Hvem giftede sig med Alfred den Store?

Alfred den Store (oldengelsk: Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "alfe-råd"; 849 – 26. oktober 899) var konge af Wessex fra 871 til 899. Alfred er kendt for sit forsvar af de angelsaksiske kongedømmer i Sydengland mod vikingerne. Alfred er helgen i både den katolske og den græsk-ortodokse kirke, og i den anglikanske kirke er han en af den kristne kirkes helte. Den 26. oktober er hans helgendag.

Ealhswith or Ealswitha (died 5 December 902) 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 group. Her mother was Eadburh, a member of the Mercian royal family and her lineage was one of the primary reasons for Alfred taking Ealhswith as his wife. She founded the nunnery of Nunnaminster.