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Æthelwulf King of Wessex and King of Kent
(Bet 795-858)
Osburga
(Abt 805-After 876)
Æthelred Mucill Ealdorman of the Gaini
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Edburga
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Alfred the Great King of Wessex
(Bet 847-899)
Ealhswith of the Gaini, Queen of the Anglo-Saxons
(Abt 852-904)
Ælfthryth
(Abt 869-929)

 

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Baldwin II Count of Flanders

Ælfthryth

  • Born: Abt 869, England
  • Marriage: Baldwin II Count of Flanders in 884
  • Died: 9 Jun 929 about age 60

bullet   Other names for Ælfthryth were AEflaeda, Ælfreda, Elfleda and Elfrida Countess of Flanders.

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bullet  Research Notes:

Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)

Source http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871979 has name as Aelfreda, wife of Baldwin II (b. abt 864) and mother of Arnulf I (b. abt 889 in Flanders).

From Wikipedia - Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders
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 KingEdward the Elder and Ethelfleda .
Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (d. 918), Count of Flanders . One of their descendants, Matilda of Flanders (d. 1083), would go on to marry William the Conqueror , therefore starting the Anglo-Norman line of Kings of England . Through her descendant, Henry I of England , she is also a direct ancestor of the current monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , Elizabeth II .
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Ælfthryth married Baldwin II Count of Flanders, son of Baldwin I Count of Flanders and Judith Princess of France, in 884. (Baldwin II Count of Flanders was born about 864 in Flanders, Belgium and died in 918.)


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