Page 47 - Alfred the Great And His Legacy

Other Notable Anglo-Saxon Women - Emma

• Emma of Normandy – wife of two kings:

Aethelred the Unready, & then Cnut.

• After the Danish conquest of England, she

provided crucial advice to Cnut as he tried

to establish his authority over his new

territory.

• She was also the mother of two kings:

Edward the Confessor (by Aethelred) &

Harthacnut (by Cnut).