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Æthelred Mucel was an Anglo-Saxon noble from Mercia who was the father of Ealhswith, the wife of Alfred the Great. Æthelred witnessed several charters between 867 and 895; he may be the same man as an ealdorman called 'Mucel' who witnessed Mercian charters between 836 and 866.
Dec 3, 2005 · Æthelred 'Mucil', Ealdorman of the Gainas married Eadburga, Princess of Mercia, daughter of Æflæd (?) and Wigmund (?). (2) Æthelred 'Mucil', Ealdorman of the Gainas gained the title of Ealdorman of the Gainas.
- England
- ""Ealdorman of the Gainas""
- Ædburh
- estimated between 787 and 839
Mar 17, 2023 · Æthelred Mucel was the husband of Eadburh, who was connected with the ruling family of Mercia, and the father of Ealhswith, who married King Alfred the Great, and Æthelwulf, who became an Ealdorman of Mercia in 880.
- Male
- Eadburga (Mercia) of Mercia
- Ealdorman of The gaini, 9th Century.
- Commentary
- Bibliography
The main source for Æthelred Mucil is Asser's Lifeof King Alfred, which states that Ælfred's wife (name notgiven) was a daughter of Æthelred Mucil by his wife Eadburh, ofroyal Mercian descent ["... Ælfred rex, ..., uxorem deMercia, nobilem scilicet genere, filiam Æthelredi, Gainorumcomitis, qui cognominabatur Mucill, subarravit et duxit. Cuiusfemin...
Conjectured father (uncertain):Mucel, fl. 814-848, dux. As noted above, the period 836-848 in whichtwo duces Mucel appear in Mercian charters is mosteasily explained as the period of overlap between an elder and ayounger Mucel. Stevenson suggested that the two Mucels wereprobably father and son and that the latter may have beenÆthelred Mucill [Stev...
ASC = Charles Plummer, Two of the SaxonChronicles parallel, based on the earlier edition by JohnEarle, 2 vols. (Oxford, 1892-9). ASC(A) indicates the"A" manuscript of the chronicle, and similarly for theother manuscripts. Asser = William Henry Stevenson, ed., Asser'sLife of King Alfred(new impression, Oxford, 1959). Cart. Sax. = Walter de Gray Birc...
Ealhswith or Ealswitha was wife to King Alfred the Great. She was one of the most powerful noble women in early medieval England during the time of the Vikings. She was mother to King Edward the Elder who succeeded King Alfred to the Anglo-Saxon throne.
Aethelred Mucel Ealdorman of Gaini Mercia was born in 0825, in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England. He married Edburga of Mercia. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died in 0866, in Lincolnshire, England, at the age of 41, and was buried in Sherborne, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
Æthelred 'Mucil', Ealdorman of the Gainas married Eadburga, Princess of Mercia, daughter of Æflæd (?) and Wigmund (?). (2) Æthelred 'Mucil', Ealdorman of the Gainas gained the title of Ealdorman of the Gainas.
