Ealhswith nickname(s):

Ealswitha

When did Ealhswith die?

December 5, 902

Is Ealhswith gay or straight?

Straight

What religion is Ealhswith?

Roman Catholic

What is Ealhswith's ethnicity?

White

What is Ealhswith's occupation?

Royalty

Short Biography

Ealhswith or Ealswitha (died 5 December 902) was the wife of King Alfred the Great. Her father was a Mercian nobleman, Æthelred Mucil (or Mucel), Ealdorman of the Gaini, which is thought to be an old Mercian tribal group. Her mother was Eadburh, a member of the Mercian royal family, and according to the historian Cyril Hart she was a descendant of King Coenwulf of Mercia.