The main objective of this paper is to present a new extension of the familiar Mathieu series and the alternating Mathieu series S(r) and $${{\widetilde{S}}}(r)$$
S
~
(
r
)
which are denoted by $${\mathbb {S}}_{\mu ,\nu }(r)$$
S
μ
,
ν
(
r
)
and $$\widetilde{{\mathbb {S}}}_{\mu ,\nu }(r)$$
S
~
μ
,
ν
(
r
)
, respectively. The computable series expansions of their related integral representations are obtained in terms of the exponential integral $$E_1$$
E
1
, and convergence rate discussion is provided for the associated series expansions. Further, for the series $${\mathbb {S}}_{\mu ,\nu }(r)$$
S
μ
,
ν
(
r
)
and $$\widetilde{{\mathbb {S}}}_{\mu ,\nu }(r)$$
S
~
μ
,
ν
(
r
)
, related expansions are presented in terms of the Riemann Zeta function and the Dirichlet Eta function, also their series built in Gauss’ $${}_2F_1$$
2
F
1
functions and the associated Legendre function of the second kind $$Q_\mu ^\nu $$
Q
μ
ν
are given. Our discussion also includes the extended versions of the complete Butzer–Flocke–Hauss Omega functions. Finally, functional bounding inequalities are derived for the investigated extensions of Mathieu-type series.