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Æthelred

M, #22651, b. about 968, d. 23 April 1016

Biography

  • Æthelred was born about 968 in Wessex, England.
  • He and Ælfgifu of York were married about 985.
  • He and Emma, of Normandy, were married in 1002.
  • He died on 23 April 1016 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • He was buried after 23 April 1016 at Old St-Pauls in London, Middlesex, England.
  • Æthelred was also known as Æthelred ("the Unready".)
  • He was also known as Æthelred, II, King of the English.
  • Æthelred (Old English: Æþelræd, pronounced [ˈæðelræːd];[n 1] c. 966 – 23 April 1016), known as the Unready, was King of the English from 978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death in 1016. His epithet does not derive from the modern word "unready", but rather from the Old English unræd meaning "poorly advised"; it is a pun on his name, which means "well advised".
    Æthelred was the son of King Edgar the Peaceful and Queen Ælfthryth. He came to the throne at about the age of 12, following the assassination of his older half-brother, King Edward the Martyr. Æthelred's mother may have ordered the murder of his half-brother in order to place Æthelred on the throne.[citation needed]
    The chief problem of Æthelred's reign was conflict with the Danes. After several decades of relative peace, Danish raids on English territory began again in earnest in the 980s, becoming markedly more serious in the early 990s. Following the Battle of Maldon in 991, Æthelred paid tribute, or Danegeld, to the Danish king. In 1002, Æthelred ordered what became known as the St. Brice's Day massacre of Danish settlers. In 1013, King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark invaded England, as a result of which Æthelred fled to Normandy in 1013 and was replaced by Sweyn. After Sweyn died in 1014, Æthelred returned to the throne, but he died just two years later. Æthelred's 37-year combined reign was the longest of any Anglo-Saxon English king, and was only surpassed in the 13th century, by Henry III. Æthelred was briefly succeeded by his son, Edmund Ironside, but he died after a few months and was replaced by Sweyn's son Cnut. Another of Æthelred's sons, Edward the Confessor, became king in 1042.
  • He held the title of King of the English from 18 March 978 to 1013.
  • He was crowned on 4 April 978 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.
  • He held the title of King of the English from 3 February 1014 to 23 April 1016.
  • He is/was my 29th great-grandfather
Æthelred in an early thirteenth-century copy of the Abingdon Chronicle

Family 1: Ælfgifu of York (b. about 970, d. about 1001)

Family 2: Emma, of Normandy, (b. about 984, d. 6 March 1052)

Parents

  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022

Ælfgifu of York

F, #22652, b. about 970, d. about 1001

Biography

  • Ælfgifu of York was born about 970 in Wessex, England.
  • Æthelred and she were married about 985.
  • She died about 1001 in Hampshire, England.
  • She was buried after 17 November 1002 at Wilton Abbey in Wiltshire, Wessex, England.
  • Ælfgifu of York is/was my 29th great-grandmother

Family: Æthelred (b. about 968, d. 23 April 1016)

Parents

  • Last Edited: 8 February 2022

Edmund Ætheling

M, #22653, b. about 1015, d. from 1046 to 1053

Biography

  • Edmund Ætheling was born about 1015 in Wessex, England.
  • He died from 1046 to 1053 in Óbuda, Budapest, Hungary.
  • He was buried between 1046 and 1053 in Hungary.
  • Edmund Ætheling is/was my 27th great-granduncle

Parents

  • Last Edited: 16 November 2021

Eadgyth

F, #22654, b. before 993, d. about 1022

Biography

  • Eadgyth was born before 993 in London, Middlesex, England.
  • She died from 1022-1032 about 1022.
  • Eadgyth is/was my 28th great-grandaunt

Parents

  • Last Edited: 2 February 2022

Edgar Ætheling

M, #22655, b. about 994, d. about 1008

Biography

  • Edgar Ætheling was born about 994 in Wessex, England.
  • He died about 1008.
  • He was buried in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
  • Edgar Ætheling is/was my 28th great-granduncle

