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Lady Wulfruna is Wolverhampton's Founding Mother, who founded the town in 985.
She was a saxon noble who was captured by Danish vikings in 943, because she was an important member of the royal family of Mercia, one of the Saxon ruling kingdoms. She also held land and wealth of her own, equal to the male members of the Saxon nobility. The Danish vikings' plan was extortion and they saw Wulfruna as a means to get the money that they needed for further campaigns. The money was paid and Wulfruna released, this money was known as Danegeld.
She founded a convent in Tamworth where it is believed she is buried.
She had two sons: Aelfhelm, Ealdorman of Northumbria and Wulfric Spott, founder of Burton Abbey.
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