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Princess Louise, of Denmark and Norway

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• Princess Louise, of Denmark and Norway, was born on 30 January 1750 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, København, Denmark.
• She died on 12 January 1831 at age 80 at Gottorp Castle in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
• She was buried in 1831 at Slesvig Cathedral in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

• Princess Louise, of Denmark and Norway, is/was my 20th cousin 5x removed

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Princess Olga, of Denmark

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• Princess Olga, of Denmark, was born on 19 December 1751 in Denmark.

• Princess Olga, of Denmark, is/was my 20th cousin 5x removed

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Princess Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg, of Denmark-Norway, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel, Electress of Hesse

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• Princess Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg, of Denmark-Norway, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel, Electress of Hesse, was born on 10 July 1747 in Copenhagen, København, Denmark.
• She died on 19 January 1820 at age 72 in Kassel, Hessen, Germany.

• Princess Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg, of Denmark-Norway, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel, Electress of Hesse, is/was my 20th cousin 5x removed

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Sophia Magdalena Oldenburg, of Denmark, Queen of Sweden

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• Sophia Magdalena Oldenburg, of Denmark, Queen of Sweden, was born on 3 July 1746 at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, København, Denmark.
• Gustav III von Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden, and she were married on 4 November 1766 at Slottskapell in Stockholm, Sweden.
• She died on 21 August 1813 at age 67 at Ulriksdal Palace, Solna, in Stockholm, Sweden.
• She was buried at Ridderholm in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Sophia Magdalena Oldenburg, of Denmark, Queen of Sweden, was also known as Sofia Magdalena Oldenburg.
• She was christened on 24 July 1746 in Rønne, Bornholms, Denmark.
• She is/was my 20th cousin 5x removed

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Prince Christian Oldenburg

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• Prince Christian Oldenburg was born on 7 July 1745 in Copenhagen, København, Denmark.
• He died on 3 June 1747 at age 1 at Frederiksborg Slot (Castle) in Hillerød, Frederiksborg, Denmark.

• Prince Christian Oldenburg is/was my 20th cousin 5x removed

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Gustav III von Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden

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• Gustav III von Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden, was born on 24 January 1746 in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He and Sophia Magdalena Oldenburg, of Denmark, Queen of Sweden, were married on 4 November 1766 at Slottskapell in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He died on 29 March 1792 at age 46 at Stockholm Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He was buried on 14 May 1792 at Ridderholm in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Gustav III von Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden, is/was my spouse of 20th cousin 5x removed

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Carl Gustaf von Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Sweden

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• Carl Gustaf von Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Sweden, was born on 25 August 1782 in Drottningholm, Stockholm, Sweden.
• He died on 23 March 1783 at age 0.

• Carl Gustaf von Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Sweden, was christened on 5 September 1782 at Slottskapell in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He is/was my 21st cousin 4x removed

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King Gustaf IV Adol von Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden

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• King Gustaf IV Adol von Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden, was born on 1 November 1778 at Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He and Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine von Baden were married on 31 October 1797 in Amnehärad, Skaraborg, Sweden.
• He died on 7 February 1837 at age 58 in St-Gallen, Switzerland.
• He was buried at Ridderholm in Stockholm, Sweden.

• King Gustaf IV Adol von Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden, held the title of King of Sweden.
• He was christened on 9 November 1778 at Slottskapell in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He is/was my 21st cousin 4x removed

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Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine von Baden

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• Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine von Baden was born on 12 March 1781 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
• King Gustaf IV Adol von Holstein-Gottorp, King of Sweden, and she were married on 31 October 1797 in Amnehärad, Skaraborg, Sweden.
• She died on 25 September 1826 at age 45 in Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.

• Friederike Dorothea Wilhelmine von Baden is/was my spouse of 21st cousin 4x removed

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Princess Amalie Marie Charlotte of Sweden Holstein-Gottorp

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• Princess Amalie Marie Charlotte of Sweden Holstein-Gottorp was born on 22 February 1805 at Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden.
• She died in 1853 at age ~48.

