- Ælfflæd is a name of Anglo-Saxon
England meaning Ælf (Elf) and flæd (beauty). It may
refer to:
Saint Ælfflæd of
Whitby (654–714) Ælfflæd of Mercia, daughter...
- are
three saints of this name:
Elfleda of Whitby, Feb. 8;
Elfleda the
daughter of
Edward the Elder, Oct 29; and
Elfleda the Widow, of Glastonbury, given...
-
Saint Æthelflæda of
Romsey (born c. 962) was an
early Abbess of
Romsey Abbey in the
reign of King Edgar. Her
identity is obscure,
though in
later stories...
- Ealhflæd (Alhflæd,
Elfleda) was a seventh-century
Mercian queen and the wife and
murderer of
Peada of Mercia. Ealhflæd was the
daughter of
Oswiu of Northumbria...
- the Old
University of Chicago, and
finished in 1886. His wife's name was
Elfleda Bond, and his father-in-law was
Joseph Bond. He died in 1962 and was interred...
-
Saint Ælfflæd (654–714) was the
daughter of King
Oswiu of
Northumbria and Eanflæd. She was
abbess of
Whitby Abbey, an
abbey of nuns that were
known for...
- been destro**** in
raids by the
Danes 876;
traditionally refounded 915 by
Elfleda;
dissolved 997-8:
again destro**** by the Danes; destro****
again 1015; monastic...
- He
could not
refuse an
interview with the holy
abbess and
royal virgin Elfleda, the
daughter of
Oswiu of Northumbria, who
succeeded St
Hilda as abbess...
-
Parish Church of St
Andrew and St Cuthman.
Retrieved 2023-10-06. "St.
Elfleda,
Abbess of Whitby".
Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese. Retrieved...
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monastery prospered and
attracted princesses,
including Saint Ethelfleda (
Elfleda, c. 970, (Oct 23),
daughter of Earl Ethelwold), who
became a nun there...
