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Titre Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Count ARNUF I Of Flanders CR002
Comte ADELOLF de Boulogne

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Ælfthryth of Wessex (c. 877 – 7 June 929), also known as Elftrudis (Elftrude, Elfrida), was an English princess and a countess consort of Flanders.

Life
She was the youngest daughter of Alfred the Great,[1] the Saxon King of England and his wife Ealhswith. Her siblings included King Edward the Elder and Æthelflæd.

Between 893 and 899, Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (died 918), Count of Flanders.[2]

They had the following issue:

Arnulf I of Flanders (d. 964/65); married Adela of Vermandois[1]
Adalulf, Count of Boulogne (d. 933)[1]
Ealswid
Ermentrud
References
Nicholas 2013, p. 440.
Abels 1988, p. 189.
Sources
Abels, Richard P. (1988). Lordship and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England. British Museum Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-7141-0552-9.
Nicholas, David M (2013). Medieval Flanders. Routledge.
External links
Ælfthryth 5 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England