• Princess Amalie Marie Charlotte of Sweden Holstein-Gottorp was christened on 28 February 1805 at Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden.
• She is/was my 22nd cousin 3x removed

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Charles Gustavus von Holstein- Gottorp

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• Charles Gustavus von Holstein- Gottorp was born on 2 December 1802 at Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He died on 10 December 1805 at age 3 at Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He was buried in 1805 at Ridderholm in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Charles Gustavus von Holstein- Gottorp was christened on 7 December 1802 at Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He is/was my 22nd cousin 3x removed

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Princess Cecilie von Holstein-Gottorp

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• Princess Cecilie von Holstein-Gottorp was born on 22 June 1807 at Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden.
• She died on 27 January 1844 at age 36 in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany.

• Princess Cecilie von Holstein-Gottorp was christened on 27 June 1807 at Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden.
• She is/was my 22nd cousin 3x removed

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Princess Sophie of Oldenburg, of Sweden

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• Princess Sophie of Oldenburg, of Sweden, was born on 21 May 1801 in Stockholm, Sweden.
• She died on 6 July 1865 at age 64 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

• Princess Sophie of Oldenburg, of Sweden, was christened on 26 May 1801 in Stockholm, Sweden.
• She is/was my 22nd cousin 3x removed

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Prince Gustaf of Sweden Holstein-Gottorp

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• Prince Gustaf of Sweden Holstein-Gottorp was born on 9 November 1799 in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He died on 5 August 1877 at age 77 at Pillnitz Castle in Dresden, Upper Saxony, Germany.
• He was buried in August 1877 at Ridderholm in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Prince Gustaf of Sweden Holstein-Gottorp was christened on 15 November 1799 at Royal Chapel in Stockholm, Sweden.
• He is/was my 22nd cousin 3x removed

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Ecgberht, King of Wessex

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• Ecgberht, King of Wessex, was born about 775 in Wessex, England.
• He and Raedburh of Wessex were married about 795 in Wessex, England.
• He died on 4 February 839 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
• He was buried in 839 at Winchester Abbey in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

• Ecgberht, King of Wessex, was also known as Ecgbert.
• He was also known as Egbert.
• Ecgberht (770/775 – 839), also spelled Egbert, Ecgbert, Ecgbriht, Ecgbeorht, and Ecbert, was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was King Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s Ecgberht was forced into exile to Charlemagne's court in the Frankish Empire by the kings Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex, but on Beorhtric's death in 802 Ecgberht returned and took the throne.
  Little is known of the first 20 years of Ecgberht's reign, but it is thought that he was able to maintain the independence of Wessex against the kingdom of Mercia, which at that time dominated the other southern English kingdoms. In 825 Ecgberht defeated Beornwulf of Mercia, ended Mercia's supremacy at the Battle of Ellandun, and proceeded to take control of the Mercian dependencies in southeastern England. In 829 he defeated Wiglaf of Mercia and drove him out of his kingdom, temporarily ruling Mercia directly. Later that year Ecgberht received the submission of the Northumbrian king at Dore. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle subsequently described Ecgberht as a bretwalda or 'wide-ruler' of Anglo-Saxon lands.
  Ecgberht was unable to maintain this dominant position, and within a year Wiglaf regained the throne of Mercia. However, Wessex did retain control of Kent, Sussex, and Surrey; these territories were given to Ecgberht's son Æthelwulf to rule as a subking under Ecgberht. When Ecgberht died in 839, Æthelwulf succeeded him; the southeastern kingdoms were finally absorbed into the kingdom of Wessex after the death of Æthelwulf's son Æthelbald in 860. Ecgbert's descendants ruled Wessex and, later, all of England continuously until 1013.
• He is/was my 35th great-grandfather

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Depiction of Ecgberht from the Genealogical Chronicle of the English Kings, a late 13th-century manuscript in the British Library

