Zij is getrouwd met ALFRED THE GREAT.
Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 869 te Winchester, Hampshire, zij was toen 17 jaar oud.Bron 2
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Ealhswith (or Aethelswitha) of the Gaini was born c. 852 in Mercia. Her name means "Noble strength". Her father was Æthelred Mucil, Ealdorman of the Gaini. She was married in 868, to Alfred the Great, king of Wessex. The children of Alfred and Eahlswith included Edward the Elder, later king of Wessex, Aelfthryth, who married Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, and Ethelfleda, who ruled as Lady of the Mercians. After Alfred's death in 899, Eahlswith became a nun. She died on December 5, 905, and is buried in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire.
SOURCE: Alison Weir "Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy"
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her remains were later moved to Winchester Cathedral. After her deathshe was popularly reputed to be a saint
Asser records the marriage in 868 of Alfred and "a noble Mercian lady,daughter of Athelred surnamed Mucil earl of the Gaini…[and] Edburga of the royal line of Mercia". Roger of Hoveden records the names of her parents, specifying that her mother was related to the kings of Mercia. "Ealhswith mater regis"