He's the odd sort of king insofar as he doesn't seem to have lusted after the throne. I had read that after Guthrum’s attack on Chippenham he held Ealhswith captive. Sorry for the ramble…No worries about the ramble Glen. Well done!Thank you Susan for including Gainsborough’s Queen, and for mentioning her birthplace. We know very little about Ealhswith’s life. He is the only English monarch to be officially described as ‘great’. Alfred the Great was the King of Wessex from 871 to 899 and is credited with defending his kingdom against the Vikings. But how much do you know about him? I love that you see the details. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during Alfred’s administration. This may be an ancient tribe of Mercia. She was never called queen and she never witnessed any charters during Alfred’s administration. Edward finished his father’s project of building the New Minster at Winchester and had his parents relics transferred there when it was completed.Further reading: “Alfred the Great: The Man Who Made England” by Justin Pollard, “The Royal Saints of Anglo-Saxon England: A Study of West Saxon and East Anglian Cults” by Susan J. Ridyard, “The Kings and Queens of Anglo-Saxon England” by Timothy Venning, “Alfred the Great” by David Sturdy, “The Royal Line of Succession” by Hugo Vickers, “Alfred the Great: Asser’s Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources” Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Simon Keynes and Michael LapidgeIntellectually nourishing, and historically fascinating. So his son was educated in his father school at court, that is very interesting!!!!!! A lot of what we know about Alfred the Great comes from stories that have been written about him.
Women at that period in history did not have the voices they should have. Ealhswith, Consort of the King of Wessex (Image in the public domain)Ealhswith was a Mercian princess who married Alfred, Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex. It is very interesting. Ealhswith was a Mercian princess who married Alfred, Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex. So consequently, with the failure to invest in new industry and jobs and what the towns council have done to the town, I moved to Doncaster where their history is still celebrated.
But the festivities were interrupted when Alfred fell ill. We don’t really know what the illness was but he seemed to suffer from some intestinal disorder. One was Lambourn and the other was Wantage where Alfred was born. In my hometown of Gainsborough it is only the older generations who really know of Ealhswith.
© 2020 Grunge.com. Thanks for reading.Battles and war was the way of life, even in this era!!!! I love this time period and will do more posts about this era.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. She may have dedicated the land of an urban estate that she owned there for the institution. To seal the alliance with Mercia, Alfred and Ealhswith were married.The ceremony took place in the royal vill of Sutton Courtenay.
Alfred the Great statue, Winchester. Stories about Alfred the Great.
It was said that King Alfred married Ealhswith in a church on the site which is now all Saints Church on Church Street. Their next child was a son who would be known as Edward the Elder. I didn’t realize they had a church there that might be the site of the marriage!I thought this was really interesting, Susan. She was responsible for the four stages of the foundation: construction of the monastic buildings, assembling the group of nuns to inhabit the Nunnaminster, the appointment of the first abbess who was named Aethelthryth and for the provision of the community’s endowment. !Alfred dies in 899, incredible all is great info, and in Christmas was in January, you know little details when I read I see the small details!!!!