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Raedburh of Wessex

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• Raedburh of Wessex was born on 22 July 782 in Wessex, England.
• Ecgberht, King of Wessex, and she were married about 795 in Wessex, England.
• She died on 3 September 844 at age 62 in Berkshire, England.
• She was buried after 3 September 844 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

• Raedburh of Wessex is/was my 35th great-grandmother

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Aethelbald, King of Wessex

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• Aethelbald, King of Wessex, was born in 834 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.
• He died on 20 December 860 at age ~26 in Sherborne, Dorset, England.
• He was buried in 860 at Sherborne Abbey in Sherborne, Dorset, England.

• Æthelbald (died 860) was King of Wessex from 855 to 860. He was the second of five sons of King Æthelwulf. In 850, Æthelbald's elder brother Æthelstan defeated the Vikings in the first recorded sea battle in English history, but he is not recorded afterwards and probably died in the early 850s. The next year Æthelwulf and Æthelbald inflicted another defeat on the Vikings at the Battle of Aclea. In 855 Æthelwulf went on pilgrimage to Rome and appointed Æthelbald King of Wessex, while Æthelberht, the next oldest son, became King of Kent, which had been conquered by Wessex thirty years earlier.
  On his way back from Rome, Æthelwulf stayed for several months with Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, whose twelve-year-old daughter Judith he married. When he returned to England in 856, Æthelbald refused to give up the crown. Most historians believe that Æthelbald continued to be king of Wessex while Æthelberht gave up Kent to his father, but some think that Wessex itself was divided, with Æthelbald ruling the west and his father the east, while Æthelberht kept Kent. When Æthelwulf died in 858, Æthelbald continued as (or became again) king of Wessex and his brother resumed (or carried on) his kingship of Kent.
  Æthelbald married his stepmother Judith. Asser, the biographer of his youngest brother, Alfred the Great, denounced the union as being "against God's prohibition and Christian dignity, and also contrary to the practice of all pagans", but the marriage does not seem to have been condemned at the time. Æthelbald and Æthelberht appear to have been on good terms: when Æthelbald died in 860, Æthelberht became king of both Wessex and Kent, and they were never again divided.
• Aethelbald, King of Wessex, held the title of King of Wessex from 855 to 860.
• He is/was my 33rd great-granduncle

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Æthelbald in the early 14th-century Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England

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Æthelberht, King of Wessex

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• Æthelberht, King of Wessex, was born about 836 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.
• He died about 865 in Wessex, England.
• He was buried in 865 at Sherborne Abbey in Sherborne, Dorset, England.

• Æthelberht, King of Wessex, was also known as Ethelbert.
• Æthelberht (Old English pronunciation: [ˈæðelberˠxt]; also spelled Ethelbert or Aethelberht) was the King of Wessex from 860 until his death in 865. He was the third son of King Æthelwulf by his first wife, Osburh. Æthelberht was first recorded as a witness to a charter in 854. The following year Æthelwulf went on pilgrimage to Rome and appointed his oldest surviving son, Æthelbald, as king of Wessex while Æthelberht became king of the recently conquered territory of Kent. Æthelberht may have surrendered his position to his father when he returned from pilgrimage, but resumed (or kept) the south-eastern kingship when his father died in 858.
  When Æthelbald died in 860, Æthelberht united both their territories under his rule. He did not appoint a sub-king and Wessex and Kent were fully united for the first time. He appears to have been on good terms with his younger brothers, the future kings Æthelred I and Alfred the Great. The kingdom came under attack from Viking raids during his reign, but these were minor compared with the invasions after his death. Æthelberht died in the autumn of 865 and was buried next to his brother Æthelbald at Sherborne Abbey in Dorset. He was succeeded by Æthelred.
• He held the title of King of Wessex from 860 to 865.
• He is/was my 33rd great-granduncle

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Æthelberht in the early fourteenth-century Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England

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Æthelred, I, King of Wessex

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• Æthelred, I, King of Wessex, was born in 837 in Wantage, Berkshire, England.
• He and Wulfrida were married about 868.
• He died on 23 April 871 at age ~34 in Wimborne, Dorset, England.
• He was buried in April 871 in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England.

