Burials at Ely Cathedral - Aethelthryth, Hugh of Northwold, William of Kilkenny, Wihtburh, Lewis of Luxembourg, Richard Redman, Alfred Atheling (Paperback)

Chapters: AEthelthryth, Hugh of Northwold, William of Kilkenny, Wihtburh, Lewis of Luxembourg, Richard Redman, Alfred Atheling, George Basevi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: from Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, Benziger Brothers, 1878 AEthelthryth, or AEoel ryo, (c. 636-June 23, 679) is the proper name for the popular Anglo-Saxon saint often known, particularly in a religious context, as Etheldreda or by the pet form of Audrey (or variations). She was an East Anglian princess, a Fenland queen and Abbess of Ely in the English county of Cambridgeshire. AEthelthryth was probably born at Exning, near Newmarket in Suffolk. She was one of four daughters of King Annas of East Anglia (kd. 654), all of whom eventually retired from the world and founded abbeys. AEthelthryth made an early first marriage (c. 652) to Tondberct, chief or prince of the South Gyrvians, or "fenmen" (gyr, Old English "fen") (d. 655). However, she managed to persuade her husband to respect her vow of perpetual virginity that she had made prior to their marriage. Upon his death in 655, AEthelthryth retired to the Isle of Ely, given to her as her morning gift by Tondberct. AEthelthryth subsequently remarried in 660, this time to Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria again for political reasons. Shortly after Ecgfrith's accession to the throne, AEthelthryth became a nun. This step possibly led to Ecgfrith's long quarrel with Wilfrid archbishop of York. One account holds that while Ecgfrith initially agreed that AEthelthryth should continue to remain a virgin, in about 672 he wished to consummate their marriage and even attempted to bribe Wilfrid to use his influence on the queen to convince her. This tactic failing, the king tried to take his queen from the cloister by force. AEthelthryth fle...More: http: //booksllc.net/