over mercia as edward removing an intermediate level of government between himself and his mercian subjects. Alwara athelstansdottir historical records and family. Ealhswith was related to the house of mercia through her mother, eadburh so aethelflaed had a mercian pedigree in addition to her west anglosaxon heritage. King of the west saxons in england and ealhswith alswitha gaini mercia. Aethelflaeds body was taken to gloucester and she was buried next to aethelred, her husband.
Mert311 wulfsige the black married wulfrun of tamworth born c. Som femtonaring gifte sig ethelfleda med ethelred, sedermera earl av mercia. Descent from alfred the great to david robert wooten. On that night, before the battle was about to begin, i revealed myself as the lady aelfwyn and a poem i learned through my time with wil and they understood what i was trying to say all along. Mercia was one of the kingdoms of england thats roughly in the middle of the island between wales and east anglia. Wil and everyone else for that matter where shocked the whole time they where in the presence of the lady and couldnt even recognize her. The doctors tardis seems to have its own mechanism, called a time tracer in the lady of mercia and if it is the same thing a time finder in hexagora. The anglosaxon chronicle states that she was deprived of all control in mercia, and was led into wessex three weeks before christmas.
Aelfwynn is thought to have been locked in a nunnery by edward the elder by 919, without children or marriage born. Ruler of mercia people in the english midlands, military leader. Ethelflaed 869918ruler of mercia who constructed a national system of fortifications in partnership with edward the elder and contributed to the defeat of the vikings in england. She married aethelred or ethelred, later the ealdorman or earl of mercia, in about 886, and had one daughter, aelfwynn. Aethelflaed, lady of mercia the freelance history writer. They had one daughter, aelfwynn, who is first named on a land charter. She was probably born soon after her parents marriage, which happened between 882 and 887.
Aelfwyn lady of mercia elfwina elfwine elfwynn elwina elfwinna. Mercia this kingdom in central england between northumbria and wessex was founded c 585. Aethelflaed, lady of the mercians ancient history encyclopedia. Leofwine earl of mercia 950 1023 aethelflaed lady of mercia. We found subtitles for the program the lady of the mercians. She was succeeded as lady of the mercians by her daughter. However, she lacked the broad support her mother had. The lady of the mercians king alfred and the anglo saxons. Ethelfleda och ethelred fick en dotter tillsammans. A regnal list kept at worcester in the western half of mercia, and so unaffected by the partition of 877 gives him a reign of five years, which would take it to 879. Aelfwynn is thought to have been locked in a nunnery by edward the elder by. Leofric iii the great lord coventry earl of england. Aelfwyn lady of mercia aelfwyn lady of was born in 0905 in mercia, england.
Aethelflaed was succeeded by her daughter aelfwyn, whom aethelflaed had made a joint ruler with her. It declined after the death of offa in 796 and was eventually absorbed by wessex. Aethelflaed had one child, a daughter called aelfwynn. Alwara hwicce countess mercia leofwine born athelstansdottir was born on date, at birth place. Notes the dominion of mercia descended to her ethelfledas daughter and heiress, elfwina a.
Her accession was the only example of rule passing from one. This, however, was nothing on her actions after her husbands death when she was proclaimed lady of the mercians and sole ruler of mercia. Thames av haley elizabeth garwood, isbn 0965972186. She was married to ordgar ealdorman of devon and cornwall duke of devonshire fix dob children, they had 6 children. Her mother was a daughter of alfred the great and thus related to the kings of england. Her father died in 911 after which her mother was chosen as lady of the mercians. Awardwinning, fullcast original audio dramas from the worlds of doctor who, torchwood, blakes 7, class, dark shadows, the avengers, survivors, the omega factor, star cops, sherlock holmes, dorian gray, pathfinder legends, the prisoner, adam adamant lives, space 1999. Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love. Exactly 1,100 years after her death aethelflaed, lady of the mercians. Aelfwyn is not known to have married and may have gone to a convent.
Three weeks before christmas 919, aelfwyn s uncle, king edward came and deprived aelfwyn of all her authority and took her back to wessex. Mercia, aelfwyn lady of, born 0905 in mercia, england, died dec 06 0938 in tamworth, staffordshire, england mercia, aethelflaed ethelfleda princess of england, born in wessex,, england, died jun 02 0918 in st peters, gloucestershire, england. This chroniclers notice the right of elfwina so precisely, as to leave no doubt concerning her claim. She was the eldest daughter of alfred the great, king of the anglosaxon kingdom of wessex, and his wife ealhswith. Duke of the east angles athelstan mannesson 925 family. As soon as she was of marriageable age probably about a. It is possible that her mother was unable to have more children after a difficult birth. Edward, who already controlled wessex, seized the kingdom of mercia from aelfwyn, took her captive, and thus solidified his control over most of england. The mercians recognized edward as their king and aelfwyn joined a nunnery and lived out her life there. Edulf had a wife named aelfwyn lady of mercia and a child named leofwine. Three weeks before christmas 919, aelfwyns uncle, king edward came and deprived.