Ælfthryth of Wessex ( – 7 June 929), also known as Elftrudis (Elftrude, Elfrida), was an English princess and a countess consort of Flanders to Baldwin II.
Life She was the youngest daughter of Alfred the Great, the King of the Anglo-Saxons and his wife Ealhswith. Her siblings included King Edward the Elder and Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. Ælfthryth was educated along with her elder brother Edward, marking a rare instance of a princess getting equal education to a prince.
Between 893 and 899, Ælfthryth married Baldwin II (died 918), Margrave of Flanders. Ælfthryth died on 7 June 929 and was buried next to her husband at Saint Peter's Abbey in Ghent.
They had the following issue:
Arnulf I of Flanders (d. 964/65); married Adela of Vermandois Adalulf, Count of Boulogne (d. 933) Ealswid Ermentrud
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