Parents

  • Last Edited: 16 November 2021

Edgar

M, #22656, b. 943 or 944, d. 8 July 975

Biography

  • Edgar was born 943 or 944 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  • He and Æthelflæd were married about 957 in Wessex, England.
  • He and Wulfthryth of Wilton were married in 962 at Sevenoaks in Kemsing, Kent, England.
  • He and Ælfthryth, Regent Queen of England, were married in 964.
  • He died on 8 July 975 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  • He was buried after 8 July 975 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
  • Edgar was also known as Edgar, King of the English.
  • He was also known as Edgar, The Peaceful.
  • Edgar (Old English: Ēadgār [ˈæːɑdɡɑːr]; c. 943 – 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. The younger son of King Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, he came to the throne as a teenager following the death of his older brother, King Eadwig. As king, Edgar further consolidated the political unity achieved by his predecessors, with his reign being noted for its relative stability. His most trusted advisor was Dunstan, whom he recalled from exile and made Archbishop of Canterbury. The pinnacle of Edgar's reign was his coronation at Bath in 973, which was organised by Dunstan and forms the basis for the current coronation ceremony. After his death he was succeeded by his son Edward, although the succession was disputed.
  • He was crowned on 11 May 973 at Bath Abbey in Bath, Somerset, England.
  • He is/was my 30th great-grandfather
Contemporary portrayal in the New Minster Charter

Family 1: Æthelflæd (b. about 941, d. about 962)

  • Edward (b. about 962, d. 18 March 978)

Family 2: Wulfthryth of Wilton (b. about 937, d. 21 September 1000)

Family 3: Ælfthryth, Regent Queen of England, (b. 945, d. from 17 November 999 to 1002)

Parents

  • Father: Edmund (b. 921 or 922, d. 26 May 946)
  • Mother: Ælfgifu (b. before 926, d. from 18 May 944 to 946)
  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022

Ælfthryth, Regent Queen of England

F, #22657, b. 945, d. from 17 November 999 to 1002

Biography

  • Ælfthryth, Regent Queen of England, was born in 945 at Lydford Castle in Dartmoor, Devon, England.
  • Edgar and she were married in 964.
  • She died from 17 November 999 to 1002 in Hampshire, England.
  • She was buried after 17 November 1002 in Hampshire, England.
  • Ælfthryth, Regent Queen of England, is/was my 30th great-grandmother

Family: Edgar (b. 943 or 944, d. 8 July 975)

  • Last Edited: 8 February 2022

Edmund

M, #22658, b. 921 or 922, d. 26 May 946

Biography

  • Edmund was born 921 or 922 in Wessex, England.
  • He and Æthelflæd, of Damerham, were married about 944.
  • He died (murdered) on 26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England.
  • He was buried after 26 May 946 at Glastonbury Abbey in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
  • Edmund was also known as King Eadmund, I.
  • He was also known as King Edmund, I.
  • Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great. When Edward died in 924 he was succeeded by his eldest son, Edmund's half-brother Æthelstan, who died childless in 939. Edmund then became king. He had two sons, Eadwig and Edgar, by his first wife Ælfgifu, and none by his second wife Æthelflæd. His sons were young children when he was killed in a brawl with an outlaw at Pucklechurch in Gloucestershire, and he was succeeded by his younger brother Eadred, who died in 955 and was followed by Edmund's sons in succession.
    Æthelstan had succeeded as the king of England south of the Humber and he became the first king of all England when he conquered Viking-ruled York in 927, but after his death Anlaf Guthfrithson was accepted as king of York and extended Viking rule to the Five Boroughs of north-east Mercia. Edmund was initially forced to accept the reverse, the first major setback for the West Saxon dynasty since Alfred's reign, but he was able to recover his position following Anlaf's death in 941. In 942 he took back control of the Five Boroughs and in 944 he regained control over the whole of England when he expelled the Viking kings of York. Eadred had to deal with further revolts when he became king and York was not finally conquered until 954. Æthelstan had achieved a dominant position over other British kings and Edmund maintained this, perhaps apart from Scotland. The north Welsh king Idwal Foel may have allied with the Vikings as he was killed by the English in 942 and his kingdom of Gwynedd was conquered by the southern Welsh king Hywel Dda. The British kingdom of Strathclyde may also have sided with the Vikings as Edmund ravaged it in 945 and then ceded it to Malcolm I of Scotland. Edmund also continued his brother's friendly relations with Continental rulers, several of whom were married to his half-sisters.
    Edmund inherited his brother's interests and leading advisers, such as Oda, whom he appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in 941, Æthelstan Half-King, ealdorman of East Anglia and Ælfheah the Bald, Bishop of Winchester. Government at the local level was mainly carried on by ealdormen, and Edmund made substantial changes in personnel during his reign, with a move from Æthelstan's main reliance on West Saxons to a greater prominence of men with Mercian connections. Unlike the close relatives of previous kings, his mother and brother attested many of Edmund's charters, suggesting a high degree of family cooperation. Edmund was also an active legislator, and three of his codes survive. Provisions include ones which attempt to regulate feuds and emphasise the sanctity of the royal person.
    The major religious movement of the tenth century, the English Benedictine Reform, reached its peak under Edgar, but Edmund's reign was important in its early stages. He appointed Dunstan abbot of Glastonbury, where he was joined by Æthelwold. They were to be two of the leaders of the reform and they made the abbey the first important centre for disseminating it. Unlike the circle of his son Edgar, Edmund did not take the view that Benedictine monasticism was the only worthwhile religious life and he also patronised unreformed (non-Benedictine) establishments.
  • He held the title of King of the English from 27 October 939 to 26 May 946.
  • He was crowned on 29 November 939 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.
  • He is/was my 31st great-grandfather
Edmund in the late thirteenth-century Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings

