Ancestors Vermaat - Van den Born - Winter - Schaap » Alswitha van de Gaini (852-905)

Personal data Alswitha van de Gaini 

  • She was born in the year 852.
  • She died on December 5, 905 in Winchester (E), she was 53 years old.
  • She is buried in Londen (E).
  • This information was last updated on February 23, 2020.

Household of Alswitha van de Gaini

She is married to Alfred I (de Grote) van Wessex.

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Notes about Alswitha van de Gaini

Ealhswith, or Ealswitha, (born c. 852 in Mercia, died 905) of the Gaini was the daughter of Æthelred Mucil, Ealdorman of the Gaini. She was married in 868, to Alfred the Great, king of Wessex. The children of Alfred and Ealhswith included :
* Edward the Elder, later king of Wessex,
* Ælfthryth, who married Baldwin II, Count of Flanders,
* Æthelflæd, who ruled as Lady of the Mercians.

After Alfred's death in 899, Ealhswith became a nun. She died on 5 December 905, and is buried in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire.

Also ref. History of the Anglo-Saxons (1831) by Sir Francis Palgrave for more details on her husband Alfred the Great.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealhswith]

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alswitha van de Gaini

Alswitha van de Gaini
852-905


Alfred I (de Grote) van Wessex
849-899

Edward I (de Oudere) van Engeland
871-924

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