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Elswitha (Ealdburh or Ealswith) of GAINSBOROUGH, of Mercia ; Queen of England

Elswitha (Ealdburh or Ealswith) of GAINSBOROUGH, of Mercia ; Queen of England[1, 2, 3, 4]

Female 850 - 905  (55 years)


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  • Name Elswitha (Ealdburh or Ealswith) of GAINSBOROUGH 
    Suffix of Mercia ; Queen of England 
    Birth 850  Mercia, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 5 Dec 905 
    Person ID I27577  Coombs
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2016 

    Father Aethelred (Hethered) Muncill of GAINSBOROUGH, Earl of Mercia and Eadburth ; Lord Gainsborough,   b. 803, (820) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 866 (Age 63 years) 
    Mother Edburga of MERCIA, Princess,   b. 832, of, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 895 (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F9702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alfred I 'the great' of WESSEX, King of England, 871-899,   b. 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 868  Winchester, Hampshire, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elfrida (Alfthryth, Elstrude) of WESSEX, Princess of England,   b. Abt 875, Wessex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 929 (Age 54 years)
     2. Ethelfleda of WESSEX, Princess,   b. 872, Wessex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jun 918, (939) St. Peters, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
     3. Princess of England Ethelgiva Of ENGLAND,   b. Abt 870, Wessex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 896 (Age 26 years)
     4. Edward I 'de oude' [Cerdic] of WESSEX, King of Wessex (899-924),   b. 871, Wessex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 924, Farndon on Dee, Chester, Cheshire, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)
     5. Prince of England Edmund Of WESSEX,   b. Abt 873, Wessex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. Ethelgiva of WESSEX, Princess,   b. 871, Wessex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. Prince Ethelweard of ENGLAND,   b. 874   d. 16 Oct 922 (Age 48 years)
     8. Ethelwerd of WESSEX, Prince of England,   b. 880, Wessex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 922 (Age 42 years)
     9. Athelstan King of the SAXONS,   b. 878   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F9697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 

    • also Alswitha


      Ealhswyth Mucil
      LDS Family History Library Ancestral File #8HS0-4G (familysearch.org)
      WEB:
      "Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: F. L. Jacquier (History of Charlemagne by Christian Settipani); L. Orlandini, Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L. J P de Palmas (Aurejac et Tournemire; Frankish line; The Complete Peerage}, Jacquier (Genealogy of Lewis Carroll, Justin Swanstrom, The Royal Families of England Scotland & Wales by Burkes Peerage; Debrett's Peerage & Baronage; Table of descendants French Canadian Genealogical Society; Families of Monfnfort-sur-Risle & Bertrand de Bricquebec; The Dukes of Normandy, XXXXI), A. Brabant ("Dynastie Montmorency, Michel d'Herbigny), Paul Leportier, Claude Barret, H.R. Moser (Burke Peerage), O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, N. Danican (Britain''s Royal Families; Buthlaw, Succession of Strathclyde, the Armorial 1961-62) A.Terlinden (Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, 1842), L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, S. Bontron (Brian Tompsett), R. Dewkinandan, H. de la Villarmois, C. Donadello; Scevole de Livonniere, H. de la Villarmois, I. Flatmoen, P. Ract Madoux (History of Morhange; Leon Maujean; Annuaire de Lorraine, 1926; La Galissonniere: Elections d'Arques et Rouen), Jean de Villoutreys (ref: Georges Poull), E. Wilkerson-Theaux (Laura Little), O. Auffray, A. Brabant (Genealogy of Chauvigny of Blot from "Chanoine Prevost Archiviste du Diocese de Troyes Union Typographique Domois Cote-d'Or 1925), Emmanuel Arminjon (E Levi-Provencal Histoire de l'Espagne Andalouse), Y. Gazagnes-Gazanhe, R. Sekulovich and J.P. de Palmas ("notes pierfit et iconographie Insecula", Tournemire), H de Riberolles (Base Tournemire), Franck Veillon; ,(Histoire Généalogique de la Maison de Hornes, Bruxelles 1848; Notice Historique Sur L'Ancien Comté de Hornes, Gand 1850; Europäische Stammtafeln, Marburg 1978); E.Driant / "La Maison de Damas" par Hubert Lamant, 1977 (Bibliothèque municipale d'Eaubonne)
      ........... http://geneastar.org.
      AWTP:
      "Spreading Like Kudzu" Sherry Huggins slh831@aol.com
      "Stimpson Family" Cory Stimpson cbstimpson@hotmail.com
      "Holler & Hartman Ancestors" Michael Holler mgholler@hotmail.com

  • Sources 
    1. [S22] royal_lineage.ged, June 2006.

    2. [S33] http://vandermerwede.net/.

    3. [S13] bright.ged.

    4. [S23] AUREJAC.GED.