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Aelfthryth, also known as Elfrida, (d. 929), was the third and last child of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England. Events Emir Abd-ar-rahman III of Cordoba declares himself caliph. ... Alfred (849? – 26 October 899) (sometimes spelt Ælfred) was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. ... The Saxons were a large and powerful Germanic people located in what is now northwestern Germany and a small section of the eastern Netherlands. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...


She married Baldwin II (d. 918), Count of Flanders. One of their descendents, Matilda of Flanders (d. 1083), would go on to marry William the Conqueror, therefore starting the Anglo-Norman line of Kings of England. Through her descendant, Henry I of England, she is also a direct anscestor of the current monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Elizabeth II. Baldwin II may refer to: Baldwin II of Constantinople, Latin Emperor of Constantinople Baldwin II of Jerusalem, King of Jerusalem Baldwin II, Count of Hainaut (1056-1098) Baldwin II of Flanders This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Events Taebong has been overthrown and Goryeo established in Korean peninsula. ... The counts of Flanders ruled over the county of Flanders from the 9th century. ... Missing image Image:MatildaFlanders. ... Events Sancho I of Aragon conqueres Graus. ... King William I of England William I ( 1027–September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... The Anglo-Normans were the descendents of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William of Normandy in 1066. ... This is a list of British monarchs, that is, the monarchs on the thrones of some of the various kingdoms that have existed on, or incorporated, the island of Great Britain, namely: England (united with Wales from 1536) up to 1707; Scotland up to 1707; The Kingdom of Great Britain... Henry I (c. ... The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a country in western Europe, and member of the Commonwealth of Nations, the G8, the European Union, and NATO. Usually known simply as the United Kingdom, the UK, or (inaccurately) as Great Britain or Britain, the UK has four constituent... Elizabeth II in an official portrait as Queen of Canada (on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 2002, wearing the Sovereigns badges of the Order of Canada and the Order of Military Merit) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) (born 21 April 1926), styled HM The...


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Baldwin II, Count of Flanders - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (242 words)
He also took advantage of the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Odo, Count of Paris to take over the Ternois and the Boulonnias.
In 884 Baldwin married Aelfthryth (Ælfthryth, Elftrude, Elfrida), a daughter of King Alfred the Great of England.
The marriage was motivated by the common Flemish-English opposition to the Vikings, and was the start of an alliance that was a mainstay of Flemish policy for centuries to come.
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