Event: Adultery, Marital desertion/separation/repudiation
Eardwulf 4
.marital imbroglio
Asserted in:
Alcuin.Ep
122
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Scholarly Info
Description
It was reported that
Eardwulf 4
had sent away his wife (
Anonymous 756
) and was associating openly with a mistress (
Anonymous 757
).
Primary Source Info
Original Text
... propriam dimittens uxorem, publice se socians concubinae, ut fertur.
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Eardwulf 4
(
King of the Northumbrians (796-?; expelled 806 or 808)
)
Recipient
:
Anonymous 756
(
Wife of
Eardwulf 4
, king of the Northumbrians (fl. 797)
) :
Eardwulf 4
had sent away his wife (
Anonymous 756
).
Participant
:
Anonymous 757
(
Mistress of
Eardwulf 4
, king of Northumbria
) :
Eardwulf 4
was openly associating with a concubine (
Anonymous 757
).