Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland: A Plantagenet Britain Timeline
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Maybe Æthelflæd? She was the daughter of Alfred the Great and sister of Edward the Elder, and she and her brother did a great job at continuing their father's legacy.
i meant it for the name of another daughter.
And as for Gertrude maybe while in a diplomatic mission to france Margaret and her hubby could cross paths with her?
Yes, Edward is originally Anglo-Saxon name but I don't see reason them continuing that speciality when it has letters which were already dropped from Middle English.
Well you’ll be pleased to know that Ingrid looks like a plausibly useable, if incredibly old fashioned, name for a daughter of Edward and Margaret. It’s attested as late as 1279, so again, old fashioned but still useable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_of_Nivelles exists…and was clearly venerated already at this time
Maybe Edward goes to Nivelles and brings back a relic that Margaret uses in childbirth or something?
Æthelflæd anglicized would Ethelfleda which Gallicized (French) would become Edelfline
It was more like Welsh. But Old English inspired the Rohirrim language.
And Æthelflaed's dad and sister literally have 'Ælf' as part of their names.