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Ethelfleda
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Ethelfleda (died 918)

English princess, daughter of King Alfred. She was successful in helping her brother Edward to subdue the Danes, and on the death of her husband Ethelred, a high-ranking noble of Mercia 911, she ruled his lands alone, and was called the ‘Lady of the Mercians’. She built fortresses to resist the Danes.



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Fifteen-year-old AEthelflaed must choose between her duty and her desire to seek an education when her father, King Alfred, promises her in marriage to one of his trusted retainers.
Rebecca Tingle The Edge on the Sword by Jemtegaard, Kristi Elle / The Horn Book Magazine
Aethelflaed, the daughter of Saxon's King Alfred, lived in the late 800s.
The Edge on the Sword by Tibbetts, Sally M. / Kliatt
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