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 • Duke Trpimir I, successor to prince Mislav and founder of the Trpimirović dynasty issues the first exactly dated state document of all Slavonic peoples. In this Latin document duke Trpimir refers to himself as the duke of the Croats (dux Chroatorum) and to his country as the state of the Croats (regnum Chroatorum). |
871
Age: 19y
| 871 • An incomplete marriage contract, dated to October 6 of this year, is the earliest dated document in the Cairo Geniza. |
902
Dec 5
Age: 51y
| 902 • the Anglo-Saxon army in Kent defeats the Vikings of East Anglia at the Battle of the Holme. |