Aelfwynn was the only daughter of Earl Aethelred of Mercia and his wife and successor Ethelfleda. She joined her mother as "lady of the Mercians" in 918. She succeeded to the throne with the death of her co-ruler later that same year. Earl Æthelred (d. ... Ethelfleda (alternative spelling Aethelfled or Æthelflæd) (869/879?-918) was the eldest child of King Alfred the Great of Wessex and his wife Ealhswith. ... Mercia, sometimes spelled Mierce, was one of the kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon heptarchy, in what is now England, in the region of the Midlands, with its heart in the valley of the River Trent and its tributary streams. ... Events Taebong has been overthrown and Goryeo established in Korean peninsula. ...
Mercia was claimed by her maternal uncle Edward the Elder of the Kingdom of England in 919. She was easily deposed. Edward the Elder (871? - July 17, 924) was a King of England (899 - 924). ... The Kingdom of England was a state on the island of Great Britain, covering roughly the southern two-thirds. ... Events King Edward I of England conquers Bedford. ...
Aelfwynn was conducted as a captive into Mercia by her uncle Edward, who was engaged in successful warfare against the Danes; and we do not hear anything more concerning her in history.
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