
Æthelflæd: ‘Mother of the English’
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The History of Apple Flood
apple flood is in fact referred to as a queen in non- english sources. Her official title was plavdi which can be translated as lady and this is the title she gained when she married apple red plav or the lord of the mercians Plavdi is the female equivalent of the male title it can be translated lady which is what we see most commonly but i've also seen it translated female lord. The question becomes what kind of power was imbued in this title like what did it mean to hold that title now? We have multiple interpretations of this historical period because then we also have multiple ways of connecting with the past okay now apple flood also has another name that we mentioned
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