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Queen of Wessex Seaxburga of Mercia

Queen of Wessex Seaxburga of Mercia

Female - 674


 

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_Mercia of Seaxburh

Seaxburh (died c. 674) was a queen of Wessex. She is also called Queen of the Gewisse, an early name for the tribe which ruled Wessex. She is said to have ruled Wessex for between one and two years after the death of her husband, Cenwalh, in 672. It was extremely rare for a woman to rule in her own right in Anglo-Saxon England, and she was one of the only women to appear in a regnal list.


Date674
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