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Æthelswith. Æthelswith (c. 838–888) was the only known daughter of King Æthelwulf of Wessex. She married King Burgred of Mercia in 853. The couple had no known issue. Her marriage probably signaled the subordination of Burgred to his father-in-law and the Saxon kingdom at a time when both Wessex and Mercia were suffering Danish (Viking) raids.
Feb 5, 2024 · Æthelswith: The Mercian queen whose gold ring was unearthed by a Victorian ploughman. A thousand year old treasure unearthed a thousand miles from the body of the queen who had it made. Florence H R Scott. Feb 05, 2024. Transcript. No transcript... Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women.
A ninth-century finger ring from Driffield, Yorkshire, now lost (Okasha 1971, no. 33), has various features in common with the Æthelswith ring, including an inscription on the bezel and hoop which translates, “Behold the Lamb of God”.
Wessex. Father. Ecgberht, King of Wessex. Æthelwulf ( Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; [1] Old English for "Noble Wolf"; [2] died 13 January 858) was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. [a] In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber.
Jun 20, 2010 · Æthelswith died in 888, and was buried in Pavia ["& Æþelswiþ cuen, sio wæs Ælfredes sweostor cyninges, forþferde, & hire lic liþ æt Pafian. " ASC(A) s.a. 888; similarly ASC(E) s.a. 888]. When Asser mentions the will of Æthelwulf, he refers to the daughter of Æthelwulf in the singular, suggesting that he had only one daughter [" ...
Learn about the history and art of two gold rings inscribed with the names of King Æthelwulf and Queen Æthelswith, who were married to Mercian nobles in the ninth century. Explore the context of Anglo-Saxon England, the Viking invasions and the kingdom of Wessex.
Oct 27, 2023 · Aethelswith Crowned Queen of Mercia. Event type. Seminar. Series. Women's History. Address. Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Speakers. Vanessa King (Birkbeck) Event dates. 27 October 2023, 5:30PM - 7:30PM. Add to calendar. Contact. ihr.events@sas.ac.uk. Email only.
