Biography of Ælfflæd Queen of Mercia

Ælfflæd Queen of Mercia was born to King Offa of Mercia and Cynethryth Queen Mercia.

On 29 Sep 792 Æthelred I of Northumbria (age 30) and Ælfflæd Queen of Mercia were married. She by marriage Queen Northumbria. She the daughter of King Offa of Mercia and Cynethryth Queen Mercia. He the son of Æthelwald Moll King of Northumbria.

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. and Osred, who had been king of the Northumbrians, returning home after his exile, was apprehended and slain, on the eighteenth day before the calends of October. His body is deposited at Tinemouth. [her husband] Ethelred (age 32) this year, on the third day before the calends of October, took unto himself a new wife, whose name was Elfleda.

On 18 Apr 796 [her husband] Æthelred I of Northumbria (age 34) died.

Family Trees of Ælfflæd Queen of Mercia

Paternal Family Tree: Iclingas

Ancestors of Ælfflæd Queen of Mercia

Great x 4 Grandfather: Pybba King Mercia 590-610

Great x 3 Grandfather: Eowa King Mercia -642

Great x 2 Grandfather: Osmod Iclingas

Great x 1 Grandfather: Eanulf-

GrandFather: Thingfrith-

Father: King Offa of Mercia

Ælfflæd Queen of Mercia

Mother: Cynethryth Queen Mercia