Ælfthryth (d. 929), princess, was the youngest of three daughters of King Alfred (d. 899) and Queen Ealhswith, daughter of Æthelred Mucel, ealdorman of the 'Gaini'. She also had two brothers. According to her father's biographer Asser, she was educated with her brother ...
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Marios Costambeys
Æthelflæd [Ethelfleda] (d. 918), ruler of the Mercians, was the daughter and first-born child of Alfred (d. 899), king of the West Saxons and later of the Anglo-Saxons, and his wife, Ealhswith (d. 902), daughter of Æthelred, ealdorman of the ‘Gaini’, and Eadburh...
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Æthelthryth [St Æthelthryth, Etheldreda, Audrey] (d. 679), queen in Northumbria, consort of King Ecgfrith, and abbess of Ely, was the daughter of Anna, king of the East Angles (d. 654?). Her immediate kindred was dominated by women in religion, later venerated as saints, including three sisters, ...
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Bertha (b. c. 565, d. in or after 601), queen in Kent, consort of Æthelberht, was the daughter of the Merovingian Frankish king Charibert (d. 567) who reigned from 561. She was married to the then pagan Æthelberht (d. 616?), son of the ...
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Boudicca [Boadicea] (d.
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David Braund
Cartimandua [Claudia Cartimandua, Julia Cartimandua] (d. after
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Cynethryth (fl. c. 770–798), queen of the Mercians and abbess of Cookham, was the wife of King Offa and the mother of his son and successor, Ecgfrith [see under Offa]. Her origins are unknown, as is the date of her marriage. She attested her husband's charters on a regular basis from ...
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Janet L. Nelson
Eadburh [Eadburga] (fl. 789–802), queen of the West Saxons, consort of King Beorhtric, was the daughter of Offa (d. 796), king of the Mercians, and his wife Cynethryth (c. 770–798). In 789 she became the wife of Beorhtric (d. 802), who ruled Wessex...
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Pauline Stafford
Eadgifu (b. in or before 904, d. in or after 966), queen of the Anglo-Saxons, consort of Edward the Elder, was the daughter of Sigehelm, a Kentish ealdorman killed at the battle of the Holme in 903. She was the wife of King Edward the Elder...
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Eadgifu (d. in or after 951), queen of the West Franks, consort of Charles III, was born in Wessex, the daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons (d. 924), and his second wife, Ælfflæd, and thus half-sister of Æthelstan, king of England...
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Pauline Stafford
Eadgyth (c. 911–946), queen of the East Franks, consort of Otto I, was born in Wessex, the daughter of Edward the Elder (870s?–924), king of the Anglo-Saxons, and his second wife, Ælfflæd. She was thus half-sister of Æthelstan, king of England (893/4–939) and ...
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Marios Costambeys
Ealhswith (d. 902), consort of Alfred, king of the West Saxons from 871 and of the Anglo-Saxons from 886, was the daughter of Æthelred Mucel, ealdorman of the 'Gaini' (presumably an old tribal group of the Mercians), and his wife, Eadburh...
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Alan Thacker
Eanflæd [St Eanflæd] (b. 626, d. after 685), queen in Northumbria, consort of King Oswiu, was the daughter of Eadwine (d. 633), king in Northumbria, and his wife, the Kentish princess Æthelburh (d. 647). Born on Easter eve (19 April) 626, she was baptized by ...
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Gormlaith [Gormphly] (d. 948), queen in Ireland and tragic heroine, was the daughter of Flann Sinna mac Máele Sechnaill (847/8–916), the southern Uí Néill high-king, and a sister of Donnchad Donn mac Flainn (d. 944), also a high-king. The annals of Ulster contain the earliest witness to her. They simply name her, and her father, before remarking that she died in penitence, in 948....
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Marios Costambeys
Helena [St Helena, Helen, Flavia Julia Helena] (c. 248–328/9), mother of the Roman emperor Constantine I, has no historical connection with Britain, despite a widespread belief that she was of British origin. This myth, which stems from a strong medieval tradition resulting in numerous dedications to her, especially in ...
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Kate Norgate
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Joan [Siwan] (d. 1237), princess of Gwynedd, wife of Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, was the illegitimate daughter of John, king of England, and an unknown mother. A charge for a ship 'to carry the king's daughter and the king's accoutrements to England' from ...
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Kate Norgate
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Eleanor [Eleanor de Montfort] (c. 1258–1282), princess of Wales, wife of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, was the only daughter of Simon de Montfort, earl of Leicester (c. 1208–1265), and his wife, Eleanor (1215?–1275). Sir Henry de Montfort (1238–1265), Sir Simon de Montfort (1240–1271), Amaury de Montfort (1242/3–c. 1300)...
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Osburh [Osburga] (fl. 839), consort of Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, married Æthelwulf (d. 858), who was son of Ecgberht, king of Wessex (r. 802–39), while he was sub-king of Kent (825–39). The marriage probably occurred well before 839, for, on ...
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Osthryth [Ostrith] (d. 697), queen of the Mercians, consort of King Æthelred, was the daughter of Oswiu (611/12–670), king of Northumbria, and his second wife, Eanflaed. Her marriage appears to have taken place some time before 679, in which year her husband fought with her brother ...
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