More famously, the Annals of Ulster record that in 871, the Viking king Olaf the White captured along with her mother, Queen Ealhswith. While the mother was ransomed, the young princess was sold to a merchant from Hedeby (Denmark) and disappeared from history. The Irish slave market at Dublin became Europe’s largest, with royal Saxon, Frankish, and British women changing hands for silver.
When we romanticize monarchy, we forget: Royal Ladies Sold Into Slavery -Queen Princes...