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Ælfthryth of Wessex (c. 877 – 7 June 929), also known as Elftrudis (Elftrude, Elfrida), was an English princess and a countess consort of Flanders to Baldwin II . Life. She was the youngest daughter of Alfred the Great, [1] the Saxon King of England and his wife Ealhswith. Her siblings included King Edward the Elder and Æthelflæd .
Jan 23, 2023 · Ælfthryth, also known as Elfrida, (died 929), was the last child of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England and his wife Ealhswith. She had four or five siblings, including King Edward the Elder and Ethelfleda. Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (d. 918), Count of Flanders.
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Birth, Parents and Early Life
Ælfthryth was the daughter of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith.Her birth date is uncertain but may have been about 877. She was brought up at her father's court. Asser says that she and her brother Edward the Elder"received great attention from their tutors and nurses," learning the Psalms and also some poems in Old English.
Marriage and Children
Ælfthryth married Baudouin II, count of Flanders. This marriage marked the start of close relations between Wessex and Flanders, which had a shared interest in protecting their coasts against Viking raids.She and Baudouin had at least four children: 1. Arnoul, who succeeded his father as Count of Flanders 2. Adalolf 3. Ealswid 4. Ermentrud These four children are all named by the 10th-century chronicler Æthelweard.Ælfthryth and Baudouin may have had a fifth child, but this is uncertain. Baudo...
Lands
Ælfthryth received Wellow, Ashton and Chippenham in Wiltshire under her father's will. In 918 she and her sons gave Lewisham with its dependencies, Greenwich and Woolwich, to the abbey of St. Peter of Ghent, for the soul of her husband.
Previously-shown children
The following children have previously been attached on WikiTree, but there is no evidence for the relationship, so they have been detached: 1. Englebert 2. Adele, now merged into Flandre-49
Asser. Life of King Alfred, translated by Albert S Cook, Ginn and Company, 1906, pp. 37-38, Internet ArchiveCharles Cawley. ÆLFTHRYTH of Wessex (c877-7 Jun 929, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 28 May 2021)The Henry Project, entry for Ælfthryth (Ælfðryð, Elftrude)- Female
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Aelfthryth Elfrida Countess of Flanders Wessex. Marriage. Children (5) Arnoul Ier le Gros comte de Flandre. Adalolphe de Boulogne. Ealswid van Vlaanderen. Anglebert Comte de Salins Flanders I.
She married Baudouin II de Flandre, 'le Chauve' in 0903, in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 7 June 0929, in Gent, East Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 53, and was buried in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. More.
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