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Source: FAMILY of ÆTHELRED "Mucel" (Includes Eadburga) - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

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Titre	FAMILY of ÆTHELRED "Mucel" (Includes Eadburga) - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

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A. FAMILY of ÆTHELRED "Mucel" 1. ÆTHELRED "Mucel" (-885 or after). "Mucel dux" subscribed a charter of King Æthelred I dated 868[149]. Ealdorman of the Gainas in Mercia. m EADBURGA, daughter of [150][CENWULF King of Mercia & his wife Elfrida]. Asser records that Alfred's mother-in-law "Edburga of the royal line of Mercia…was a venerable lady and after the decease of her husband, she remained many years a widow, even till her own death"[151]. According to Weir[152], she was perhaps the daughter of Cenwulf King of Mercia. The primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified, and the chronology is not favourable considering King Cenwulf's death in 821. Æthelred & his wife had two children: a) ÆTHELWULF (-903). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the death in 903 of "ealdorman Æthelwulf the brother of Ealswith, the mother of King Edward"[153]. Ealdorman. b) EALHSWITH ([848/53]-904). Asser records the marriage in 868 of Alfred and "a noble Mercian lady, daughter of Athelred surnamed Mucil earl of the Gaini…[and] Edburga of the royal line of Mercia"[154]. Roger of Hoveden records the names of her parents, specifying that her mother was related to the kings of Mercia[155]. Her birth date is estimated from her having given birth to her first child in 869. "Ealhswith mater regis" subscribed a charter of King Edward dated 901[156]. She founded the convent of St Mary's at Winchester, and became a nun there after her husband died. m (868) ALFRED of Wessex, son of ÆTHELWULF King of Wessex & his [first] wife Osburga (Wantage, Berkshire 849[157]-26 Oct 899, bur Winchester Cathedral, transferred to HydeAbbey, Winchester, later called the New Minster). He succeeded in 871 as ALFRED King of Wessex.

A. FAMILY of ÆTHELRED "Mucel"

1. ÆTHELRED "Mucel" (-885 or after). "Mucel dux" subscribed a charter of King Æthelred I dated 868[149]. Ealdorman of the Gainas in Mercia. m EADBURGA, daughter of [150][CENWULF King of Mercia & his wife Elfrida]. Asser records that Alfred's mother-in-law "Edburga of the royal line of Mercia…was a venerable lady and after the decease of her husband, she remained many years a widow, even till her own death"[151]. According to Weir[152], she was perhaps the daughter of Cenwulf King of Mercia. The primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified, and the chronology is not favourable considering King Cenwulf's death in 821. Æthelred & his wife had two children:
a) ÆTHELWULF (-903). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the death in 903 of "ealdorman Æthelwulf the brother of Ealswith, the mother of King Edward"[153]. Ealdorman.
b) EALHSWITH ([848/53]-904). Asser records the marriage in 868 of Alfred and "a noble Mercian lady, daughter of Athelred surnamed Mucil earl of the Gaini…[and] Edburga of the royal line of Mercia"[154]. Roger of Hoveden records the names of her parents, specifying that her mother was related to the kings of Mercia[155]. Her birth date is estimated from her having given birth to her first child in 869. "Ealhswith mater regis" subscribed a charter of King Edward dated 901[156]. She founded the convent of St Mary's at Winchester, and became a nun there after her husband died. m (868) ALFRED of Wessex, son of ÆTHELWULF King of Wessex & his [first] wife Osburga (Wantage, Berkshire 849[157]-26 Oct 899, bur Winchester Cathedral, transferred to HydeAbbey, Winchester, later called the New Minster). He succeeded in 871 as ALFRED King of Wessex.