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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 a daughter of ealdorman Ælfgar, probably the ealdorman of Essex. Her mother's name is not recorded.
When Æthelflæd of Damerham was born about 0924, in Damerham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Ælfgar Ealdorman Of Essex, was 31 and her mother, Mrs Aelfgar, was 19. She married Edmund the Magnificent King of England in 0944. Her occupation is listed as nun in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
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- Damerham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
The eldest child of the King Alfred of Wessex, Æthelflæd was thought to have been a strong, independent and well educated lady. During her early years, Æthelflæd witnessed her father take back large swathes of England from the Vikings (Danes), starting with the famous battle of Edington in Wiltshire, a key turning point in the Anglo-Saxon ...
Aethelflaed (died June 12, 918, Tamworth, England) was an Anglo-Saxon ruler of Mercia in England and the founder of Gloucester Abbey. The eldest child of King Alfred the Great, she helped her brother Edward the Elder, king of the West Saxons (reigned 899–924), in conquering the Danish armies occupying eastern England.
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In 940–6 Edmund I granted a hundred mansae at Damerham with Martin and Pentridge to his queen, Æthelflæd. Damerham may have been the birthplace of Æthelflæd. [6] Æthelflæd bequeathed Damerham to Glastonbury Abbey when she died in the late 10th century.
13 de fev. de 2022 · Æthelflæd of Damerham was the second wife of King Edmund I, and therefore the Queen of England. She was the daughter of Ælfgar, Ealdorman of Essex, who was extremely wealthy and had no sons which meant Æthelflæd was an heiress of his fortune. The New Forest born Queen married Edmund in 944, shortly after the death of his first wife.
Æthelflæd, known as Æthelflæd of Damerham to distinguish her from other women of the same name, was the second wife of King Edmund I of England. Æthelflæd was a daughter of ealdorman Ælfgar, probably the ealdorman of Essex. Her mother's name is not recorded. She had at least one brother and at least one sister, Ælfflæd (died circa 1002).
