Born about in Wantage, Berkshire, England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Æthelwulf (Wessex) of Wessex
and Osburh (Unknown) of Wessex
Sister of
Athelstan Wessex [half], Æthelred Wessex, Æthelbald (Wessex) of the West Saxons, Æthelbert (Wessex) of Wessex, Æthelstan (Wessex) of Wessex and Ælfred (Wessex) of Wessex
Wife of
Burghred (Mercia) of Mercia
— married
0853 in Chippenham
[children unknown]
Died about in Italy
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Æthelswith (Wessex) of Mercia is a member of the House of Wessex.
Biography
Æthelswith, Queen of Mercia
- b. ____ [citation needed][1].
- d. 888 Italy[2]
Family
- m. 853 Burgred, King of Mercia. Issue: No known children.[3]
Sources
- ↑ not clear if Æthelswith was legitimate daughter of father's second wife, Osburga. Æthelwulf also had a mistress. See fmg.ac]
- ↑ d."on the way to Rome" or buried in Pavia. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, E, 888, F, 888, and A, 888, respectively. fmg.ac)
- ↑ Crawley, C. (n.d.) Kings of Mercia 626-877. fmg.ac
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C. Mackinnon
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Janet L. Nelson, Æthelwulf (d. 858), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 30 Sept 2017
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