Ealhswith Mercia, Queen Of England

Abt 850 - 902  (52 years)

• Name	Ealhswith Mercia
  Title	Queen Of England
  Birth	Abt 850	West Midlands, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Dec 902	Saint Mary's, Maryland, United States
  Burial	Essex, England
  Person ID	I7338	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Athelred Mucil Mercia,   b. Abt 830, West Midlands, England d. Aft 897, Lincolnshire, England (Age > 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	West Midlands, England
  Family ID	F3936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alfred Wessex, King Of Wessex ,   b. 849, Essex, England d. 26 Oct 899, Wessex, England (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	868	England, United Kingdom
  Children	+ 1. Edward Wessex, King Of The Anglo-Saxons ,   b. 874, Oxfordshire, England d. 17 Jul 924, Berkshire, England (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Elfthryth Wessex,   b. Abt 877, Wessex, England d. 7 Jun 929, Nord, France (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3597	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In his will, Alfred bequeathed Ealhswith estates at Edington in Wiltshi r e a n d n e ar Ashdown in Berkshire - where he had won two major battles a g a i n s t the Danes - and at his birthplace, Wantage in Berkshire. In 899, probably after Alfred's death, Ealhswith became a nun and found e d a c o n v ent at Winchester, known as Nunnaminster.