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Source: ÆLSWITHA wife of ÆTHELHELM Ealdorman of Wiltshire - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

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Titre	ÆLSWITHA wife of ÆTHELHELM Ealdorman of Wiltshire - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

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ÆTHELHELM (-[12] Jun 897). "Æthelhel[m] dux" subscribed an undated charter of King Alfred, named first in the list of subscribers before the king's nephew and son[591]. Ealdorman of Wiltshire. "Ethelhelm comes Wiltunensium" carried the alms of Alfred King of Wessex to Rome in 887[592]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in [886/87] "ealdorman Æthelhelm took the alms of the West Saxons and of king Alfred to Rome"[593]. King Alfred granted "Æthelhelm comes" land at North Newnton, Wiltshire by charter dated 892[594]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 893 "ealdorman Æthelred and ealdorman Æthelhelm and ealdorman Æthelnoth" besieged and later defeated the Danes "at Buttington on Severn shore"[595]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the deathin 897 "nine nights before midsummer" of "Æthelhelm ealdorman of Wiltshire"[596]. m ÆLSWITHA, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. Æthelhelm & his wife had [two] children: a) ÆLFLÆD (-920, bur Winchester Cathedral[597]). The Book of Hyde names "Elfelmi comitis filia Elfleda" as first wife of King Eadweard[598]. Roger of Wendover calls her "secunda regina sua…Alfleda, Elfelmi comitis filia"[599]. "Elffled coniux regis" subscribed a 901 charter of King Edward[600]. m (901 or before) as his second wife, EDWARD "the Elder" King of Wessex, son of ALFRED King of Wessex & his wife Ealhswith ([872]-Farndon-on-Dee near Chester 17 Jul 924, bur Winchester Cathedral). b) [OSFERTH (-934 or after). "Offerd propinquus regis" subscribed a charter of King Edward dated 909[601], named in the list of subscribers immediately after "Ælfweard filius regis", although there is no indication what his precise relationship with the royal family might have been. Among the king's paternal family there appear no families descended from King Æthelwulf, in either the male or female line, to whom Osferth could belong, with the exception of possible children of the sons of King Æthelred I who would presumably have still been in disgrace in 909, only about five years after the rebellion of Æthelwold. It is therefore more likely that Osferth was related to the royal family by marriage. The most likely possibility is relationship through King Edward's second wife. Nothing is known of the family of Ealhswith, wife of King Alfred, but "propinquus" implies a connection closer than first cousin. "Osferth/Offerth dux" subscribed charters of King Edward dated 909 and 921, and of King Æthelstan dated 928 to 934, in the majority of which he is named first in the list of subscribers[602].]

ÆTHELHELM (-[12] Jun 897). "Æthelhel[m] dux" subscribed an undated charter of King Alfred, named first in the list of subscribers before the king's nephew and son[591]. Ealdorman of Wiltshire. "Ethelhelm comes Wiltunensium" carried the alms of Alfred King of Wessex to Rome in 887[592]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in [886/87] "ealdorman Æthelhelm took the alms of the West Saxons and of king Alfred to Rome"[593]. King Alfred granted "Æthelhelm comes" land at North Newnton, Wiltshire by charter dated 892[594]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 893 "ealdorman Æthelred and ealdorman Æthelhelm and ealdorman Æthelnoth" besieged and later defeated the Danes "at Buttington on Severn shore"[595]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the deathin 897 "nine nights before midsummer" of "Æthelhelm ealdorman of Wiltshire"[596]. m ÆLSWITHA, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. Æthelhelm & his wife had [two] children:

a) ÆLFLÆD (-920, bur Winchester Cathedral[597]). The Book of Hyde names "Elfelmi comitis filia Elfleda" as first wife of King Eadweard[598]. Roger of Wendover calls her "secunda regina sua…Alfleda, Elfelmi comitis filia"[599]. "Elffled coniux regis" subscribed a 901 charter of King Edward[600]. m (901 or before) as his second wife, EDWARD "the Elder" King of Wessex, son of ALFRED King of Wessex & his wife Ealhswith ([872]-Farndon-on-Dee near Chester 17 Jul 924, bur Winchester Cathedral).

b) [OSFERTH (-934 or after). "Offerd propinquus regis" subscribed a charter of King Edward dated 909[601], named in the list of subscribers immediately after "Ælfweard filius regis", although there is no indication what his precise relationship with the royal family might have been. Among the king's paternal family there appear no families descended from King Æthelwulf, in either the male or female line, to whom Osferth could belong, with the exception of possible children of the sons of King Æthelred I who would presumably have still been in disgrace in 909, only about five years after the rebellion of Æthelwold. It is therefore more likely that Osferth was related to the royal family by marriage. The most likely possibility is relationship through King Edward's second wife. Nothing is known of the family of Ealhswith, wife of King Alfred, but "propinquus" implies a connection closer than first cousin. "Osferth/Offerth dux" subscribed charters of King Edward dated 909 and 921, and of King Æthelstan dated 928 to 934, in the majority of which he is named first in the list of subscribers[602].]