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▲[[Winston Churchill]], ''The History of the English Speaking Peoples'' }}
'''Aethelflaed''' (also spelled [[Æthelflæd]]) is a little known but remarkable and interesting historical figure. She was something of an [[Anglo
▲Aethelflaed is a little known but remarkable and interesting historical figure. She was something of an [[Anglo Saxons|Anglo-saxon]] [[Jeanne D'Archetype|Joan of Arc]] during the dark days of the [[Horny Vikings|Danish]] invasions.
Aethelflaed was the oldest daughter of [[Alfred the Great]] . She was married to Aethelred, Ealdorman of Mercia in an effort to [[Arranged Marriage|seal]] the merger of the remaining Anglo-Saxon kingdoms into, well,"Angleland"-now known as England . Aethelred was apparently sickly through much of his term and Aethelflaed appears to have been [[Man Behind the Man|the woman behind the man]] in Mercia and became the [[Unexpected Successor]] after her husband's death. In [[Brother-Sister Team|partnership]] with her brother Edward, King of Wessex, she led campaigns culminating in the Battle of Tettenhall which stopped the Danish advance and began the reconquest of the Danish territories.
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* [[The Alliance]]: with Edward
* [[Badass Family]]: Alfred and his children form one of the most badass families in English history.
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* [[Jeanne D'Archetype]]
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Like Father, Like Son|Like Father, Like Daughter]]{{context|reason=That's a category - which of the dozen tropes should be listed here?}}
* [[The Magnificent]]
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Anyone whose father is [[Alfred the Great]] is automatically [[Overshadowed by Awesome]].
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race Gal]]
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== Literature ==
* Features heavily in ''[[The Saxon Stories]]'' series by Bernard Cornwell, particularly in the later books.▼
▲''King Alfreds Daughter: The Lady of the Mercians''
* ''[[The Edge on the Sword]]'' by Rebecca Tingle▼
▲Features heavily in 'The Saxon Stories' series, particularly in the later books.
▲''The Edge on the Sword'' by Rebecca Tingle
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