Ethelinda I (Queen)

Ethelinda of Rodcaster, also called Ethelinda I or Ethelinda Seacaster, was a Dunnish Queen and member of the Seacaster Family who lived through much of the Three Hundred Years' War.

Pre-War History
Ethelinda was born to Edric the Bloodthirsty and his wife, Eadburga, sometime around 115 TA. A member of the Royal Family, she lived a sheltered childhood in Rodcaster Hall where she was well-educated in literature, linguistics, religion, and history. She was also trained as a maiden-in-waiting and was planned to be married off to Costen II, the current King of Burghe.

Three Hundred Years' War
During the war, her younger brother King Edric IV was killed in battle. When the news reached the palace, Ethelinda demanded to be crowned queen, as she had been acting reagent in the king's absence. In 137 TA, she was crowned Queen of Dunland as Ethelinda I. Her rule was short, however, as the next year her younger brother Robert stole the crown and was kinged Edric V.

In 185 TA, after her brother's death, Ethelinda agreed to marry a knight and close friend of the family, Sir Eddard Wilburh of Rodcaster, and see him crowned as King Eddard I. This restored her title as queen, but she was not necessarily a ruling party at this point, as her old age relegated her to her bedchambers most of the time.

Illness and Death
A few weeks before her 91st birthday, Queen Ethelinda was afflicted with a minor illness, but, in her great age, her life was threatened. Ethelinda of Rodcaster died a month after her 91st birthday in 206 TA, eighteen years before the death of her much-younger husband.