Eadburh of Mercia

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Eadburh of Mercia was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman of the Mercian royal line, known primarily as the wife of King Alfred the Great and mother of several prominent West Saxon rulers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eadburh of Mercia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon noblewoman ⓘ
Mercian royal ⓘ
human ⓘ
associatedWith West Saxon royal house ⓘ
linked to: House of Wessex
country Kingdom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Mercia

Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
dynasty Mercian royal house ⓘ
linked to: Mercian dynasty
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicity Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
floruit 9th century ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
marriedInto House of Wessex ⓘ
memberOf Mercian royal line ⓘ
linked to: Mercian dynasty
motherOf Edward the Elder ⓘ
Ælfthryth of Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Ælfthryth

Æthelflæd of Damerham (possible) ⓘ
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians ⓘ
linked to: Æthelflæd

Æthelgyth of Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Æthelgyth

Æthelweard of Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Æthelweard
name Eadburh of Mercia ⓘ
notableFor being mother of West Saxon rulers ⓘ
being wife of Alfred the Great ⓘ
marriage alliance between Mercia and Wessex ⓘ
position Queen consort of Wessex ⓘ
region Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
spouse Alfred the Great ⓘ
spouseOf King of the West Saxons ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ealhswith → mother → Eadburh of Mercia ⓘ
Æthelred Mucel → spouse → Eadburh of Mercia ⓘ