Ealhswith or
Ealswitha (died 5 December 902) was the wife of King
Alfred the Great. Her father was a
Mercian nobleman,
Æthelred Mucil (or Mucel),
Ealdorman of the
Gaini, which is thought to be an old Mercian tribal group. Her mother was Eadburh, a member of the Mercian royal family, and according to the historian Cyril Hart she was a descendant of King
Coenwulf of Mercia.