Family: Ælfgifu (b. before 926, d. from 18 May 944 to 946)

  • Eadwig (b. about 941, d. 1 October 959)
  • Edgar+ (b. 943 or 944, d. 8 July 975)

Parents

  • Last Edited: 12 March 2022

Ælfgifu

F, #22659, b. before 926, d. from 18 May 944 to 946

Biography

  • Ælfgifu was born before 926 in Wessex, England.
  • She died from 18 May 944 to 946 at Shaftesbury Abbey in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.
  • She was buried in 944 at Shaftsbury Cathederal in Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.
  • Ælfgifu was also known as Ælfgifu, of Shaftsbury.
  • She was also known as Saint Elgiva.
  • She held the title of Queen consort of the English from 939 to 944.
  • She is/was my 31st great-grandmother

Family: Edmund (b. 921 or 922, d. 26 May 946)

  • Eadwig (b. about 941, d. 1 October 959)
  • Edgar+ (b. 943 or 944, d. 8 July 975)
  • Last Edited: 12 March 2022

Edmund Ætheling, Prince of Wessex

M, #22660, b. 966, d. 970

Biography

  • Edmund Ætheling, Prince of Wessex, was born in 966 in Wessex, England.
  • He died in 970 at age ~4 in Wessex, England.
  • Edmund Ætheling, Prince of Wessex, is/was my 29th great-granduncle

Parents

  • Last Edited: 8 February 2022

Æthelflæd

F, #22661, b. about 941, d. about 962

Biography

  • Æthelflæd was born about 941 in Wessex, England.
  • Edgar and she were married about 957 in Wessex, England.
  • She died about 962 in Wessex, England.
  • Æthelflæd is/was my spouse of 30th great-grandfather

Family: Edgar (b. 943 or 944, d. 8 July 975)

  • Edward (b. about 962, d. 18 March 978)
  • Last Edited: 16 November 2021

Edward

M, #22662, b. about 962, d. 18 March 978

Biography

  • Edward was born about 962 in Wessex, England.
  • He died (Murdered) on 18 March 978 in Dorset, England.
  • He was buried after 18 March 978 in Wareham, Dorset, England.
  • Edward was also known as Edward, the Martyr.
  • Edward (Old English: Eadweard, pronounced [ˈæːɑdwæɑrˠd]; c. 962 – 18 March 978), often called the Martyr,[a] was King of the English from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar the Peaceful but was not his father's acknowledged heir. On Edgar's death, the leadership of England was contested, with some supporting Edward's claim to be king and others supporting his younger half-brother Æthelred the Unready, recognised as a legitimate son of Edgar. Edward was chosen as king and was crowned by his main clerical supporters, the archbishops Dunstan of Canterbury and Oswald of York.
    The great nobles of the kingdom, ealdormen Ælfhere and Æthelwine, quarrelled, and civil war almost broke out. In the so-called anti-monastic reaction, the nobles took advantage of Edward's weakness to dispossess the Benedictine reformed monasteries of lands and other properties that King Edgar had granted to them.
    Edward's short reign was brought to an end by his murder at Corfe Castle in 978 in circumstances that are not altogether clear. He was hurriedly buried at Wareham, but was reburied with great ceremony at Shaftesbury Abbey in Dorset early in 979. In 1001 Edward's remains were moved to a more prominent place in the abbey, probably with the blessing of his half-brother King Æthelred. Edward was already reckoned a saint by this time.
    A number of lives of Edward were written in the centuries following his death in which he was portrayed as a martyr, generally seen as a victim of the Queen Dowager Ælfthryth, mother of Æthelred. He is today recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion.
  • He held the title of King of England.
  • He was crowned in 975 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.
  • He is/was my 29th great-granduncle
Edward in an early fourteenth-century Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England

