Ælflæd
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Name Ælflæd [1] Gender Female Name Alfflaed [2, 3] Died 920 [4] Buried Winchester, Hampshire, England 
[3, 4] Notes - Ælfflæd (fl. early 10th century) was the second wife of Edward the Elder, king of the English.
Ælfflæd was the daughter of an ealdorman Æthelhelm. There were several contemporaries of this name, but some historians, including Pauline Stafford and David H. Kelley, have identified him as Æthelhelm, a son of Edward's uncle, King Ethelred I. Barbara Yorke rejected the idea, arguing that it does not appear to have been the practice for Æthelings (princes of the royal dynasty who were eligible to be king) to become ealdormen, that in a grant from King Alfred to Ealdorman Æthelhelm there is no reference to kinship between them, and that the hostile reception to King Eadwig's marriage to Ælfgifu, his third cousin once removed, shows that a marriage between Edward and his first cousin once removed would have been forbidden as incestuous.
Ælfflæd married King Edward, c. 901 and became the mother of two sons, Ælfweard of Wessex and Edwin, and six daughters.
Children
Sons
Ælfweard (perhaps ruled one month in 924)
Edwin (d. 933)
Daughters
Eadgifu, wife of Charles the Simple
Eadhild, wife of Duke Hugh the Great
Eadgyth, wife of Otto I
Ælfgifu (Adiva), wife of a continental nobleman
Eadflæd, nun
Person ID I1495 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Ethelhelm, Ealdorman Relationship Natural Mother Elswitha Relationship Natural Family ID F423 Group Sheet
Family Edward The Elder King Of England, b. Between 871 and 875, Wantage, Dorset, England , d. 17 Jul 924, Farndon-on-Dee, England (Age ~ 53 years) Married Abt 901 [4] Children 1. Æthelhilda, bur. Wiltshire, England 2. Eadgyth, d. 26 Jan 945/46, Germany 3. Eadflæd, d. Wiltshire, England 4. Eadgifu, b. 902, d. Abt 953 (Age 51 years) 5. Eadhilda, d. 26 Jan 946/47 6. Ethelfleda, bur. Romsey, Hampshire, England 7. Edwin, d. 933, English Channel 8. Elfleda, d. Abt 963 9. Edgiva 10. Ælfweard, King of England, d. 01 Aug 924, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Family ID F254 Group Sheet
- Ælfflæd (fl. early 10th century) was the second wife of Edward the Elder, king of the English.
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