MERCIA Eadburga

Abt 0830 - Bef 0893  (< 62 years)

• Name	MERCIA Eadburga
  Birth	Abt 0830	Mercia, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Bef 0893	England
  Notes	Eadburh or Eadburga was the wife of Æthelred Mucel and the mother of Æthelwulf, a Mercian ealdorman, and Ealhswith who married King Alfred.[1][2][3] Asser describes her as of the Mercian royal house, but her parentage is not known.[3] In his Life of King Alfred, Asser describes Eadburh as remaining a chaste widow for many years after her husband died, until her own death.[3] Her death date is not known but it must have occurred before Asser completed his work, and chapter 91 indicates that he finished it in 893:[4] so she must have died before that year. Research Notes Parents Eadburh has previously been shown on WikiTree as daughter of Wigmund of Mercia and Ælflæd: there is no evidence for this and only one child, Wigstan, is named in Medlands.[5] T S M Mommaerts-Brown has observed that because various branches of royalty of Mercia had been eliminated, there was a limited number of families in which to find royalty at the time. Based on this, he portrays Aelflaed and Wigmund as the parents of three children: Aelfheah St. Wigstan/Winston Ceolwulf II, King of Mercia He also indicates a possibility that Eadburh was their child: the relationship is marked with a dotted rather than a firm line.[6] Charles Cawley mentions a possibility that Eadburh may have been a daughter of Cenwulf, who ruled Mercia at the start of the 800s, but adds that dates make this look unlikely given that Cenwulf died in 821.[7] Sources ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by Marios Costambeys for 'Ealhswith (d. 902', print and online 2004 ↑ Charles Cawley.'Æthelwulf (-903)', entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 25 April 2021) ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Asser. Life of King Alfred, translated by Albert S Cook, Ginn and Company, 1906, p. 17, Internet Archive ↑ Asser, '‘Life of King Alfred, p. 51, Internet Archive ↑ Charles Cawley, 'Medieval Lands', entry for Wigmund ↑ T S M Mommaerts-Browne. Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy: Tracing Lineages, in 'Foundations' (Journal of the Foundation for medieval genealogy), Vol. I, issue 6, 2005, Figure 1, p. 407, PDF, accessed 26 April 2021 ↑ Charles Cawley, 'Medieval Lands', entry for Aethelred Mucel See also: Wikipedia: Æthelred Mucel
  Person ID	I58454	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	MERCIA Æthelred Mucil,   b. Abt 0830, Mercia, England d. Aft 0897, Mercia, Lincolnshire, England (Age > 68 years)
  Marriage	Mercia, England
  Children	1. MERCIA Ealhswith,   b. Abt 0850, Mercia, England d. 05 Dec 0902, St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26064	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026