A mock funeral procession has taken place in Gloucester to mark the 1,100th anniversary of the death of Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians. She led armies against the Vikings and the Welsh and is ...

Aethelflaed was a powerful Anglo-Saxon leader. She was the daughter of Alfred the Great who left her money and land. She also married the most powerful noble of Mercia, Ethelred. Anglo-Saxons were ...