Ælfwynn (/ˈælfwɪn/) was the daughter of Æthelred and Æthelflæd, the rulers of Mercia. She became the ruler of Mercia for a few months in 918, following her mother's death on June 12, 918. Her accession was the only example of rule passing from one woman to another in the early medieval period in the British Isles.
Reign: June 918 – December 918
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, her uncle, King Edward the Elder, deposed her as the Ruler of the Mercians and sent her from power to Wessex in December 918.
There is no certain account of Ælfwynn after her removal from power. It's possible that she entered holy orders and is the religious woman named Ælfwynn who is the beneficiary of charter S 535 dated 948 in the reign of King Eadred. She also could have been the Ælfwynn who was wife of Æthelstan Half-King and foster-mother of the future King Edgar.
Reign: June 918 – December 918
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, her uncle, King Edward the Elder, deposed her as the Ruler of the Mercians and sent her from power to Wessex in December 918.
There is no certain account of Ælfwynn after her removal from power. It's possible that she entered holy orders and is the religious woman named Ælfwynn who is the beneficiary of charter S 535 dated 948 in the reign of King Eadred. She also could have been the Ælfwynn who was wife of Æthelstan Half-King and foster-mother of the future King Edgar.
Ælfwynn (/ˈælfwɪn/) was the daughter of Æthelred and Æthelflæd, the rulers of Mercia. She became the ruler of Mercia for a few months in 918, following her mother's death on June 12, 918. Her accession was the only example of rule passing from one woman to another in the early medieval period in the British Isles.
Reign: June 918 – December 918
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, her uncle, King Edward the Elder, deposed her as the Ruler of the Mercians and sent her from power to Wessex in December 918.
There is no certain account of Ælfwynn after her removal from power. It's possible that she entered holy orders and is the religious woman named Ælfwynn who is the beneficiary of charter S 535 dated 948 in the reign of King Eadred. She also could have been the Ælfwynn who was wife of Æthelstan Half-King and foster-mother of the future King Edgar.
Reign: June 918 – December 918
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, her uncle, King Edward the Elder, deposed her as the Ruler of the Mercians and sent her from power to Wessex in December 918.
There is no certain account of Ælfwynn after her removal from power. It's possible that she entered holy orders and is the religious woman named Ælfwynn who is the beneficiary of charter S 535 dated 948 in the reign of King Eadred. She also could have been the Ælfwynn who was wife of Æthelstan Half-King and foster-mother of the future King Edgar.
