The following post is a fine example of student research in legal history. Its author is Kaylin Oldham, a rising third-year law student and a 2013 graduate in English of the University of Kentucky. Her paper is titled “Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: An Analysis of Women’s Rights in Anglo-Saxon England from the Perspective of [...]
A chronology of the age of Aethelflaed, Anglo-Saxon warrior queen.
Explore the life and work of Aethelflaed, 'Lady of the Mercians'; an Anglo-Saxon ruler who built forts and towns and led armies against the Vikings.
Aethelflaed (r. 911-918 CE) was the daughter of King Alfred the Great of Wessex (r. 871-899 CE) and became queen of Mercia following the death of her husband Aethelred II, Lord of the Mercians (r. 883-911...
Aethelflaed, also known as the Lady of the Mercians, was an Anglo-Saxon ruler of Mercia who lived between the 9th and 10th centuries AD. When Aethelflaed was still a child, the Vikings controlled a large part of England.
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A chronology of the age of Aethelflaed, Anglo-Saxon warrior queen.
Aethelflaed, a warrior ruler almost lost to history, is being celebrated on the 1,100th anniversary of her death.
While her name is a mouthful, and quite a convoluted one at that, Æthelflæd of Mercia's role in early medieval England is rather straightforward. More importantly, the part she played in the conquest of the Danelaw (the Viking dominated region of England) is imperative to the historical tale of Britain.
Explore the life and work of Aethelflaed, 'Lady of the Mercians'; an Anglo-Saxon ruler who built forts and towns and led armies against the Vikings.
Map showing the English midlands around 912 CE, including the kingdom of Mercia which was reigned by the renowned Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians (r. 911-918 CE) at the time.
