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Ealhswith

852 - 902

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Ealhswith or Ealswitha (died 5 December 902) was the wife of King Alfred the Great. She was the mother of King Edward the Elder who succeeded King Alfred to the Anglo-Saxon throne. Her father was a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucel, Ealdorman of the Gaini, which is thought to be an old Mercian tribal group. Her mother was Eadburh, a member of the Mercian royal family and her lineage was one of the primary reasons for Alfred taking Ealhswith as his wife. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ealhswith is the 521st most popular companion (down from 508th in 2019), the 1,681st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,474th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Companion.

Ealhswith was the wife of King Edward the Elder. She was the daughter of Earl Algar, and sister of Earl Leofric. Her first husband was Ordgar, a nobleman from Devon.

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Among companions, Ealhswith ranks 521 out of 784. Before her are Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Soseono, Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon, Danashri, and Empress Shōken. After her are Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne, Viridis Visconti, Artakama, Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine, and Mafalda of Portugal.

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Among people born in 852, Ealhswith ranks 4. Before her are Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia, Nicholas Mystikos, and Zhu Wen.  Among people deceased in 902, Ealhswith ranks 2. Before her is Al-Mu'tadid. After her is Ibrahim II of Ifriqiya.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ealhswith ranks 1,681 out of 8,785. Before her are Maggie Reilly (1956), William Gull (1816), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Geoff Hurst (1941), Thomas Lipton (1848), and Arthur Machen (1863). After her are Edward Wilson (1872), David Chipperfield (1953), Emilia Clarke (1986), Zara Tindall (1981), Orlando Gibbons (1583), and Penda of Mercia (606).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Ealhswith ranks 47. Before her are Anabella Drummond (1350), Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940), Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Mary de Bohun (1369), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), and Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736). After her are John Newton (1725), John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934), Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867), and Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269).

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