The only precisely dated event in the summer of 918 is the death of Queen Æthelflæd on 918 at Tamworth, Staffordshire.

This denied that Edward was the son of a liaison between Edgar and a nun, and presented him as the son of Æthelflæd, daughter of Ordmær, " ealdorman of the East Anglians ," whom Edgar had married in the years when he ruled Mercia, that is, between 957 and Eadwig's death in 959.

Æthelflæd is a featured figure on Judy Chicago's installation piece The Dinner Party, being represented as one of the 999 names on the Heritage Floor.

* Rebecca Tingle ' sThe Edge on the Sword is a story about the teenage Æthelflæd.

The first contemporary written evidence of Ælfwynn is dated to around 904, a charter ( S 1280 ) recording the lease of land by Æthelred and Æthelflæd for the traditional three lives — those of Æthelred, Æthelflæd and Ælfwynn — in and around Worcester from Bishop Waerferth and the monks and clerics of Worcester Cathedral.

When Æthelflæd died in 918, Ælfwynn, her daughter by Æthelred, succeeded as ' Second Lady of the Mercians ', but within six months Edward had deprived her of all authority in Mercia and taken her into Wessex.

He left two sons, the elder named Edward, who was probably his illegitimate son by Æthelflæd ( not to be confused with the Lady of the Mercians ), and Æthelred, the younger, the child of his wife Ælfthryth.

Æthelred died in 911 and Æthelflæd succeeded him as ' Lady of the Mercians ', but she did not inherit the Mercian territories of London and Oxford, which were taken by Edward.

During the 10th century Edward the Elder of Wessex reorganised western Mercia for defensive purposes into shires based around the fortified burhs established by his sister Æthelflæd.

Byrhtnoth was married to Ælfflæd, sister of Dowager Queen Æthelflæd of Damerham, and thus a kinsman of King Edgar by marriage.

Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great, and her husband Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia, were buried in the priory, and their nephew, King Æthelstan, was a major patron of Oswald's cult.

Æthelflæd was the eldest daughter of King Alfred the Great of Wessex and Ealhswith, born at the height of the Danish invasions of England.

The town remained a ruin until 913 when Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, the daughter of King Alfred the Great, rebuilt the town and constructed a burh to defend the town against further Danish invaders.

Ælfwynn was the daughter of Æthelred, ruler of English Mercia, and Æthelflæd, daughter of King Alfred the Great and herself ruler of Mercia after her husband's death.

Æthelflæd of Damerham Æthelflæd, known as Æthelflæd of Damerham was the second wife of King Edmund I of England.

At some time in the decade after Alfred's death in 899, Æthelred's health collapsed and Æthelflæd became the effective ruler of Mercia.

Alfred died in 899, and his son Edward the Elder worked with Alfred's son-in-law, Æthelred, and daughter, Æthelflæd, to re-take parts of southern England from the Norse.

In 886 / 887 Æthelred married Alfred's daughter Æthelflæd.

They had five or six children together, including Edward the Elder, who succeeded his father as king, Æthelflæd, who would become Queen of Mercia in her own right, and Ælfthryth who married Baldwin II the Count of Flanders.

A story in the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland, perhaps referring to events some time after 911, claims that Queen Æthelflæd, who ruled in Mercia, allied with the Irish and northern rulers against the Norsemen on the Irish sea coasts of Northumbria.

Edward the Elder and his sister, Æthelflæd, the Lady of the Mercians, conquered Danish territories in the Midlands and East Anglia in a series of campaigns in the 910s, and some Danish jarls who submitted were allowed to keep their lands.

Æthelflæd had been negotiating with the Northumbrians to obtain their submission, but her death put an end to this and her successor, her brother Edward the Elder, was occupied with securing control of Mercia.

Æthelred had married Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great of Wessex, and she assumed power when her husband became ill at some time in the last ten years of his life.

Æthelstan was educated at the Mercian court of his aunt, Æthelflæd, and her husband, Æthelred, Ealdorman of Mercia, and probably gained his military training in the Mercian campaigns to conquer the Danelaw.

Edward the Elder had conquered the Danelaw, with the assistance of Æthelflæd and her husband, but when he died the Norse king Sihtric still controlled the Viking Kingdom of York, which extended into southern Northumbria.

