Aethelflaed of Mercia 
Aethelflaed of was born in Wessex, England. Aethelflaed of's father was Alfred the Great of England and her mother was Eahlswith of the Gaini. Her paternal grandparents were Aethelwulf of Wessex and Osburga of the Isle of Wight; her maternal grandfather was Ethelred (Aethelred) Mucil of Gainsborough and her maternal grandmother is Eadburga of Mercia. She had three brothers and two sisters, named Edmund of, Aethelweard of, Edward the Elder of, Aethelgeofu of and Aelfthryth (Ethelswida) of. She died in Tamworthor St. Peters,Gloucestershire,or Stratfordshire, Mercia,England.General Notes
Alias:<ALIA> Aelfled /Ethelfleda/
According to Brian Tompsett, UK genealogist: "This princess, whose
masculine vitues and martial exploits are celebrated in the highest
strains of panegyric by our ancient historians, administered the
Government of Mercia, after the death of her brother Edward in his
operation against the common enemy, the Dane."
According to THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS by Glen Ray Crack
(http://battle1066.com/vikings4.html):
"Edward defeated the Vikings and pushed them back at the battle of
Tettenhall. Edward had a sister named Athefleda who married the ealdorman
of Mercia. On his death, she became overlord, which was unheard of at
that time. She, known as Lady of the Mercians, joined with her brother to
force the Vikings out of Mercia and back to East Anglia and Northumbria
by using well thought out tactics. Wessex and Mercia now fought as one. "
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.< 0725 in Wessex, England d.> 0758
- b.~ 0758 in Wessex, England d.Bet 786 and 789
- b.< 0745 d.> 0758
- b.~ 0775 in Wessex, England d.4 Feb 838/39 in Wessex, England
- b.< 0748 in Kent, England d.0762 in Kent, England
- b.< 0762 in Kent, England
- b.Bet 800 and 806 in Wessex, England d.13 Jan 857/58 in England
- b.~ 0788
- b.0849 in Wantage, Dorset, Oxfordshire, England d.28 Oct 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.< 0550
- b.Bet 600 and 650
- b.Bet 730 and 780
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex, England d.> 0876
- b.Bet 869 and 870 in Wessex, England d.12 Jun 919 in Tamworthor St. Peters,Gloucestershire,or Stratfordshire, Mercia,England
- b.< 0790
- b.< 0810 d.0840 in Mercia, England
- b.0825 in Mercia, England d.0866
- b.Bet 849 and 852 in Mercia, England d.5 Dec 905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, Hampshire, England
- d.0840 in Mercia
- b.< 0840
- b.0830
- d.0823
- b.< 0823
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Aethelflaed of and Aethelred II of were married in a religious ceremony about 0886. They had a daughter named Aelfwyn of.
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