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Ealhswith
Ealhswith
	Queen of the Anglo-Saxons[dubious – discuss]
Tenure	23 April 871 – 26 October 899
Spouse	Alfred the Great
Issue
	Ælfthryth; Æthelflæd; Æthelgifu; Edward the Elder; Æthelweard
Father	Æthelred Mucil
Born	c. 852; Mercia
Died	5 December 905 (aged 53);
Burial	St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester
Occupation	Nun

Ealhswith, or Ealswitha, (born c. 852 in Mercia) of the Gaini was the daughter of Æthelred Mucil, Ealdorman of the Gaini. She was married in 868, to Alfred the Great, king of Wessex. The children of Alfred and Ealhswith included :

Edward the Elder, later king of Wessex,
Ælfthryth, who married Baldwin II, Count of Flanders,
Æthelflæd, who ruled as Lady of the Mercians.

After Alfred's death in 899, Ealhswith became a nun. She died on 5 December 905, and is buried in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire.

Also ref. History of the Anglo-Saxons (1831) by Sir Francis Palgrave for more details on her husband Alfred the Great.

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House of Wessex family tree

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Preceded by Wulfrida	Queen Consort of England 899 - 905	Succeeded by Eadgifu of Kent

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