Parents

  • Father: Edgar (b. 943 or 944, d. 8 July 975)
  • Mother: Æthelflæd (b. about 941, d. about 962)
  • Last Edited: 13 March 2022

Wulfthryth of Wilton

F, #22663, b. about 937, d. 21 September 1000

Biography

  • Wulfthryth of Wilton was born about 937.
  • Edgar and she were married in 962 at Sevenoaks in Kemsing, Kent, England.
  • She died on 21 September 1000 at Wilton Abbey in Wiltshire, Wessex, England.
  • She was buried in September 1000 at Wilton Abbey in Wiltshire, Wessex, England.
  • Wulfthryth of Wilton is/was my spouse of 30th great-grandfather

Family: Edgar (b. 943 or 944, d. 8 July 975)

  • Last Edited: 16 November 2021

Edith of Wilton

F, #22664, b. about 963, d. about 986

Biography

  • Edith of Wilton was born about 963 in Kemsing, Kent, England.
  • She died about 986 in Wilton, Wiltshire, England.
  • She was buried in September 986 in Wilton, Wiltshire, England.
  • Edith of Wilton is/was my 29th great-grandaunt

Parents

  • Last Edited: 16 November 2021

Edward, the Elder

M, #22665, b. 870, d. 17 July 924

Biography

  • Edward, the Elder, was born in 870 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.
  • He and Ecgwynn were married about 893.
  • He and Ælfflæd of Wiltshire were married about 900.
  • He and Eadgifu, of Kent, were married about 919.
  • He died on 17 July 924 at age ~54 in Farndon-on-Dee, Berkshire, England.
  • He was buried after 17 July 924 at Hyde Abby in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  • Edward the Elder (c. 874 – 17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924. He was the elder son of Alfred the Great and his wife Ealhswith. When Edward succeeded to the throne, he had to defeat a challenge from his cousin Æthelwold, who had a strong claim to the throne as the son of Alfred's elder brother and predecessor, Æthelred.
    Alfred had succeeded Æthelred as king of Wessex in 871, and almost faced defeat against the Danish Vikings until his decisive victory at the Battle of Edington in 878. After the battle, the Vikings still ruled Northumbria, East Anglia and eastern Mercia, leaving only Wessex and western Mercia under Anglo-Saxon control. In the early 880s Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, the ruler of western Mercia, accepted Alfred's lordship and married his daughter Æthelflæd, and around 886 Alfred adopted the new title King of the Anglo-Saxons as the ruler of all Anglo-Saxons not subject to Danish rule.
    In 910 a Mercian and West Saxon army inflicted a decisive defeat on an invading Northumbrian army, ending the threat from the northern Vikings. In the 910s, Edward conquered Viking-ruled southern England in partnership with his sister Æthelflæd, who had succeeded as Lady of the Mercians following the death of her husband in 911. Historians dispute how far Mercia was dominated by Wessex during this period, and after Æthelflæd's death in June 918, her daughter Ælfwynn briefly became second Lady of the Mercians, but in December Edward took her into Wessex and imposed direct rule on Mercia. By the end of the 910s he ruled Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia, and only Northumbria remained under Viking rule. In 924 he faced a Mercian and Welsh revolt at Chester, and after putting it down he died at Farndon in Cheshire on 17 July 924. He was succeeded by his eldest son Æthelstan.
    Edward was admired by medieval chroniclers, and in the view of William of Malmesbury, he was "much inferior to his father in the cultivation of letters" but "incomparably more glorious in the power of his rule". He was largely ignored by modern historians until the 1990s, and Nick Higham described him as "perhaps the most neglected of English kings", partly because few primary sources for his reign survive. His reputation rose in the late twentieth century and he is now seen as destroying the power of the Vikings in southern England while laying the foundations for a south-centred united English kingdom.
  • Lay sister at Wilton Abbey.
  • Edward, the Elder, held the title of King of the Anglo-Saxons between 26 October 899 and 17 July 924.
  • He was crowned on 8 June 900 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.
  • He is/was my 32nd great-grandfather
Portrait miniature from a 13th-century genealogical scroll depicting Edward

