Æthelswith, Queen Of Mercia

833 - 889  (56 years)

• Name	Æthelswith
  Suffix	Queen Of Mercia
  Birth	833	Wessex
  Gender	Female
  EXILED TO ITALY	874	Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy
  	Driven from their kingdom in 874 by Vikings, Æthelswith and Burgred fled to Rome. He died shortly after. Æthelswith lived on in Italy, and was buried at Pavia in 888.
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  _COLOR	7
  _FSFTID	9H25-V5K
  _UID	EB0D23254C6C4B8988625BF78EBCD7143D42
  Death	889	Pavia, Provincia di Pavia, Lombardia, Italia
  Burial	889	Provincia di Pavia, Lombardy, Italia
  Person ID	I137971	World of Hyde
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	King Æthelwulf, Of Wessex,   b. Aft 802, Winchester, Hampshire, England d. 13 Jan 858, Steyning, Wessex (Age < 54 years)
  Mother	Osburth Van Wight,   b. 810, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England d. 13 Jan 876, Kent, Kingdom of Wessex (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 829	Picardie, France.
  Family ID	F46741	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Burghred Of Mercia, I. King Of Mercia,   b. England d. 874, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italia
  Marriage	853
  Family ID	F82783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 833 - Wessex EXILED TO ITALY - Driven from their kingdom in 874 by Vikings, Æthelswith and Burgred fled to Rome. He died shortly after. Æthelswith lived on in Italy, and was buried at Pavia in 888. - 874 - Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy  = Link to Google Earth