of the Gaini, Ealhswith of Mercia

Birth Name of the Gaini, Ealhswith of Mercia 1 2a 3a 4a 5a
Also Known As of Mercia, Ealhswith of the Gaini 5b
Gramps ID I4989
Gender female
Age at Death 53 years, 11 months, 4 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E6151] 852 Mercia, England  
5c
Death [E6152] 905-12-05 St. Mary’s Abbey, Winchester, Dorset  
1a 4b 5d

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Ealdorman of Mercia, AEthelred Mucil [I2160]825866
Mother of Mercia, Eadburga [I0734]830
         of the Gaini, Ealhswith of Mercia [I4989] 852 905-12-05

Families

    Family of King of Wessex, Alfred the Great and of the Gaini, Ealhswith of Mercia [F3241]
Married Husband King of Wessex, Alfred the Great [I4988] ( * 848 + 899-10-26 )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E29263] 868 Winchester, England  
1b 2b 3b 6a 4c 5e
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of Wessex, AElfthryth [I5006]868929-06-07
Lady of Mercia, AEthelflaeda of Wessex [I4997]869919-06-12
King of England, Edward the Elder of Wessex [I4959]871924-08-00

Narrative

[SUSANNA KEENE.FTW]

Searle has: "Ealhswith d. of Aethelred Mucel eald. of the
Gaini and of Eadburh of the royal family of Mercia, sister of
eald. Athulf (d. 903); d. a. 905 ... Dec 5 ... " --- William
George Searle, *Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles*,
Cambridge, 1899, p 343

--- Florence of Worcester (died c 1117), *A History of the
Kings of England* (OR: *The Chronicle of Florence of
Worcester*), trans Joseph Stephenson, 1853
(reprinted by Llanerch Enterprises, Felinfach, Lampeter, Dyfed,
Wales SA48 8PJ, 1980s (?)), p 72:
"Queen Ealhsuith, mother of King Eadward, a devout handmaid of
Christ, and foundress of a monastery of nuns at Winchester,
departed this life."

Narrative

Records not imported into INDI (individual) Gramps ID I4989:

Line ignored as not understood Line 122271: 2 SOUR @S085410@
Skipped subordinate line Line 122272: 3 DATA
Skipped subordinate line Line 122273: 4 TEXT Date of Import: Aug 7, 2000

 

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
REFN 903
 

Pedigree

  1. Ealdorman of Mercia, AEthelred Mucil [I2160]
    1. of Mercia, Eadburga [I0734]
      1. of the Gaini, Ealhswith of Mercia
        1. King of Wessex, Alfred the Great [I4988]
          1. of Wessex, AElfthryth [I5006]
          2. Lady of Mercia, AEthelflaeda of Wessex [I4997]
          3. King of England, Edward the Elder of Wessex [I4959]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Royal Genealogies DB [S12628]
      • Page: d 905
      • Page: No date/place
  2. PrenticeNet: A Lineage to Caesar, Url: [S12496]
      • Page: Ethelwitha dau. of Ethelred, no mother
      • Page: no date/place
  3. Stemmata Illustria [S12807]
      • Page: Ethelwitha dau. of Ethelred, no mother
      • Page: no date/place
  4. Frederick Lewis Weis: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to [S10400]
      • Page: line 1 pp 1-4
      • Page: line 1 pp 1-4, d ca 905, no place
      • Page: line 1 pp 1-4, no place
  5. SUSANNA KEENE.FTW [S85410]
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  6. G.P. Baker: Fighting Kings of Wessex [S11331]
      • Page: m 868, no place