Eadburh
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Spouse | Beorhtric of Wessex |
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House | Icel |
Children | Ealhswith |
Parents | Offa of Mercia |
Cynethryth | |
Grandchildren | Æthelflæd |
Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders | |
Æthelgifu, abbess of Shaftesbury | |
Æthelweard | |
Edward the Elder | |
Grandparents | Thingfrith |
Great grandparent | Eanuulf |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 478448 |
Eadburh Life story
Eadburh, also spelled Eadburg, was the daughter of King Offa of Mercia and Queen Cynethryth. She was the wife of King Beorhtric of Wessex, and according to Asser's Life of Alfred the Great she killed her husband by poison while attempting to poison another.