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Cynethryth (Cyneðryð; died after AD 798) was a Queen of Mercia, wife of King Offa of Mercia and mother of King Ecgfrith of Mercia. Cynethryth is the only Anglo-Saxon queen consort in whose name coinage was definitely issued.
Offa's wife Cynethryth was the only Anglo-Saxon queen ever named or portrayed on coinage, in a remarkable series of pennies struck by the moneyer Eoba.
May 28, 2015 · Her daughter Aelfflaed was married to King Aethelred I of Northumbria and there was a fourth daughter named Aethelswith. In the legend of the killing of King Aethelbert of East Anglia, a daughter Aelfthryth or Alfrida appears but there is no clear evidence she existed.
She married King Offa II of Mercia around 756 and ruled with him until his death in 796. In those years, Cynethryth reigned with almost the same powers as a queen-regnant (one who inherits the crown herself), though she had only married into the royal house of Mercia.
Nov 17, 2021 · Queen Cynethryth was the first wife of a Mercian king to appear on witness lists of royal charters, and she did so with some regularity between the year her son was born (770) and the end of his short reign in December 796.
Eadburh ( Old English: Ēadburh ), also spelled Eadburg, ( fl. 787–802) was the daughter of King Offa of Mercia and Queen Cynethryth. She was the wife of King Beorhtric of Wessex, and according to Asser 's Life of Alfred the Great she killed her husband by poison while attempting to poison another.
Apr 24, 2024 · While medieval women did not have extensive rights, there were definitely exceptions to the rule: one of them being Cynethryth, Queen of Mercia and wife of King Offa. She is said to have existed between the period 770-798, although her exact birth and death dates are unknown.
