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Ealhswith of the Gaini was born c. 852 in Gaini , Mercia.

Her mother was Eadburga Saxe-Mercia, her father was Aethelred of Mercia, Ealdorman of the Gaini Mucil .

She married on 868, to Alfred the Great.

After Alfred's death in 899, she became a nun. She died on December 5, 905, and is buried in St. Mary's Abbey , Winchester, Hampshire.

Also ref. History of the Anglo-Saxons (1831) by Sir Francis Palgrave for more details on her husband Alfred the Great.

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EalhswithEalhswith of the Gaini was born c. 852 in Gaini, Mercia. Her mother was Eadburga Saxe-Mercia, her father was Aethelred of Mercia, Ealdorman of the Gaini Mucil. She married on 868, to Alfred the Great. After Alfred's death in 899, she became a nun. She die  
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