Ælfthryth (Ethelswith) OF WESSEX

See also

Ælfthryth OF WESSEX's parents: Ælfred the Great OF WESSEX (849-899?) and Ealhswith (852?-905?)

Ælfthryth OF WESSEX's brother: Edward I "The Elder" OF ENGLAND (871?-925)

Ælfthryth (Ethelswith) OF WESSEX ( -929)

Name:	Ælfthryth (Ethelswith) OF WESSEX ¹
Sex:	Female
Father:	Ælfred the Great OF WESSEX (849-899?)
Mother:	Ealhswith (852?-905?)

Individual Events and Attributes

Death	7 Jun 0929
Group/Caste Membership		House of Wessex
Child Count		4
Marriage Count		1

Marriage


	Baldwin II, Count of Flanders		Baldwin II, Count of Flanders

Spouse	Baldwin II OF FLANDERS (863?-918)
Children	Arnulf I (Arnold) OF FLANDERS (890?-964)
Marriage	0884

Individual Note

Ælfthryth of Wessex, also known as Elftrudis, (died June 7, 929), was the last child of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England and his wife Ealhswith. She had four or five siblings, including King Edward the Elder and Ethelfleda.

Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (d. 918), Count of Flanders.

They had the following issue:

Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890–964), married Adela of Vermandois

Adalulf (c. 890–933), Count of Boulogne

Ealswid

Ermentrud

SOURCES:

"Ælfthryth (d.929)". Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900?. London: Smith, Elder & Co.²

Sources

¹	Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 156, 162-17.

²	"Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfthryth,_Countess_of_Flanders.