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  DustyBones.com - Person Page 13   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ethelred I (?) King of Wessex was the son of Ethelwulf (?) King of Wessex and Osburgh (?) Queen of Wessex.
Ethelred II "The Unready" (?) King of England was the son of Edgar "The Peacable" (?) King of England and Elfrida (?) Queen of England.
Ethelred (?) Prince of Scotland was the son of Malcolm III (?) King of Scotland and Margaret "Atheling" (?) Queen of Scotland.
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 Guthlac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As a young man, he fought in the army of Ethelred of Mercia and subsequently entered a monastery.
We are told in the very beginning of both manuscripts that Guthlác is a descendant of Icel, the king of Mercia (born circa 450 CE), and was "of the oldest and noblest of kin, who were named the Iclings" (waes thæs yldestan and thæs æthelstan cynnes the Iclingas wæron genemnede).
The marches were a frontier between Mercia and Wales (see Colgrave's introduction).
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 Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Lady Ethelfleda MERCIA ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH STRUDELL ...
Ethelred died in 911, and his widow, Ethelfleda, succeeded and supassed him.
The daughter of Alfred the Great,...Aethelflaed became the effective ruler of Mercia some years before the death (911) of her husband, Aethelred, Ealdorman of the Mercians...captured Derby occupied Leicester but died before the campaign was successfully completed.
The ealsorman Ethelred, as loyal to King Edward as he had been to Edward's father, was now a sick man, and responsibility devolved upon his wife, Alfred's daughter Aethelflaed.
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 Ethelred: Kingly Conversion to the Monastery
And this action is even more remarkable when put under the light of evidence, which reveals that Ethelred had huge amounts of wealth, power, and prestige at the time.
Ethelred had married Osthryth, niece of King Oswald of Northumbria.
An extraordinary example of Ethelred's generosity toward the furthering of the church's message is that of Osric, King of the Hwicce.
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 Ancestors and Family of Ethelred of Mercia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
As Alfred reconquered the Danelaw, it was useful to place the heir to the destroyed Kingdom of Mercia in control of its former area: this allowed the expansion of the Kingdom of Wessex to appear as the liberation of areas conquered by the Danes.
Towards the end of his life, he allowed Ethelfleda to exercise many of his powers, and when he died she succeeded him.
Ethelred married Ethelflæd of England, daughter of Alfred the Great of Wessex and Kent and Ealhswith of the Gaini, in 886.
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 Ancestors and Family of Ethelflæd of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The daughter 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.
Aethelflaed became the effective ruler of Mercia some years before the death (911) of her husband, Aethelred, ealdorman of the Mercians.
By 917 she and Edward were ready to launch a massive joint assault on the Danish positions.
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 Amazon.com: The Edge on the Sword: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Fifteen-year-old Fl‘d's life becomes endangered when she is betrothed to Ethelred, chief aldorman of Mercia,because enemies opposed to the union start plotting against both royal families.
But she never expected it to happen so soon, and is shocked when her father announces that she will marry Ethelred of Mercia to strengthen an alliance against the Danes.
She couldn't be less prepared for this news, and is shocked by the fact that in a few short months, she will have to leave her family to marry a man that she has never even met.
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 Tull Family: MERCIA Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Mercia was born in Mercia, England about 865.
Ethelred, Duke Of Mercia and Ethelfleda, Princess Of England had the following child:
Elfwina was born in Mercia, England about 905.
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 The Edge on the Sword
When danger threatens her family, ¦thelflµd, King Alfred's eldest daughter, finds herself unexpectedly betrothed to her father's ally and Red, a bodyguard, teaches her how to fight like a man, in a powerful account that recreates the courageous heroine of Old English medieval history.
She also acquires a personal guardian called Red, an envoy sent by Ethelred to protect her from enemies who might want to prevent the alliance.
Resentful, she tests Red to the hilt, even giving him the slip once, only to end up in grave danger from which he rescues her.
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 King Aethelred I Of West Saxons / Queen Wulfthryth Of West Saxons
905, dau of Earl Aetheired of Mercia and Eadburh.
Although effective ruler only of Wessex and English Mercia, he was regarded as the protector of all the English living under Danish rule.
After his death, however, Wessex and Mercia were still unable to expel the Danes from England.
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 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Born into the tribe of Guthlacingas and probably related to the royal house of Mercia, St. Guthlac (c.
693- 714) served in the army of Ethelred of Mercia for nine years before becoming a monk at Repton.
When he took his vows, he restored a third of his war spoils to his victims.
www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/guthlac.html   (165 words)

  
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Eald Ethelred "The Mickle" Ealdorman Of The Gainas-[11218]
Another name for Ethelfleda> was Aethelflaed Of Mercia Lady Of Mercia.
(Duke Ethelred> Of Mercia-[2981] was born about 865 in Mercia,, England and died in 912.)
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 Leofric III MERCIA / "Lady" Godiva, Countess of MERCIA
Leofric III MERCIA / "Lady" Godiva, Countess of MERCIA
Noted for her legendary ride through Coventry, England.
Her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, promised to reduce the people of Coventry's heavy taxes if she rode naked through the city streets on a white horse.
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In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King Alfred of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities much sooner than expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in order to strengthen a strategic alliance against the Danes.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Another name for Ethelred> was Aethelred II Duke Of Mercia.
Ethelred> married Princess Ethelfleda> Of England-[1645] [MRIN:770], daughter of King Alfred "The Great"> Of England-[1651] and Queen Ealhswith> Of England-[1621].
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
She was known as "The Lady of Mercia".
She fortified the small town of Warwick against invasion in 914 A.D. In 1068, the first castle of Warwick was built there inside her fortifications.
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 EDULPH/Elfwina of MERCIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
921 at:, Mercia,, Eng Married: at: Died: at: Father: Mother: Other Spouses:
905 at:, Mercia,, Eng Died: at: Father:Ethelred Duke of MERCIA Mother:Ethelfleda Princess of ENGLAND Other Spouses:
950 at:, Mercia,, Eng Married: at: Died: 1028 at: Spouses: Alwara Countess of MERCIA
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 Ethelred Duke of MERCIA/Ethelfleda Princess of ENGLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
865 at:, Mercia,, Eng Married: at: Died: 912 at: Father: Mother: Other Spouses:
905 at:, Mercia,, Eng Married: at: Died: at: Spouses: EDULPH
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