In this document, she makes bequests to Ælfweard and Æthelweard, seemingly her brothers ( one of whom was married to Æthelflæd ), and to her sister Ælfwaru.

According to William of Malmesbury, Ælfwynn was the only child of Æthelflæd and Æthelred.

In 899 Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, died leaving his son Edward the Elder as ruler of Britain south of the River Thames and his daughter Æthelflæd and son-in-law Æthelred ruling the western, English part of Mercia.

* 918 – Æthelflæd, Mercian daughter of Alfred the Great ( b. 870 )

After Æthelred's death 911 Æthelflæd ruled as ‘ Lady of the Mercians ’ but Edward took control of London and Oxford, which Alfred had placed under Æthelred's control.

Instead of making the dominion of Wessex over Mercia seem like a conquest, Alfred married Æthelflæd to Æthelred of Mercia and gave his son-in-law the title Ealdorman or Earl of Mercia, thus allowing some ongoing autonomy.

William of Malmesbury states that Alfred sent his eldest grandson, Æthelstan son of Edward, to be educated at the court of Æthelflæd.

On Æthelred's death his wife ( Edward's sister ) Æthelflæd ruled as " Lady of the Mercians " and continued expansion.

His son Edward captured the eastern Midlands and East Anglia from the Danes and became ruler of Mercia in 918 upon the death of Æthelflæd, his sister.

She cites Mercian Register entries from 902 showing Æthelflæd acting alone or in conjunction with Edward in military operation.

Edward was probably the son of Æthelflæd, and Eadgifu, later known as Saint Edith of Wilton, the daughter of Wulfthryth.

From Hertford, together with Stafford, Tamworth and Witham, Edward and Æthelflæd pushed the Danes back to Northumbria in a series of battles.

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" Æthelflæd, lady of the Mercians.

Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, takes the borough of Derby.

This is simple enough, but several more points of interest may be mentioned as relevant.

Some government scientists say privately that the figure probably is closer to 80 megatons, and that the full 50-megaton bomb that Khrushchev mentioned may still be detonated.

Although a similar situs for tangible property is mentioned in the statute, this is cancelled out by the provision that definite kinds of property `` and all other tangible property '' situated or being in any town is taxable where the property is situated.

As mentioned, the primary allocation objective to be followed in the allocation of stations on clear channels is the provision of widespread service, free from destructive interference.

Foliage is the outstanding photo subject in many of the Southern locales mentioned above and some specific tips on how and where to shoot it are in order.

This whole development is certain to be of interest to the readers, for the idea has so often been mentioned, somewhat wistfully.

There is another means which should show the direction and relative value of the stresses in viscoelastic fluids that is not mentioned as such in the literature, and that is the shape of the suspended drops of low viscosity fluids in shear fields.

If this is the case, one would expect that not only the various procedures just mentioned which alter the hypothalamic balance would influence emotional state and behavior but that emotion itself would act likewise.

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but if George has just been mentioned prominently ( and the trip to be made has been under discussion ), what is said is probably I'll go with him, and dominant stress is probably on the preposition with.

In some ( the Ewe type mentioned above ) interaction of tone and intonation is restricted to the ends of intonation spans.

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The action was a result of a court order, the citation for which ( and for other court action mentioned in this paper ) is taken from the Summary Report for this Conference.

Pope Pius 12, declared in 1951 that it is possible to be exempt from the normal obligation of parenthood for a long time and even for the whole duration of married life, if there are serious reasons, such as those often mentioned in the so-called medical, eugenic, economic and social `` indications ''.

In the above mentioned report of the Notre Dame Chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the basic outlook of the new breed of lay faculty emerges very clearly in the very statement of the problem as the members see it: `` Even with the best of intentions he ( the President of the university ) is loath to delegate such authority and responsibility to a group the membership of which, considered ( as it must be by him ) in individual terms, is inhomogeneous, mortal and of extremely varying temperament, interests and capabilities.

Mrs. Reavey's work is written for the stage -- it is mentioned for an off-Broadway production in the fall -- and, in addition, employs an avant-garde structure that particularly needs to be seen if comprehension is to be encouraged.