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Æthelflæd - Wikipedia

Æthelflæd ... This article is about the Lady of the Mercians. For other people called Æthelflæd, see Æthelflæd (name). Æthelflæd ( c. 870 – 12 June 918) ruled as ...

Aethelflaed | Queen of Mercia, Warrior, Defender - Britannica

Aethelflaed was an Anglo-Saxon ruler of Mercia in England and the founder of Gloucester Abbey. The eldest child of King Alfred the Great, she helped her ...

Æthelflæd | The Last Kingdom Wiki - Fandom

Æthelflæd of Mercia (before, Æthelflæd of Wessex) is a main character in both The Saxon Stories novel series and The Last Kingdom television series, being a ...

Aethelflaed | Award-Winning Heritage in a Stunning Castle

Aethelflaed is a key figure in the history and making of England. She ruled Mercia with her husband Aethelred (also known as Ethelred) and together they led ...

Aethelflaed, Lady Of The Mercians: The Last Kingdom's Warrior Queen

She is a medieval marvel, but – as the daughter of Alfred the Great, and ultimately succeeded by her nephew Æthelstan – Æthelflæd has been ...

Æthelflæd of Damerham - Wikipedia

Æthelflæd of Damerham ... For other people with the same name, see Æthelflæd (name). Æthelflæd of Damerham was Queen of the English as the second wife of King ...

Aethelflaed: History and Legend - BYU ScholarsArchive

Unlike the West-Saxon chronicles, Aethelflaed is not paired in an obligatory fashion to the men in her life. She is not Aethelflaed, daughter of Alfred, sister ...

Aethelflaed: The warrior queen who broke the glass ceiling - BBC

Aethelflaed, a warrior ruler almost lost to history, is being celebrated on the 1100th anniversary of her death.

Æthelflæd (Aethelflaed), Lady of the Mercians - Historic UK

Unfortunately this was one of many battles in which Æthelred was not involved. He had been ill since around 902, and after ten years of battling ...

Æthelred and Æthelflæd of Mercia: Medieval England's most ...

This marriage displayed unity between the two men and Mercia and Wessex, now united to protect themselves from the Viking threat to the east.

Æthelflæd (Wessex) of Mercia (abt.0870-0918) - WikiTree

Æthelflæd was the daughter of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith. [1] [2] Her birth date is uncertain but may have been about 870 or soon after.

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians - History… the interesting bits!

Recognising her vital role in the creation of England, the 12th century Henry of Huntingdon declared Æthelflæd 'to have been so powerful that in ...

Æthelflæd - The Exploress

This collage-style art print features Æthelflæd, the English ruler once called Lady of the Mercians. Printed on museum-quality, thick matte paper.

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

Æthelflæd (c. 870–918), political leader, military strategist, and administrator of law, is one of the most important ruling women in ...

Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians - YouTube

Æthelflæd (c. 870-918) is one of the most remarkable women in medieval Britain, but the fragmentary records of her career are a striking ...

Æthelflæd & Uhtred : r/TheLastKingdom - Reddit

When Uhtred is about to be made Lord of Mercia but relinquishes the throne to Æthelflæd. Instead, the Ealdormen are reluctant to accept a woman.

Image of the Week: Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians

This portrait of Æthelflæd, from The Cartulary and Customs of Abingdon Abbey, c. 1220, obviously dates from much later than her lifetime, but a ...

Æthelflæd of Mercia or Alfred the Great of Wessex? - Quora

Alfred was much more powerful than his daughter Æthelflæd. Alfred ruled over the 'kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons', formed from Wessex and Western Mercia.

Who Was Aethelflaed? | The Lady of the Mercians - Twinkl

Aethelflaed, the Warrior Queen. Aethelflaed was renowned for her military strength. She worked to extend and improve the fortifications that her father had ...

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians - Order of Medieval Women

Æthelflæd ruled Mercia as “Lady of the Mercians” whose accession as a female ruler was most unique in early medieval history.