Women / Persons ~ P23621
Quendrida
Alternate Names:
- Petronilla
- Cynethryth
Gender: Female
Life Dates: d. ca. 798 CE
Types:
- Anglo-Saxon
- Beauty, celebrated
- Murderess
- Nun
- Philanthropist
- Royalty
- Ruler
- Wife of notable man
- Wife with Great Influence on Husband
Note: Anglo-Saxon; said to have been exiled from Frankish court; Queen of Mercia upon her marriage to Offa; entered nunnery upon death of her husband and became Abbess of Cookham; said to have been responsible for murder of Aethelryde II (in biography she encourages Offa to have him killed)