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Countess of Mercia AElfwara Æthelsdotter, of York

Countess of Mercia AElfwara Æthelsdotter, of York

Female 946 - 1028  (82 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Countess of Mercia AElfwara Æthelsdotter, of York was born in 946 in Mercia, England (daughter of Æthelstan 'Half-King' of Wessex and Ælfwynn); died on 31 Aug 1028 in Mercia, England.

    AElfwara married appointed Ealdorman of the Hwicce by King Æthelred II of England Earl Leofwine De Mercia, Ealdorman Of Hwicce about 967 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. Leofwine (son of Ælfwine of Mercia) was born in 950 in Kingdom of Mercia, Anglo Saxon England; died on 31 Aug 1028 in Kingdom of Mercia, Anglo Saxon England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. King Canute appointed him as Ealdorman [Earl] of Mercia after his brother Northman was killed. Leofric Godwin, III Earl Of Mercia Lord Of Coventry was born in 976 in Kingdom of Mercia, Anglo Saxon England; died on 31 Aug 1057 in Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, England; was buried in 1057 in Saint Marys Priory and Cathedral, Coventry, West Midlands, England.
    2. Godwin Of Mercia was born in 979 in Balterley, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England; died in 1039 in Staffordshire, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Æthelstan 'Half-King' of Wessex was born in 920 in Mercia, East Anglia, England (son of Aethelfrith Ealdorman Of Mercia and Aethelglyth of Mercia); died in 1016 in Mercia, Wessex, England.

    Æthelstan married Ælfwynn. Ælfwynn was born about 925 in England; died in 953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ælfwynn was born about 925 in England; died in 953.
    Children:
    1. 1. Countess of Mercia AElfwara Æthelsdotter, of York was born in 946 in Mercia, England; died on 31 Aug 1028 in Mercia, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Aethelfrith Ealdorman Of Mercia was born in 873 (son of Prince Æthelhelm Of Wessex and Ealswyth Aelflede De Kent, Of Wessex And Mercia); died in CA 927 in Wessex, England.

    Aethelfrith married Aethelglyth of Mercia. Aethelglyth (daughter of Æthelwulf, Of Mercia and Æthelwulf) was born about 870 in England, England; died in 940 in England, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Aethelglyth of Mercia was born about 870 in England, England (daughter of Æthelwulf, Of Mercia and Æthelwulf); died in 940 in England, England.
    Children:
    1. Eadric Streona, Ealdorman Of Wessex was born in Kingdom of Wessex; died in 1017 in Kingdom of Wessex.
    2. 2. Æthelstan 'Half-King' of Wessex was born in 920 in Mercia, East Anglia, England; died in 1016 in Mercia, Wessex, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Prince Æthelhelm Of Wessex was born in Wiltshire, England (son of King Æthelred, I. Of Wessex and Queen Wulfthyryth Wessex); died on 12 Jun 897 in Wiltshire, England; was buried after 12 Jun 897 in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, London, Kingdom of Wessex.

    Æthelhelm married Ealswyth Aelflede De Kent, Of Wessex And Mercia in 874. Ealswyth (daughter of Aethelwulf De Wessex, Of Wessex and Aethelgyth De Wessex, Of Wessex) was born in 854 in Kingdom of Kent; died in 920 in Kingdom of Wessex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ealswyth Aelflede De Kent, Of Wessex And Mercia was born in 854 in Kingdom of Kent (daughter of Aethelwulf De Wessex, Of Wessex and Aethelgyth De Wessex, Of Wessex); died in 920 in Kingdom of Wessex.
    Children:
    1. 4. Aethelfrith Ealdorman Of Mercia was born in 873; died in CA 927 in Wessex, England.
    2. Ælfflæd Of Wiltshire was born about 880 in Kingdom of Wessex; died in 920 in Wilton Abbey, Wilton, Wiltshire, Kingdom of Wessex; was buried in Wilton, Wiltshire, Wessex, England.

  3. 10.  Æthelwulf, Of Mercia was born about 846 in Mercia, Anglo Saxon, England; died in 903.

    Æthelwulf married Æthelwulf. was born in 850 in Risborough, Mercia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Æthelwulf was born in 850 in Risborough, Mercia; and died.
    Children:
    1. 5. Aethelglyth of Mercia was born about 870 in England, England; died in 940 in England, England.