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| '''Ælflæd''' was a daughter of ]. | |||
| '''Ælflæd, Princess of Mercia''' was the mother of ], and wife to ]. She had ealier been married to ], but when he died, she was offered in marriage to ]'s son ] again, after they had made the contract in 796. Her father was ]. | |||
| She may have been the daughter whose proposed marriage to ] caused a dispute between ] and Offa in around 789–790. In 792 she married ] at ]. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
| * Kirby, D.P., ''The Earliest English Kings.'' London: Unwin, 1991. ISBN 0-04-445692-1 | |||
| The Line of Burkes, written by the Earls of Mayo | |||
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Revision as of 11:29, 3 November 2006
Ælflæd was a daughter of Offa of Mercia.
She may have been the daughter whose proposed marriage to Charles the Younger caused a dispute between Charlemagne and Offa in around 789–790. In 792 she married Æthelred I of Northumbria at Catterick.
References
- Kirby, D.P., The Earliest English Kings. London: Unwin, 1991. ISBN 0-04-445692-1
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