Family 1: Ecgwynn (b. 875, d. 901)

Family 2: Ælfflæd of Wiltshire (b. about 880, d. 920)

Family 3: Eadgifu, of Kent, (b. 896, d. 24 August 968)

  • Edmund+ (b. 921 or 922, d. 26 May 946)
  • Eadred (b. about 923, d. 23 November 955)
  • Edburh (b. after 923, d. 15 June 960)

Parents

  • Last Edited: 12 March 2022

Eadgifu, of Kent

F, #22666, b. 896, d. 24 August 968

Biography

  • Eadgifu, of Kent, was born in 896 in Kent, England.
  • Edward, the Elder, and she were married about 919.
  • She died on 24 August 968 at age ~72 in Canterbury, Kent, England.
  • She was buried at Shaftesbury Abbey in Canterbury, Kent, England.
  • Ælfgifu predeceased her husband, probably in 944, and may have died in childbirth of Edgar. In the early 12th century, William of Malmesbury wrote that she suffered from an illness during the last few years of her life, but there may have been some confusion with details of Æthelgifu's life as recorded in a forged foundation charter of the late 11th or 12th century. Her body was buried and enshrined at the Shaftsbury nunnery.
  • Eadgifu, of Kent, is/was my 32nd great-grandmother

Family: Edward, the Elder, (b. 870, d. 17 July 924)

  • Edmund+ (b. 921 or 922, d. 26 May 946)
  • Eadred (b. about 923, d. 23 November 955)
  • Edburh (b. after 923, d. 15 June 960)
  • Last Edited: 30 January 2022

Alfred ("the Great")

M, #22667, b. 849, d. 26 October 899

Biography

  • Alfred ("the Great") was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.
  • He and Ealhswith were married in 868 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.
  • He died on 26 October 899 at age ~50 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  • He was buried after 26 October 899 at Hyde Abbey in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  • Alfred the Great (848/849 – 26 October 899) was king of the West Saxons from 871 to c. 886 and king of the Anglo-Saxons from c. 886 to 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf, who died when Alfred was young. Three of Alfred's brothers, Æthelbald, Æthelberht and Æthelred, reigned in turn before him. Under Alfred's rule, considerable administrative and military reforms were introduced, prompting lasting change in England.[2]
    After ascending the throne, Alfred spent several years fighting Viking invasions. He won a decisive victory in the Battle of Edington in 878 and made an agreement with the Vikings, creating what was known as the Danelaw in the North of England. Alfred also oversaw the conversion of Viking leader Guthrum to Christianity. He defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, becoming the dominant ruler in England.[3] Details of his life are described in a work by 9th-century Welsh scholar and bishop Asser.
    Alfred had a reputation as a learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged education, proposing that primary education be conducted in Old English rather than Latin and improving the legal system and military structure and his people's quality of life. He was given the epithet "the Great" in the 16th century.
  • Alfred ("the Great") held the title of King of the West Saxons about April 871 in Wessex, England.
  • He held the title of King of the Anglo-Saxons between 886 and 26 October 899 in England.
  • He is/was my 33rd great-grandfather
A likeness of Alfred the Great by artist and historian George S. Stuart created from his physical description mentioned in historical records.

Family: Ealhswith (b. 852, d. 5 December 905)

Parents

  • Last Edited: 12 March 2022

Ealhswith

F, #22668, b. 852, d. 5 December 905

Biography

  • Ealhswith was born in 852.
  • Alfred ("the Great") and she were married in 868 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.
  • She died on 5 December 905 at age ~53 at St Mary’s Abbey in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  • Ealhswith is/was my 33rd great-grandmother

Family: Alfred ("the Great") (b. 849, d. 26 October 899)

  • Last Edited: 12 March 2022

Ecgwynn

F, #22669, b. 875, d. 901

Biography

  • Ecgwynn was born in 875 in Wessex, England.
  • Edward, the Elder, and she were married about 893.
  • She died in 901 at age ~26.
  • Ecgwynn is/was my spouse of 32nd great-grandfather

Family: Edward, the Elder, (b. 870, d. 17 July 924)

