Alchfleda Alchred (abt. 710)

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Alchflaeda, princess of Northumbria, married Paeda (Peada), son of King Penda.[2]

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Tracking Notes

GEDCOM: Alchfleda bint /Alchred/. Alias: Alchfleda of Northumbria [Ton 4 Tropaire à sainte Eanflède, reine de Northumbrie, (Natalice en 671 A.D.)]

Fille de saint Edwin et de sainte Ethelburge	Daughter of St Edwin and St Ethelburga,[3]
Tu fus baptisée par l’évêque saint Paulin,	baptised by the holy bishop Paulinus
Tu épousas le roi Oswy de Northumbrie,	married King Oswy of Northumbria,[1]
Et tu fondas le monastère de Gilling.	founded monstery of Gilling.
Etant veuve, tu devins moniale à Whitby.	As widow, nun at Whitby.
Sainte Eanflède, prie Dieu pour notre salut!	Holy Eanfleda, pray to God for our salvation!

Sources

• (Eanflæd), queen of Northumbria
• WikiPedia under "Eanflæd"
• Gilling Abbey
• The Journal of Antiquities The Sandbach Crosses, Cheshire.
• See also: 7th Century, the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Sandbach was in the pagan kingdom of Mercia. Legend has it that King Penda of Mercia arranged the marriage of his son Paeda to Princess Alchfleda, the daughter of Oswy the King of Northumbria."[4]

1. ↑ Oswiu (b. c. 611) >> parents: King Athelfrith of Bernicia m.2 Acha of Deira (Wikipedia).[1]