Because of custom, she was not given the title of queen. According to King Alfred, this was because of the infamous former queen of Wessex, Eadburh. Ealhswith founded the convent of St Mary's Abbey known as the Nunnaminster. She is commemorated in two early tenth century manuscripts as "the true and dear lady of the English."
852
| 852 • Saint Swithun becomes Bishop of Winchester, England. |
868
Age: 16y
marriageAlfred |
| 868 • In Metz, Charles the Bald and Louis the German decide on a division of the lands of former emperor Lothar (now in possession of Lothar II and Louis II). |
871
Age: 19y
902
Dec 5
Age: 51y
| 902 • the Anglo-Saxon army in Kent defeats the Vikings of East Anglia at the Battle of the Holme. |