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Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians: The Anglo-Saxon Warrior Queen ...

Millie Brady as Æthelflæd on The Last Kingdom, with David Dawson as Albert the Great, Eliza Butterworth as Ealhswith, and Timothy Innes as ...

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century ...

2018 was Æthelflæd's year: the centenary of her death in 918 at Tamworth was marked by a clutch of popular publications and a re-enactment ...

The Warrior Queen: The Life and Legend of Aethelflaed, Daughter of ...

Buy The Warrior Queen: The Life and Legend of Aethelflaed, Daughter of Alfred the Great by Arman, Joanna (ISBN: 9781445662046) from Amazon's Book Store.

Aethelflaed - Gloucester Culture Trust

This educational resource pack has been created as part of a city-wide programme of activities to celebrate the life of Aethelflaed, on the 1,100th.

Aethelflaed: Lady of the Mercians - Historical Novel Society

This biography of Aethelflaed, the 9 th -century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who ruled Mercia, is both an enjoyable read and meticulously well researched.

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians - The First Warrior Queen of England

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Aethelflaed, Saxons, Danes, and The Last Kingdom

We know little about Aethelflaed's life until the first years of the tenth century, when Aethelred became ill. With no direct male heir waiting ...

Æthelflæd: the Anglo-Saxon iron lady - Heritage Daily

Although she has faded from English history, and is often seen as a bit-part player in the story of the making of England, Æthelflæd was in fact ...

Aethelflaed - Encyclopedia - Theodora.com

AETHELFLAED (Ethelfleda), the "Lady of the Mercians," the eldest child of Alfred the Great, was educated with her brother Edward at her father's court.

Æthelflæd - Chesterwiki - ShoutWiki

Æthelflæd - daughter of Alfred of Wessex married into the Mercian ruling elite and, restored and extended the City Walls along their modern course.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 911-918 - Fordham University

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 911-918: On Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians ( c. 870 – 12 June 918), ruled 911-18. [Introduction]. Æthelflæd was a daughter of Alfred ...

What Did Aethelflaed Die From In The Last Kingdom? - Screen Rant

Aethelflaed, the beloved Mercian Queen in The Last Kingdom, dies of advanced breast cancer, as revealed by Eadith's examination. · The depiction of Aethelflaed's ...

Æthelflæd, 'Lady of the Mercians'... - Worcester Cathedral - Facebook

This demonstrates Æthelflæd's power over the burhs – a picture repeated across western Mercia. In 917, the Vikings of East Anglia submitted to ...

Who was Æthelflæd, and what role did she play in English history?

Æthelflæd was the Lady of the Mercians, ruling Mercia in the English Midlands from 911 until her death in 918. She was the eldest daughter ...

Aethelflaed, Lady of Mercia - MyMiniFactory

Ruling for a period of 7 years in the early 10th century, and eldest child of Alfred the Great of Wessex, Aethelflaed was a Politically and ...

The Last Kingdom: Eadith, the Canker, and Aethelflaed's Illness

In episode four, Eadith's diagnosis is proven right, and Aethelflaed dies in Uhtred's arms. She was suffering from a painful cancerous tumour in ...

Ӕlfwynn of Mercia - The Freelance History Writer

Ӕlfwynn was the daughter of Ealdorman Ӕthelred of Mercia and Aethelflaed, eldest daughter of Alfred the Great. The best guess on the birth of ...

Tales from the Enchanted Island: Æthelflæd & the Vikings - Clas Merdin

On 12th June 918 Æthelflæd, the 'Lady of the Mercians' took her last breath at Tamworth, the capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia, before being ...

Æthelflæd blog

Nearly 1,100 years ago, however, Æthelflæd, “Lady of the Mercians”, died in Tamworth – as one of the most powerful political figures in tenth-century Britain.

Story Telling: Delight and Dread: Unladylike Tales from the Age of ...

Delight and Dread: Unladylike Tales from the Age of Aethelflaed. You've heard of Alfred and Athelstan. But what about the women whose lives wove together ...