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What was the name of the strategic alliance sealed by the marriage of Æthelflæd and Æthelred?

  • Mercian-Wessex Alliance

  • Anglo-Saxon Alliance

  • Viking-English Alliance

  • Mercian-Northumbrian Alliance

Answer

The marriage of Æthelflæd and Æthelred sealed the strategic alliance between the surviving English kingdoms, which is often referred to as the Mercian-Wessex Alliance.
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