Eanflæd

Also known as Eanflaed

Eanflæd (19 April 626 – after 685, also known as Enfleda) was a Deiran princess, queen of Northumbria and later, the abbess of an influential Christian monastery in Whitby, England. She was the daughter of King Edwin of Northumbria and Æthelburg, who in turn was the daughter of King Æthelberht of Kent. In or shortly after 642 Eanflæd became the second wife of King Oswiu of Northumbria. After Oswiu's death in 670, she retired to Whitby Abbey, which had been founded by Hilda of Whitby. Eanflæd became the abbess around 680 and remained there until her death. The monastery had strong association w

Key facts

Royalty.name: Eanflæd
Royalty.title: Queen of Northumbria(Deiran princess)
Royalty.predecessor: Æthelburh of Kent
Royalty.successor: Æthelthryth
Royalty.birth_date: 19 April 626
Royalty.birth_place: Deira area, Northumbria
Royalty.death_date: after 685 (at least 59 years old)
Royalty.death_place: Whitby, Yorkshire
Royalty.burial_place: Whitby Abbey (later Glastonbury Abbey ?)
Royalty.issue: Ecgfrith of Northumbria Osthryth Ælfwine of Deira,Ælfflæd of Whitby
Royalty.father: Edwin of Northumbria
Royalty.mother: Æthelburh of Kent
Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Eanflæd
Saint.birth_date: 19 April 626
Saint.death_date: after 685
Saint.feast_day: 24 November
Saint.venerated_in: Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church