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AElfthryth of Wessex
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7 Jun 929
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Aelfthryth of Wessex was a daughter of Alfred the Great, and she married Baldwin the Second, Count of Flanders. She is the door through which the house of Wessex, and so King Alfred himself, enters this family's ancestry.
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✓ DOCUMENTED (Standard, undisputed account (the counts of Flanders = a classic gateway pedigree; CP / Europaeische Stammtafeln / Settipani) - relaxed-rule entry 23 Jul 2026, provenance so noted.): AELFTHRYTH (Elftrude) OF WESSEX (c.877-929), DAUGHTER OF ALFRED THE GREAT by Ealhswith; m. Baldwin II of Flanders; bur. with him at St Peter's, Ghent. Mother of Arnulf I (our line). Direct ancestress - the daughter of Alfred. Added 23 Jul 2026.