Æthelflæd - Wikipedia
Æthelflæd (c.870 – 12 June 918) ruled as Lady of the Mercians in the English Midlands from 911 until her death in 918. She was the eldest child of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith. Æthelflæd was born around 870 at the height of the Viking invasions of England.
Aethelflaed: The warrior queen who broke the glass ceiling - BBC
Jun 11, 2018 · Aethelflaed's marriage strengthened an alliance between Mercia and Alfred's Wessex in the south west and south east, the last Saxon kingdoms resisting a complete Viking victory.
Cynethryth - Wikipedia
Cynethryth (Cyneðryð; died after AD 798) was a Queen of Mercia, wife of King Offa of Mercia and mother of King Ecgfrith of Mercia. Cynethryth is the only Anglo-Saxon queen consort in whose name coinage was definitely issued.
Emma of Normandy - Wikipedia
Emma of Normandy (referred to as Ælfgifu in royal documents; [3] c. 984 – 6 March 1052) was a Norman-born noblewoman who became the English, Danish, and Norwegian queen through her marriages to the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred the Unready and the Danish king Cnut the Great.
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Queens of England - ThoughtCo
Mar 18, 2017 · The queens of Anglo-Saxon and Viking England were a varied group, some not even mentioned by name in documents. Most were not anointed as queens.
Aethelflaed, Lady Of The Mercians: The Last Kingdom's Warrior Queen …
Mar 11, 2022 · A joint Anglo-Saxon army headed them off at Tettenhall and massacred them there. Three Viking kings were reported to have been killed, and as a result, the image of Æthelflæd, warrior queen, bearing three royal swords was born.
Aethelflaed | Queen of Mercia, Warrior, Defender | Britannica
Aethelflaed was an Anglo-Saxon ruler of Mercia in England and the founder of Gloucester Abbey. The eldest child of King Alfred the Great, she helped her brother Edward the Elder, king of the West Saxons (reigned 899–924), in conquering the Danish armies occupying eastern England.
Saint Hilda of Whitby | Anglo-Saxon Queen, Abbess, Reformer
Saint Hilda of Whitby ; feast day November 17) was the founder of Streaneshalch (now Whitby) Abbey and one of the foremost abbesses of Anglo-Saxon England. With Bishops SS. Colman of Lindisfarne and Cedd of the East Saxons, she led the Celtic party at …
Aethelflaed, Lady of Mercia: The Anglo-Saxons’ Only Queen
Nov 20, 2023 · The daughter of Alfred the Great, Aethelflaed remains a poorly understood figure – but her life is a fascinating contrast against the backdrop of West Saxon women who were ghettoized from public life. This is the tale of the Anglo-Saxon’s only Queen. Birthed In Fire
Queen Emma: wife of two kings, mother of two more
Emma of Normandy was one of the most significant figures in the turbulent politics of 11th-century England. She was queen to two kings of the English (Æthelred the Unready and Cnut), and mother to two more (Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor) as well as being an influential figure in her own right.