Ælfwynn (Mercia) of Mercia (abt. 890 - aft. 918)

Born about 0890 in Mercia, England

Ancestors

Died after 0918 after about age 28 in Wessex, England

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Biography

Ælfwynn was the daughter of Æthelred of Mercia and Æthelflæd, daughter of King Alfred the Great.^[1][2][3] Her birth date is not known.

When her mother died in 918, Ælfwynn was initially accepted as ruler of Mercia, but her uncle Eadweard the Elder soon took direct control of Mercia. The Abingdon manuscript of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles says that, after being displaced, she was taken by her uncle to Wessex.^[1][2][3][4] No more is known of her.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by Marios Costambeys for 'Æthelflæd [Ethelfleda]', print and online 2004, revised online 2018
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Charles Cawley. "Medieval Lands", entry for Æthelred (-912), accessed 5 June 2021
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Henry Project, entry for Æthelflæd (under Alfred the Great's entry)
4. ↑ Michael Swanton (translator and editor). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, new edition, Phoenix Press, 2000, p. 105

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