She was married to Alfred in 868 at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. His elder brother Æthelred was then king, and Alfred was regarded as heir apparent.Keynes & Lapidge, Asser, p. 77Costambeys, Ealhswith The Danes occupied the Mercian town of Nottingham in that year, and the marriage was probably connected with an alliance between Wessex and Mercia.Williams, Ealhswith Alfred became king on his brother's death in 871.
