Ælfflæd is a name of

Anglo-Saxon England Anglo-Saxon England or early medieval England covers the period from the end of Roman Empire, Roman imperial rule in Roman Britain, Britain in the 5th century until the Norman Conquest in 1066. Compared to modern England, the territory of the ...

meaning Ælf (Elf) and flæd (beauty). It may refer to: * Saint

Ælfflæd of Whitby Saint Ælfflæd (654–714) was the daughter of King Oswiu of Northumbria and Eanflæd. She was abbess of Whitby Abbey, an abbey of nuns that were known for their skills in medicine, from the death of her kinswoman Hilda in 680, first jo ...

(654–714) *

Ælfflæd of Mercia Ælfflæd was a daughter of Offa of Mercia and Cynethryth. She may have witnessed a charter with her father, mother, and brother Ecgfrith in the 770s. She certainly witnessed a charter in 787 with her mother, father, brother, and two sisters ...

, daughter of Offa, wife of King Æthelred I of Northumbria * Ælfflæd, wife of Edward the Elder, mother of Ælfweard and Edwin * Ælfflæd, daughter of

Edgar the Peaceful Edgar (or Eadgar; 8 July 975), known sometimes as Edgar the Peacemaker or the Peaceable, was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother Eadwig's death. He was the younger son of King Edm ...

* Aelfled of

Bernicia Bernicia () was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom established by Anglian settlers of the 6th century in what is now southeastern Scotland and North East England. The Anglian territory of Bernicia was approximately equivalent to the modern English cou ...

Ælfflæd of Mercia (II) Ælfflæd or Æthelflæd ( fl. 840) is not recorded before the twelfth century. William of Malmesbury describes Æthelflæd as the daughter of King Ceolwulf I of Mercia, wife of King Wiglaf's son Wigmund, and mother of Wigstan. According to ...

, daughter of Ceolwulf I of Mercia, wife of Wigmund of Mercia, mother of Wigstan of Mercia

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