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A Woman as King? The Secret Legacy of Æthelflæd


A Woman as King? The Secret Legacy of Æthelflæd, Lady of the ...

Amid Viking wars an Anglo-Saxon princess blazed a new trail for possible female kingship, but after her death was brutally, ...

Æthelflæd: Lady of the Mercians - YouTube

... legacy of the Lady of the Mercians ... King Alfred The Great On The Run From The Vikings | Time Team | Timeline.

Æthelflæd, The Medieval Queen Who Took on the Vikings to Save ...

Lady of the Mercians · Have archaeologists finally found King Alfred the Great? · Archaeologists Uncover Evidence of Huge Viking Camp in England ...

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. - Sagas of She - WordPress.com

This, rather than bearing sons or founding and ruling a convent, like other royal women of her day, would be Æthelflæd's legacy to Mercia.

Thegns of Mercia on X: "“A Woman As King? The Secret Legacy of ...

A Woman As King? The Secret Legacy of Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians” https://t.co/EOb0azRIq5 #anglosaxon #saxon #medieval #medievalhistory ...

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians - World History Encyclopedia

The sources - which only focus on the king and not on his family - only note that Alfred traveled in secret, and often disguised, with a small ...

Who Was Aethelflaed – The Lady of the Mercians? - History Hit

A painting of King Alfred the Great, the father of Aethelflaed. Marrying a Mercian. While still in her early teens, Aethelflaed was married off ...

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians timeline - The History Press

Alfred and his brother King Aethelred go to the aid of Burgred of Mercian against a great Danish army that had invaded East Anglia. 870. Birth ...

Aethelflaed: Lady of the Mercians - Historical Novel Society

Aethelflaed was the daughter of King Alfred, the wife of Lord Athelred of Mercia and the foster-mother of Athelstan, who later became king. Yet Aethelflaed ...

Æthelflæd: the Anglo-Saxon iron lady - Heritage Daily

At the time, Athelred and Æthelflæd did not call themselves king ... Æthelflæd's legacy is enigmatic, wrapped up in the “making of England”.

Aethelflaed: The Heroine of Mercia - Allison's History Blog

I believe she is an important female figure who is often overshadowed by others during the Anglo-Saxon period. In the year 911, Aethelflaed, ...

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

Æthelflæd was born about 870, the eldest child of King Alfred and his wife, Ealhswith. Alfred's biographer, Asser, says Ealhswith was a member ...

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, Struck Fear in Viking Hearts

Alfred was the son of Aethelwulf, King of Wessex, and Ealhswith was the daughter of Aethelred Mucel, a Mercian nobleman. The marriage of Alfred ...

Aethelflaed - 'Iron Lady Of Mercia' Was A Brave Female Warrior Who ...

Her father, King Alfred, managed to defend the kingdom of Wessex against the Vikings and even assigned a partition treaty with the Danes, ...

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians - YouTube

Aethelflaed (r. 911-918 CE) was the daughter of King Alfred the Great of Wessex (r. 871-899 CE) and became queen of Mercia following the ...

How did the reign of King Alfred's daughter, Aethelflaed, contribute ...

Aethelflaed, also known as Æthelflæd or Lady of the Mercians, played a significant role in the expansion and consolidation of Wessex's territory during her ...

Who was the Lady of Mercia, Æthelflæd? #nonfiction - MJ Porter

Æthelflæd, [i] said to be the oldest of the children of King Alfred, and his wife, Lady Eahlswith, was born around 866, the exact details are unknown.

Old Historical Photos | Æthelflæd, the Lady of the Mercians, was a ...

Æthelflæd, the Lady of the Mercians, was a remarkable leader and a rare example of female authority in Anglo-Saxon England. Born around 870 AD, she was...

Aethelflaed - History… the interesting bits!

Led by the fearsome Viking warlord Guthrum, the fate of the men, women, and children at their mercy appears all but sealed. But underestimate the great king at ...

Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen : Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians ...

Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen : Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, Paperback by Jones, Margaret C., ISBN 1399023381, ISBN-13 9781399023382, Like New Used, ...