  • Last Edited: 16 November 2021

Æthelstan

M, #22671, b. 894, d. 27 October 939

Biography

  • Æthelstan was born in 894 in Wessex, Devon, England.
  • He died on 27 October 939 at age ~45 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
  • He was buried after 27 October 939 at Malmesbury Abbey in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.
  • Æthelstan held the title of King of the Anglo-Saxons FROM ABT 924 TO 927.
  • He was also known as Æthelstan, King of the English.
  • He was also known as King Athelstan.
  • Æthelstan or Athelstan (/ˈæθəlstæn/; Old English: Æðelstān [ˈæðelstɑ:n]; Old Norse: Aðalsteinn; lit. 'noble stone'; c. 894 – 27 October 939) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 924 to 927 and King of the English from 927 to his death in 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Modern historians regard him as the first King of England and one of the "greatest Anglo-Saxon kings". He never married and had no children. He was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I.
    When Edward died in July 924, Æthelstan was accepted by the Mercians as king. His half-brother Ælfweard may have been recognised as king in Wessex, but died within three weeks of their father's death. Æthelstan encountered resistance in Wessex for several months, and was not crowned until September 925. In 927 he conquered the last remaining Viking kingdom, York, making him the first Anglo-Saxon ruler of the whole of England. In 934 he invaded Scotland and forced Constantine II to submit to him. Æthelstan's rule was resented by the Scots and Vikings, and in 937 they invaded England. Æthelstan defeated them at the Battle of Brunanburh, a victory that gave him great prestige both in the British Isles and on the Continent. After his death in 939 the Vikings seized back control of York, and it was not finally reconquered until 954.
    Æthelstan centralised government; he increased control over the production of charters and summoned leading figures from distant areas to his councils. These meetings were also attended by rulers from outside his territory, especially Welsh kings, who thus acknowledged his overlordship. More legal texts survive from his reign than from any other 10th-century English king. They show his concern about widespread robberies, and the threat they posed to social order. His legal reforms built on those of his grandfather, Alfred the Great. Æthelstan was one of the most pious West Saxon kings, and was known for collecting relics and founding churches. His household was the centre of English learning during his reign, and it laid the foundation for the Benedictine monastic reform later in the century. No other West Saxon king played as important a role in European politics as Æthelstan, and he arranged the marriages of several of his sisters to continental rulers.
  • He was crowned on 4 September 924 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.
  • He held the title of King of the English from 927 to 27 October 939.
  • He is/was my 31st great-granduncle

Parents

  • Last Edited: 12 March 2022

Ælfflæd of Wiltshire

F, #22672, b. about 880, d. 920

Biography

  • Ælfflæd of Wiltshire was born about 880 in Wessex, England.
  • Edward, the Elder, and she were married about 900.
  • She died in 920 at Wilton Abbey in Wiltshire, Wessex, England.
  • She was buried at Wilton Abbey in Wiltshire, Wessex, England.
  • Ælfflæd of Wiltshire was also known as Elfleda.
  • Lay sister at Wilton Abbey.
  • She is/was my spouse of 32nd great-grandfather

Family: Edward, the Elder, (b. 870, d. 17 July 924)

  • Last Edited: 12 March 2022

Ælfweard

M, #22673, b. about 902, d. 2 August 924

Biography

  • Ælfweard was born about 902 in Wessex, England.
  • He died on 2 August 924 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England.
  • He was buried after 2 August 924 at Winchester Cathedral in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
  • Ælfweard was also known as King Ælfweard, of Wessex.
  • Ælfweard (/ˈælfwɔːrd/; c. 902 – 2 August 924) was the second son of Edward the Elder, the eldest born to his second wife Ælfflæd.
  • He held the title of King of Wessex (Disputed) about 17 July 924.
  • He is/was my 31st great-granduncle

Parents

  • Last Edited: 12 March 2022

Edwin, of Wessex

M, #22674, b. about 902, d. 933

Biography

  • Edwin, of Wessex, was born about 902 in Wessex, England.
  • He died in 933 at At Sea in Wessex, Devon, England.
  • He was buried in 933 in St-Omer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
  • Edwin, of Wessex, is/was my 31st great-granduncle

Parents

  • Last Edited: 4 February 2022

Eadhild of Wessex

F, #22675, b. about 908, d. before 14 September 937

Biography

  • Eadhild of Wessex was born about 908 in Wessex, England.
  • She died before 14 September 937 in Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.
  • Eadhild of Wessex is/was my 31st great-grandaunt

Parents

  • Last Edited: 16 November 2021