| Birth: | 852 | | Death: | Dec. 5, 905 | 
English royalty, queen consort of Alfred the Great. She was the daughter of Aethelred of Mercia, King of the Gaini, and Eadburga Saxe-Mercia. She married Alfred in 868 AD, and had six children: Eathelflaeda (who would one day rule Mercia in her own right), Eathelgoeful, Edmund, Edward (the future King Edward the Confessor), Estrude, and Eathelweard. When Alfred died in 899, Ealhswith became a nun, and died at St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester at the age of about 53.
Search Amazon for Queen Ealswitha | | | Burial:
St Lawrence in the Square Churchyard
Winchester
Hampshire, England |
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Record added: May 18, 2001
Find A Grave Memorial# 22390 |
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