• Æthelred, I, King of Wessex, was also known as Ethelred, I, King of Wessex.
• Æthelred I (alt. Aethelred, Ethelred; Old English: Æthel-ræd, lit. 'noble counsel'; 845/848 to 871) was King of Wessex from 865 until his death in 871. He was the fourth of five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex, four of whom in turn became king. Æthelred succeeded his elder brother Æthelberht and was followed by his youngest brother, Alfred the Great. Æthelred had two sons, Æthelhelm and Æthelwold, who were passed over for the kingship on their father's death because they were still infants. Alfred was succeeded by his son, Edward the Elder, and Æthelwold unsuccessfully disputed the throne with him.
  Æthelred's accession coincided with the arrival of the Viking Great Heathen Army in England. Over the next five years the Vikings conquered Northumbria and East Anglia, and at the end of 870 they launched a full-scale attack on Wessex. In early January 871, Æthelred was defeated at the Battle of Reading. Four days later, he scored a victory in the Battle of Ashdown, but this was followed by two defeats at Basing and Meretun. He died shortly after Easter. Alfred was forced to pay off the Vikings, but he scored a decisive victory over them seven years later at the Battle of Edington.
  Æthelred's reign was important numismatically. Wessex and Mercia were close allies when he became king, and he carried the alliance further by adopting the Mercian Lunettes design, thus creating a unified coinage design for southern England for the first time. The common design foreshadowed the unification of England over the next sixty years and the reform coinage[a] of King Edgar I a century later.
• He was crowned in 865 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England.
• He held the title of King of Wessex from 865 to 871.
• He is/was my 33rd great-granduncle

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Æthelred as depicted in the early-fourteenth-century Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England

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Ethelswith Queen of Mercia

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• Ethelswith Queen of Mercia was born in 838 in Wessex, England.
• She died in 888 at age ~50 in Pavia, Lombardia, Italy.
• She was buried in 888 in Pavia, Lombardia, Italy.

• Ethelswith Queen of Mercia is/was my 33rd great-grandaunt

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Ealhmund, King of Kent

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• Ealhmund, King of Kent, was born from 750 to 758 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
• He died on 12 July 788 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.
• He was buried after 12 July 788 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

• Ealhmund, King of Kent, is/was my 36th great-grandfather

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[Unknown]

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• [Unknown] is/was my 36th great-grandmother

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Alburga

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• Alburga was born between 763 and 809 in Wessex, England.
• She died on 25 December 810 in Wilton, Wiltshire, England.

• Alburga was also known as Saint Alburga.
• She is either the sister or half-sister of Egbert, King of Wessex.
  Wife of Ealdorman Wulfstan of Wiltshire (or Weohstan). On her husband's death in 802, she turned the college of secular priests which he had established in an old church in Wilton, into a Benedictine convent with twelve nuns, of which she became the abbess and is held to be the founder. She died there on Christmas Day 810, and her feast is celebrated accordingly on 25 December.
• She is/was my 35th great-grandaunt

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Eafa, Ealdorman of Wessex

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• Eafa, Ealdorman of Wessex, was born in 732 in Wessex, England.
• He died about 796.

• Eafa, Ealdorman of Wessex, is/was my 37th great-grandfather

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Edith, Princess Of Wessex, Abbess Of Pellesworth

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• Edith, Princess Of Wessex, Abbess Of Pellesworth, was born about 808 in Wessex, England.
• She died in 871 at Polesworth Abbey in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England.
• She was buried at Polesworth Abbey in Polesworth, Warwickshire, England.

• Edith, Princess Of Wessex, Abbess Of Pellesworth, is/was my 34th great-grandaunt

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