The eastern part of its territory had long been in direct control of the Danish Vikings, with the remaining western part of the kingdom being effectively a puppet of the Vikings. Mercia itself had not been a proper, independent kingdom for many years. Portrait of Alfred the Great, Samuel Woodforde (1763-1817)Īs Æthelflæd reached her teens, her father had begun to push the Vikings out of south eastern England and began to reclaim territory for both his own kingdom of Wessex and his northern ally of Mercia. During her early years, Æthelflæd witnessed her father take back large swathes of England from the Vikings (Danes), starting with the famous battle of Edington in Wiltshire, a key turning point in the Anglo-Saxon campaign against the Vikings. ![]() ![]() ![]() The eldest child of the King Alfred of Wessex, Æthelflæd was thought to have been a strong, independent and well educated lady.
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