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Æthelred Mucel was an Anglo-Saxon noble from Mercia who was the father of Ealhswith, the wife of Alfred the Great. Æthelred witnessed several charters between 867 and 895; he may be the same man as an ealdorman called 'Mucel' who witnessed Mercian charters between 836 and 866.
17 de mar. de 2023 · Æthelred Mucel was the husband of Eadburh, who was connected with the ruling family of Mercia, and the father of Ealhswith, who married King Alfred the Great, and Æthelwulf, who became an Ealdorman of Mercia in 880.
- Male
- Eadburga (Mercia) of Mercia
Aethelred Mucel Ealdorman of Gaini Mercia was born in 0825, in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. He married Edburga of Mercia. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died in 0866, in Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 41, and was buried in Sherborne, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
- Male
- Edburga of Mercia
- Ealdorman of The gaini, 9th Century.
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The main source for Æthelred Mucil is Asser's Lifeof King Alfred, which states that Ælfred's wife (name notgiven) was a daughter of Æthelred Mucil by his wife Eadburh, ofroyal Mercian descent ["... Ælfred rex, ..., uxorem deMercia, nobilem scilicet genere, filiam Æthelredi, Gainorumcomitis, qui cognominabatur Mucill, subarravit et duxit. Cuiusfemin...
Conjectured father (uncertain):Mucel, fl. 814-848, dux. As noted above, the period 836-848 in whichtwo duces Mucel appear in Mercian charters is mosteasily explained as the period of overlap between an elder and ayounger Mucel. Stevenson suggested that the two Mucels wereprobably father and son and that the latter may have beenÆthelred Mucill [Stev...
ASC = Charles Plummer, Two of the SaxonChronicles parallel, based on the earlier edition by JohnEarle, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1892-9). ASC(A) indicates the"A" manuscript of the chronicle, and similarly for theother manuscripts. Asser = William Henry Stevenson, ed., Asser'sLife of King Alfred(new impression, Oxford, 1959). Cart. Sax. = Walter de Gray Birc...
The Gaini are only recorded in Asser's life of King Alfred the Great, written in 893, which stated that in 868, before he became king, Alfred married Ealhswith, daughter of Æthelred, known as Mucel, ealdorman of the Gaini.
Æthelred Mucel was an Anglo-Saxon noble from Mercia, who was the father of Ealhswith the wife of Alfred the Great. He is described by Asser as ealdorman of the Gaini, after whom Gainsborough in Lincolnshire is believed to be named.
She was one of the most powerful noble women in early medieval England during the time of the Vikings. She was mother to King Edward the Elder who succeeded King Alfred to the Anglo-Saxon throne. Her father was a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucel, Ealdorman of the Gaini, which is thought to be an old Mercian tribal group.
