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870 CE - 918 CE: Life of Aethelflaed of Wessex and later Mercia.
870 CE: Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, is thought to have been born.
871 CE - 899 CE: Reign of King Alfred the Great of Wessex.
881 CE - 911 CE: Reign of Aethelred, Lord of the Mercians.
886 CE: Aethelflaed marries Aethelred, King of Mercia.
886 CE: Aethelflaed marries Aethelred of Mercia.
892 CE - 896 CE: Aethelflaed and Aethelred battle Viking armies in defense of Mercia.
900 CE: Aethelflaed's daughter Aelfwynn born; Aethelflaed's nephew Prince Aethelstan of Wessex comes to live with her at Mercian court.
902 CE: King Aethelred falls ill; Aethelflaed becomes power in Mercia.
907 CE: Aethelflaed defeats Vikings at the Battle of Chester.
911 CE - 918 CE: Reign of Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians.
911 CE: King Aethelred dies; Aethelflaed becomes sole monarch in Mercia, known as Lady of the Mercians.
911 CE - 918 CE: Reign of Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians.
911 CE - 918 CE: Reign of Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians.
912 CE - 917 CE: Aethelflaed rebuilds and reforms Mercia in cooperation with her brother Edward of Wessex.
917 CE: Aethelflaed leads her armies to victory over the Vikings at Derby.
918 CE: Aethelflaed dies; Mercia merges with Wessex under King Edward the Elder.