Ælfwynn of Mercia
- Born: Mercia, England
- Marriage: Edulph of Mercia 1402
Noted events in her life were:
• Pedigree. 1402 From The Reliquary, Quaterly, Archaeological Journal and Review, p. 29,
Ethelred, commonly called Mycel, or The Great, was Earl of Geynes, whose habitation was Gainsborough, married Eadburga, of the royal line of Mercia | Elswitha married King Alfred | Æthelreda married Æthelred, Duke of Mercia | Elwina married Edulph, Arch. B. of York, ob. 1002 | Leofwine, Earl of Mercia married Alwara, daughter of Athestan, Mannesson, a Danish Duke of E. Angles and his wife Alfwena, the great great grand daughter of King Alfred making Leofwine and Alwara second cousins two times removed. | Leofric, Earl of Mercia, ob. 1057 married Godiva, daughter of Thorold of Bokenhales
• Web Reference: Ælfwynn. Ælfwynn was the daughter of Æthelred, ruler of English Mercia, and Æthelflæd, daughter of King Alfred the Great and herself ruler of Mercia after her husband's death. Following the death of her mother on 12 June 918, Ælfwynn too was for a short time ruler of Mercia. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that she was "deprived of all control in Mercia, and was led into Wessex three weeks before Christmas".
Ælfwynn married Edulph of Mercia.1402 (Edulph of Mercia was born before 900 in Mercia, England.)
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