(Countess of Flanders) Ælfthryth of WESSEX #50564

ABT 877 - 7 JUN 929
AKA: Ælfthryth of FLANDERS
TITLE Countess of Flanders-
BIRTH ABT 877
DEATH 7 JUN 929

Historical Notes

Ælfthryth of Wessex (c. 877 - 7 June 929), also known as Elftrudis (Elftrude, Elfrida), was an English princess and a countess consort of Flanders to Baldwin II.

She was the youngest daughter of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England and his wife Ealhswith. Her siblings included King Edward the Elder and Æthelflæd.

Between 893 and 899, Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (died 918), Margrave of Flanders.

Parents

Father : Alfred WESSEX #50548

Mother : Ealhswith of MERCIA #52716

Family 1

Baldwin II FLANDERS

Children

  1. +Arnulf I FLANDERS
  2.  Adalulf FLANDERS
  3.  Ealswid FLANDERS
  4.  Ermentrud of FLANDERS

Lineage 

                                               _Egbert WESSEX _______+
                                              | (0770 - 0839)        
                        _Æthelwulf WESSEX ___|
                       | (.... - 0857)        |
                       |                      |_Redburga of FRANCIA _
                       |                                             
 _Alfred WESSEX _______|
| (0847 - 0899) m 0868 |
|                      |                       _Oslac UNKNOWN _______
|                      |                      |                      
|                      |_Osburh OSLACSDOTTER _|
|                                             |
|                                             |______________________
|                                                                    
|
|--Ælfthryth of WESSEX 
|  (0877 - 0929)
|                                              ______________________
|                                             |                      
|                       _Æthelred MUCEL _____|
|                      |                      |
|                      |                      |______________________
|                      |                                             
|_Ealhswith of MERCIA _|
  (0852 - 0902) m 0868 |
                       |                       ______________________
                       |                      |                      
                       |_Eadburh of MERCIA ___|
                                              |
                                              |______________________

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