AEthelred Mucel ealdorman of the Gaini

Æthelred Mucel, ealdorman of the Gaini, was a Mercian nobleman of the mid-ninth century, remembered because Bishop Asser; Alfred the Great's biographer; records him as the father of Ealhswith, Alfred's wife. His wife Eadburh was of Mercian royal stock. Through his daughter he is grandfather of Edward the Elder and ancestor of the English royal line.