Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders

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Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders, was a 9th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who married into the Flemish comital dynasty, helping forge important political ties between England and Flanders.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ealswid of Flanders 1
Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon noble ⓘ
countess consort ⓘ
medieval person ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
associatedWithTerritory England ⓘ
Flanders ⓘ
burialPlace unknown ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 10th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
child Adelolf, Count of Boulogne ⓘ
Arnulf I, Count of Flanders ⓘ
Ealswid of Flanders ⓘ
Ermentrud of Flanders ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 877 ⓘ
dateOfDeath after 929 ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
father Alfred the Great ⓘ
givenName Ælfthryth ⓘ
hasRoleIn Anglo-Flemish political relations ⓘ
historicalRegion Carolingian Europe ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian period
languageSpoken Old Dutch (assumed) ⓘ
Old English ⓘ
marriedInto Flemish comital dynasty ⓘ
mother Ealhswith ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Wessex ⓘ
nobleTitle Countess of Flanders ⓘ
notableFor forging dynastic alliance between England and Flanders ⓘ
linking House of Wessex with Counts of Flanders ⓘ
paternalDynasty West Saxon royal house ⓘ
linked to: House of Wessex
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
placeOfDeath County of Flanders ⓘ
positionHeld Countess consort of Flanders ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Flanders ⓘ
Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling Edward the Elder ⓘ
Æthelflæd of Wessex (younger) ⓘ
Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians ⓘ
linked to: Æthelflæd

Æthelweard ⓘ
spousalDynasty House of Flanders ⓘ
spouse Baldwin II, Count of Flanders ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Ealhswith → child → Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders ⓘ
Ælfthryth of Wessex → child → Ealswid of Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders