Æthelflæd of Wessex

Abt 869 - 918  (~ 49 years)

• Name	Æthelflæd of Wessex  [1]
  Born	Abt 869	Wessex, England
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Lady of the Mercians
  Occupation	915
  	Made a grant of permission to Eadric, minister; to acquire 10 hides (manentes) at Farnborough (Warwicks. or Berks.), bought from Wulflaf
  Occupation	914-915
  	Noted as "lady" or "ruler of the Mercians" in various charters
  Occupation	918
  	"Ethelfled, a very famous queen of the Saxons, dies. / Eithilfleith, famosissima regina Saxonum, moritur."
  Occupation	911-918
  	Queen of Mercia
  Died	12 Jun 918	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
  	Cause: Died during the war with the Danes
  Buried	St. Peter's, Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire, England
  Person ID	I4348	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Alfred King of Wessex,   b. 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Ealhswith of the Gaini,   b. Abt 852, Mercia, England ,   d. 5 Dec 904, Winchester, Dorset, England (Abbaye Sainte-Marie)  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Married	868	Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Family ID	F2095	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Æthelred of Mercia,   b. Abt 870, Mercia, England ,   d. 912  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	886	England
  Children	1. Ælfwynn of Mercia,   b. Abt 905, Mercia, England ,   d. Aft 946  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F2197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S577] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Peter Townend and Hugh Massingberd, (One Hundred and Fifth Edition, Burke's Peerage Limited, London, 1970), xlix.