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About Ealhswith
Ealhswith or Ealswitha was the wife of King Alfred the Great. She was the mother of King Edward the Elder who succeeded King Alfred to the Anglo-Saxon throne. Her father was a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucel, Ealdorman of the Gaini, which is thought to be an old Mercian tribal group. Her mother was Eadburh, a member of the Mercian royal family and her lineage was one of the primary reasons for Alfred taking Ealhswith as his wife. She founded the nunnery of Nunnaminster.
Everything about Ealhswith →- Occupation
- nun
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Mercia, Kingdom of Wessex
- Born
- 852
- Died
- December 5, 902, 905