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Birth:           877 
Death:          7 Jun  929 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfthryth,_Countess_of_Flanders
Ælfthryth of Wessex (877 – 7 June 929), also known as Elftrudis (Elftrude, Elfrida), was 
an English princess and a countess consort of Flanders.
Life[edit]

She was the youngest child of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England and his 
wife Ealhswith. She had four or five siblings, including King Edward the Elder and 
Ethelfleda.

Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (died 918), Count of Flanders.

They had the following issue:
Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890–964); married Adela of Vermandois
Adalulf, Count of Boulogne (c. 890–933)
Ealswid
Ermentrud

Ælfthryth was an ancestor of Matilda of Flanders, who married William the Conqueror, 
first monarch from the House of Normandy, which means that following the Norman 
conquest of England and the death of William I all the monarchs of England were also 
descendants of the House of Wessex.

In fiction[edit]

Ælfthryth was the subject of the award-winning young adult novel Journey For a 
Princess by Margaret Leighton (1960: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, New York, NY). In 
this book, she is called Elstrid.

Parents
____ Alfred "the Great" ( 849 - 26 Oct  899)
OF MERCIA Ealhswith (ABT  852 - 5 Dec  902)

Siblings
____ Ethelfleda (ABT  869 - 12 Jun  918)
____ Edward I "the Elder" ( 875 - Jul  924)
OF THE SAXONS (OF WESSEX) Alfthryth (Aelfthryth) (Elfleda) ( 877 - 7 Jun  929)

Marriage To ____ Baldwin II "the Bald" (ABT  863 - 10 Sep  918)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Baldwin I "Bras de Fer" (ABT  816 - ABT  879)
____ Judith (ABT  844 - ABT  870)

Children by ____ Baldwin II "the Bald" ABT  863 - 10 Sep  918
____ Adelolf (ABT  898 -  933)
____ Arnulf (Arnold) (Arnoul) I "the Old" (ABT  899 - 28 Mar  965)

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