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Æthelthryth, English saint (born 636)
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Æthelthryth
East Anglian princess, queen, and abbess (c. 636–679)
Æthelthryth was an East Anglian princess, a Fenland and Northumbrian queen and Abbess of Ely. She is an Anglo-Saxon saint, and is also known as Etheldreda or Audrey, especially in religious contexts. She was a daughter of Anna, King of East Anglia, and her siblings were Wendreda…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)