Aelfflaed of Mercia was a member of the House of Mercia by birth and member of the House of Wessex by marriage.
Aelfflaed Family Tree Image showing:
father, husband, children and grandchildren
Aelfflaed Family Tree in Table Form showing:
grandparents, parents, siblings, wives, children and grandchildren
GRANDPARENTS
Not known
PARENTS
Father – Aethelhelm of Wiltshire – (d. 897)
Mother – Not known
SIBLINGS
Not known
MARRIED
King Edward the Elder – (874-924)
CHILDREN
Eadgifu of Wessex – (902 – 955)
Aelfweard of Wessex – (904 – 924)
Eadflaed of Wessex – (b. c905)
Edwin of Kent – (d. 933)
Eadhild of Wessex – (d. 938)
Eadgyth of Wessex – (910 – 946)
GRANDCHILDREN
by Eadgifu of Wessex
King Louis IV of France (936 – 954)
by Eadgyth of Wessex
Liutgarde – (931 – 953)
Liudolfe – (930 – 957)
Aelfflaed Short Biography
Aelfflaed is believed to be the daughter of Ealdorman Aethelhelm of Wiltshire. Nothing is known of her life before her marriage to King Edward the Elder around 901.
She was Edward’s second wife and the couple had six children:
Aelfweard who is believed to have briefly been king in 924
Edwin, who drowned in 933,
Eadgifu, who married Charles III of Western Francia,
Eadgyth, who married Otto the Great of Germany,
Eadflaed,
Eadhild
It is believed that Aelfflaed died around 920 because King Edward remarried and his first son by his third wife was born in 921. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
Published Jun 20, 2024 @ 1:05 pm – Updated –
Harvard Reference for Aelfflaed Family Tree:
Heather Y Wheeler. (2024). Aelfflaed Family Tree (d. c920). Available: https://www.treesofblue.com/aelfflaed-family-tree-d-c920. Last accessed June 22nd, 2024
