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 877 - 929 (52 år)
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OF WESSEX, Ælfthryth |
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877 |
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Kvinne |
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7 Jun 929 |
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I14391 |
Geelmuyden_etc |
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25 Okt 2013 |
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- Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders
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For other people of the same name, see Ælfthryth.Ælfthryth of Wessex
Spouse(s) Baldwin II, Count of Flanders
Noble family House of Wessex
Father Alfred the Great
Mother Ealhswith
Born 877
Died 7 June 929
Ælfthryth of Wessex (877 – June 7, 929), also known as Elftrudis (Elftrude, Elfrida), was an English princess and a countess consort of Flanders.
Life[edit]
She was the youngest child of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England and his wife Ealhswith. She had four or five siblings, including King Edward the Elder and Ethelfleda.
Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (died 918), Count of Flanders.
They had the following issue:
Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890–964), married Adela of Vermandois
Adalulf (c. 890–933), Count of Boulogne
Ealswid
Ermentrud
Ælfthryth was an ancestor of Matilda of Flanders, who married William the Conqueror, first monarch from the House of Normandy, which means that following the Norman conquest of England and the death of William I all the monarchs of England were also descendants of the House of Wessex.
In fiction[edit]
Ælfthryth was the subject of the award-winning young adult novel Journey For a Princess by Margaret Leighton (1960: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, NY). In this book, she is called Elstrid.
References[edit]
"Ælfthryth (d.929)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders
House of Wessex
Born: 877 Died: 7 June 929
Preceded by
Judith of Flanders Countess consort of Flanders
c.?890–918 Succeeded by
Adele of Vermandois
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