Queen Ealhswith

Abt 852 - 905  (~ 53 years)

• Name	Ealhswith
  Prefix	Queen
  Born	Abt 852	Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	5 Dec 905	New Minister Monastery, Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Person ID	I44968	Main
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2019

  
  

  Family	King Alfred DE WESSEX,   b. 23 Apr 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England ,   d. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 50 years)
  Children	+ 1. AElfthryth DE WESSEX,   b. Abt 869,   d. 929  (Age ~ 60 years)   2. King Edward DE WESSEX,   b. Abt 871,   d. 924  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Last Modified	18 May 2019
  Family ID	F31441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ealhswith (or Ealswitha), Queen of the Anglo-Saxons was the wife of King Alfred the Great. Her father was a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucil (or 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 according to the historian Cyril Hart she was a descendant of King Coenwulf of Mercia. Ealhswith is very obscure in contemporary sources. She did not witness any known charters, and Asser did not even mention her name in his life of King Alfred. In accordance with ninth century West Saxon custom, she was not given the title of queen. According to King Alfred, this was because of the infamous conduct of a former queen of Wessex called Eadburh, who had accidentally poisoned her husband. http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ealhswith_(c852-905)