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By doing so she tied her family to rulers of the separate kingdoms and secured their status as saintly queens. Æthelburh became abbess of Fladbury, continuing her mother’s example of holding land and running a religious community. Eadburh was married to the king of Wessex, while another daughter became queen of Northumbria through her union. These women were the glue that helped hold together ever-fractious regional relations.
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
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