Medievalists.net » King Edward the Elder of Wessex http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Making a difference in tenth-century politics: King Athelstan’s sisters and Frankish queenship http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/10/making-difference-tenth-century-politics-king-athelstans-sisters-frankish-queenship/#comments Sat, 10 May 2014 11:59:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49516 In the early years of the tenth century several Anglo-Saxon royal women, all daughters of King Edward the Elder of Wessex (899-924) and sisters (or half-sisters) of his son King Athelstan (924-39), were despatched across the Channel as brides for Frankish and Saxon rulers and aristocrats. This article addresses the fate of some of these women through an analysis of their political identities.

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