Christian feast day: Ealhswith (or Elswith)

Ealhswith

Consort of Alfred the Great from 871 to 899

Ealhswith or Ealswitha was the wife of King Alfred the Great. She was the mother of King Edward the Elder who succeeded King Alfred to the Anglo-Saxon throne. Her father was a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucel, Ealdorman of the Gaini, which is thought to be an old Mercian tribal…