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Birth:          ABT  825 
Death:           871 Mercia (or Merton)

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelred_%22Mucel
%22,_Ealdorman_of_the_Gaini
Æthelred Mucel was an Anglo-Saxon noble from Mercia, who was the father of 
Ealhswith the wife of Alfred the Great. He is described by Asser as ealdorman of the 
Gaini, after whom Gainsborough in Lincolnshire is believed to be named.
Background[edit]

Æthelred, witnessed several charters between 867 and 895 AD, and he is probably 
identical with the Ealdorman Mucel who witnessed Mercian charters between 836 and 
866 AD, He may have been the son of another Ealdorman Mucel who witnessed 
Mercian charters from 814 to the 840s.

Family[edit]

In his biography of Alfred the Great, Asser says that in 868 Alfred "was betrothed to 
and married a wife from Mercia, of noble family, namely the daughter of Æthelred (who 
was known as Mucil), ealdorman of the Gaini. The woman's mother was called 
Eadburh, from the royal stock of the king of the Mercians. I often saw her myself with 
my very own eyes for several years before her death. She was a notable woman, who 
remained for many years after the death of her husband a chaste widow, until her 
death."[1]

Two children are recorded: Ealhswith, who married Alfred the Great (at that time heir-
apparent) in 868, and her brother Æthelwulf, who would rule as an ealdorman under 
Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, and was an ancestor of Æthelstan Half-King. He died 
in 901.[2]

Parents
____ Mucel (ABT  800 - )
----- ----- ()

Siblings
MUCIL Aethelred (ABT  825 -  871)

Marriage To OF MERCIA Eadburh (Eadburga) (ABT  825 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
OF MERCIA Wigmund (ABT  800 - )
OF MERCIA Elfleda (ABT  800 - )

Children by OF MERCIA Eadburh (Eadburga) ABT  825 - 
____ Aethelwulf (ABT  845 - ABT  903)
OF MERCIA Ealhswith (ABT  852 - 5 Dec  902)

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