Ælhswitha
F, b. 852, d. 5 December 905
| Relationship | 35th great-grandmother of Pamela Joyce Wood |
Ælhswitha was born in 852 at
Mercia; She was related to the royal house of Mercia throough her mother. Mercia was centred on the valley of the River Trent and its tributaries in the region now known as the English Midlands.
1 She was the daughter of
Æthelred Mucil and
Eadburh. Ælhswitha married
King Alfred the Great, son of
Æthelwulf King of Wessex and
Osburga Queen of Wessex, in 868; There was a great famine this year according to Asser. They had at least 5 children who reached adulthood and a number of children, that died as infants.
2 Ælhswitha died on 5 December 905 at
St Marys Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England; She founded the convent of St Mary's at Winchester, and became a nun there after her husband died.
1 Ælhswitha was also known as Alswitha.