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Ealhswith Of The Gaini, Of Mercia

Ealhswith Of The Gaini, Of Mercia

Female 852 - 905  (53 years)    Has 45 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Ealhswith Of The Gaini  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Suffix Of Mercia 
    Birth 852  Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Gender Female 
    Fact 1 Became A Nun At Widowhood. Reputed As A Saint After Death. Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Fact 1 
    Fact 2 Interred: Winchester Cathedral, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Fact 2 
    Fact 3 Foundress Of A Monastery Of Nuns At Winchester. Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7, 8, 9
    Fact 3 
    Name Ealhswith Of The Gaini Of Mercia  [8, 9
    Death 5 Dec 905  St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Esne   (Great Grandfather) 
    Elfleda Of Mercia  (Grandmother) 
    Notes 
    • [large-G675.FTW]

      Searle has: "Ealhswith d. of Aethelred Mucel eald. of the Gaini and of Eadburh of the royal family of Mercia, sister of eald. Athulf (d. 903); d. a. 905 ... Dec 5 ... " --- William George Searle, *Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles*,
      Cambridge, 1899, p 343

      --- Florence of Worcester (died c 1117), *A History of the Kings of England* (OR: *The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester*), trans Joseph Stephenson, 1853
      (reprinted by Llanerch Enterprises, Felinfach, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales SA48 8PJ, 1980s (?)), p 72:
      "Queen Ealhsuith, mother of King Eadward, a devout handmaid of Christ, and foundress of a monastery of nuns at Winchester, departed this life."
    Person ID I46802  ktree
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

    Father Aethelred Mucil Ealdorman Of Mercia,   b. 825, Of Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 866 (Age 41 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Eadburga Of Mercia,   b. 830, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage Y  [3, 4, 10, 13
    Family ID F2455  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alfred The Great King Of England,   b. 848, Wantage, Berkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Marriage 868  Winchester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
    Alt. Marriage 868  Winchester, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Alt. Marriage 
    Children 
     1. Elfthryth Of Wessex,   b. 868, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 929 (Age 61 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     2. Ethelflaed Lady Of Mercia,   b. 869, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 919, St. Peters, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
     3. Edward The Elder King Of England,   b. 871, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 925, Fardon, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Aelflaeda Of England  m. Bef 901;   Eadgifu (Edgiva) Of Kent;   Ecgwyn Of Wessex  m. 893
    Family ID F1087  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S107] PrenticeNet: A Lineage to Caesar, (Name: Name: WWW;;).
      Ethelwitha dau. of Ethelred, no mother

    2. [S177] Stemmata Illustria, (Name: Name: 1825;;).
      Ethelwitha dau. of Ethelred, no mother

    3. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 1 pp 1-4.

    4. [S204] large-G675.FTW.
      Date of Import: 14 Mar 1999

    5. [S202] 11615-2.ftw.
      Date of Import: 21 Feb 1999

    6. [S204] large-G675.FTW.
      Date of Import: 27 Mar 1999

    7. [S204] large-G675.FTW.
      Date of Import: 28 Mar 1999

    8. [S203] Gregory Strong, Ancestory.com Individual Tree - Kings & Presidents.

    9. [S201] Leisure Guy, leisureguy@icloud.com, "KinshipTree - Historical Family Database", (Name: Name: http://kinshipcove.com Genealogy Research: Common Historical Roots In South Texas;;).

    10. [S240] Denis R. Reid, Royal Genealogies DB, (Name: Name: 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, OH 44147-1258;;).

    11. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 1 pp 1-4.
      d ca 905, no place

    12. [S240] Denis R. Reid, Royal Genealogies DB, (Name: Name: 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, OH 44147-1258;;).
      d 905

    13. [S204] large-G675.FTW.

    14. [S240] Denis R. Reid, Royal Genealogies DB, (Name: Name: 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, OH 44147-1258;;).
      No date/place

    15. [S107] PrenticeNet: A Lineage to Caesar, (Name: Name: WWW;;).
      no date/place

    16. [S177] Stemmata Illustria, (Name: Name: 1825;;).
      no date/place

    17. [S30] G.P. Baker, Fighting Kings of Wessex, (Name: Name: Combined Books, Conshohocken, PA 1996;;).
      m 868, no place

    18. [S205] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America bef 1760, (Name: Name: 7th ed Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore 1992;;), line 1 pp 1-4.
      no place

    19. [S204] large-G675.FTW, line 1 pp 1-4.

    20. [S204] large-G675.FTW, chart 1777.

    21. [S204] large-G675.FTW, Chart 1826, p 393.



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