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Also Known As Ethelfleda • Aelfled • Lady of the Mercians
Died June 12, 918 • Tamworth • England
Notable Family Members father Alfred • brother Edward
Wulfhere
king of Mercia
Penda
Anglo-Saxon king
Leofric
earl of Mercia
Offa
Offa
Anglo-Saxon king
Eadric Streona
Mercian noble
Aethelbald
king of Mercia
Burgred
king of Mercia
Aethelred
Aethelred
king of Mercia
Cenwulf
Anglo-Saxon king
Saint Chad
English clergyman
Ceolwulf
Anglo-Saxon king
Alfred the Great
Alfred
king of Wessex
Harold II
Harold II
king of England
Edward the Confessor and Duke William of Normandy, from the Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery, 11th century, located at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, France.
Edward
king of England [1002?-1066]
St. Bede the Venerable
St. Bede the Venerable
Anglo-Saxon historian
Willibrord, Saint
Saint Willibrord
Anglo-Saxon missionary
Saint Benedict Biscop
English abbot
Cynewulf
English poet
Tostig, earl of Northumbria
Anglo-Saxon earl
Ethelred II, coin, 10th century; in the British Museum.
Ethelred the Unready
king of England