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whether Mercia was an
independent kingdom under Æthelred and
Æthelflæd but they
agree that
Æthelflæd was a
great ruler who pla**** an
important part in the conquest...
- of
western Mercia,
accepted Alfred's
lordship and
married his
daughter Æthelflæd, and
around 886
Alfred adopted the new
title King of the Anglo-Saxons...
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Æthelflæd /ˈæθəlflæd/ is an Anglo-Saxon
female name
meaning "noble beauty".
Notable people with the name include:
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, daughter...
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overlapped with his
marriage to
Æthelflæd. Edgar's
subsequent wife Ælfthryth
questioned the
legitimacy of Edgar's
marriage to
Æthelflæd in
order to
present her...
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Æthelflæd of
Damerham was
Queen of the
English as the
second wife of King
Edmund I from
their marriage c. 944
until Edmund died in 946.
Æthelflæd was...
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Brady is an
English actress and model. She is best
known for
portraying Æthelflæd in the
Netflix drama series The Last
Kingdom (2017–2022). She also appeared...
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fortresses were
built at
Bridgnorth (912) and
Chirbury (913). In 914,
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians,
fortified Shrewsbury,
along with two
other fortresses...
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between Æthelflæd (called "Ethelfled" in the novel) and her father, King Alfred. The 1930
novel Elfwin by S.
Fowler Wright features Æthelflæd (called...
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health may have declined, and
Æthelflæd may have
become the
effective ruler of Mercia.
After Æthelred's death,
Æthelflæd ruled as Lady of the Mercians...
- of
Mercia by his
widow Æthelflæd. Over the next decade,
Edward and
Æthelflæd conquered Viking Mercia and East Anglia.
Æthelflæd died in 918 and was briefly...
