ÆLFTHRYTH of Wessex ([877]-7 Jun 929, bur Ghent, St Pieter). Asser names (in order) "Ethelfled the eldest…Edward…Ethelgiva… Ethelwitha and Ethelwerd" as the children of King Alfred & his wife[1601]. "Elfthtritham" is named by Roger of Hoveden third in his list of King Alfred's daughters by Queen Ealswith[1602]. She is called "Æthelswitha" by Asser[1603]. "Elftrudis" is named as wife of Count Baudouin II in the Cartulaire de Saint-Bertin[1604]. This marriage represented the start of a long-lasting alliance between England and Flanders, founded on their common interest of preventing Viking settlements along the coast. "Elstrudis comitissa…cum filiis suis Arnulfo et Adelolfo" donated "hereditatem suam Liefsham…in terra Anglorum in Cantia" to Saint-Pierre de Gand, for the soul of "senioris sui Baldwini", by charter dated 11 Sep 918[1605]. The Annales Blandinienses record the death in 929 of "Elftrudis comitissa"[1606]. The Memorial of "filia regis Elstrudis…Balduini…domini" records her death "VII Iunii"[1607]. An undated charter, dated to [962], recording the last wishes of "marchysiArnulfi", notes that "pater meus et mater mea" were buried in the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Gand[1608]. m ([893/99]) BAUDOUIN II "le Chauve" Count of Flanders, son of BAUDOUIN I Count of Flanders & his wife Judith of the Franks [Carolingian] ([863/65]-[10 Sep] 918, bur St Bertin, transferred 929 to Ghent, St Pieter).