Æthelflæd of Damerham
Æthelflæd of Damerham | |
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Edmund I of England Æthelstan | |
Father | Ælfgar, ealdorman of Essex |
Æthelflæd of Damerham was
Æthelflæd was a daughter of ealdorman Ælfgar, probably the ealdorman of Essex. Her mother's name is not recorded. She had at least one brother and at least one sister, Ælfflæd (died c. 1002). Ælfflæd was married to Byrhtnoth, who probably succeeded her father as ealdorman of Essex. Byrhtnoth was killed at the Battle of Maldon in 991. Æthelflæd and Ælfflæd were Ælfgar's heirs at his death, some time between 946 and 951 based on the dating of his will, S1483.
Æthelflæd married Edmund following the death in 944 of his first wife Ælfgifu, mother of the future kings
However, the suggestion that she remarried has been disputed.[1]
Æthelflæd's will survives, S1494, and her will, and thus her death, is dated to between 962, and more probably 975, and 991. In addition to gifts to Ely, the will endowed
References
- ^ Trousdale, Alaric (2007). Rex Augustissimus: Reassessing the Reign of King Edmund of England, 939-46 (PhD). The University of Edinburgh. pp. 245–46.
Further reading
- Stafford, Pauline, Unification and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries. London: Edward Arnold, 1989. ISBN 0-7131-6532-4
External links
- Æthelflæd 14 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England. Retrieved 2007-11-24.