Ealhswith of Mercia of the Gaini 
Ealhswith of Mercia was born in 0852 in Mercia, England.1 Ealhswith of Mercia's father was AEthelred Mucil Ealdorman of Mercia and her mother was Eadburga of Mercia. Her paternal grandfather was \Mucel\ UNKNOWN; her maternal grandparents were Wigmund of Mercia and Elfleda of Mercia. She was an only child. She died in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset.1 General Notes
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Searle has: "Ealhswith d. of Aethelred Mucel eald. of the Gaini and
ofEadburh of the royal family of Mercia, sister of eald. Athulf (d.
903);d. a. 905 ... Dec 5 ... " --- William George Searle,
*Anglo-SaxonBishops, Kings and Nobles*,
Cambridge, 1899, p 343
--- Florence of Worcester (died c 1117), *A History of the Kings
ofEngland* (OR: *The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester*), trans
JosephStephenson, 1853
(reprinted by Llanerch Enterprises, Felinfach, Lampeter, Dyfed, WalesSA48
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."
Ealhswith of Mercia and Alfred the Great were married in a religious ceremony in 0868 in Winchester, Dorset, England.1 They had a son named Edward the Elder.
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Children
Edward the Elder King of England
Edward the Elder was born in 0871 in Wessex, England.1 He died in Fardon, Northamptonshire, England.1
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