King of England Edward "The Elder"

Notes:

Reigned 899-924. He defeated the Danes (918), taking East Anglia, and
also conquered Mercia (918) and Northumbria (920).

He was called "Edward the Elder"; he ruled Wessex from 899 to 925.He fought the invading Danes along with his sister Aethelflaed. In 909 he defeated them at the battle of Tettenhall. According to the book, A Short History of England, by McElwee, p. 35, he had three wives and fourteen children.

Edward married of Kent Ælflaeda about 896 in Wessex, England. Ælflaeda (daughter of Ealdorman of Wiltshire Æthelhelm and of Risborough Æthelgyth) was born about 878 in Wiltshire, England; died in 920 in England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eadhild was born about 907; died in 937.
2. King of England Edmund "The Magnificient" was born in 921 in Wessex, England; died on 26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, England.
3. Princess of England Elgiva was born about 899 in Wessex, England; died in 28 Oct.
4. Queen of the Franks Eadgifu (Edgiva) (Ogive) was born about 904 in Wessex, England; died after 955.
5. Princess of England Eadgyth (Edith) was born about 910 in of Wessex, England; died on 26 Jan 946/47 in Germany; was buried in 947 in Magdeburg, Germany.
6. King of England Ælfweard was born about 905 in of Wessex, England; died on 2 Aug 924 in England.
7. Alberic was born about 910 in of Wessex, England.
8. Edwin was born about 913 in of Wessex, England; died in 933.

Edward married Edgiva in 919 in Wessex, England. Edgiva was born about 900 in Kent, England; died on 25 Aug 968 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. King of England Edmund I "The Elder" was born in 921 in Wessex, England; died on 26 May 946 in Pocklechurch, England; was buried in 946 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
2. Edburga was born about 919 in of Wessex, England.
3. King of England Eadred was born about 921 in of Wessex, England; died in 955 in of Wessex, England.

Edward married Ecgwyn about 894 in England. Ecgwyn was born about 880 in of Mercia, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. King of England Athelstan was born about 895 in Wessex, England; died on 27 Oct 939 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.

Alfred married of the Gaini Ealhswith in 868 in Winchester, England. Ealhswith (daughter of Ealdorman of The Gainas AEthelred Mucil and Eadburga) was born about 852 in Mercia, England; died on 5 Dec 905 in St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Smyth says died 902.
Became a nun at widowhood. Reputed as a saint after death.

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Reigned 839-856 (abdicated). Under-king of Kent 825-839 and 856-858.
Renowned for his military prowess, he reputedly defeated 350 Viking ships (851). He reduced taxation, endowed the Church, made lay lands
inheritable, and provided systems of poor relief.

From BRITAIN'S KINGS AND QUEENS By Sir George Bellow Kvoc

Ethelwulf, son of King Egbert, was a man inclined to piety and mildness, and for a time Bishop of Winchester. He came to the throne an experienced ruler, for his father had made him 'sub-king' of Kent nine years before. Though he had such a promising training we know little of his actual reign. Most of his time seems to have been spent in fighting the Danes, who occupied the north and east parts of England; and two at least of his victories are recorded; one at Oakley and another at sea. In 855 Ethelwulf took his youngest son Alfred (later to be called the Great) on a pilgrimage to Rome. On the return journey he made a profitable alliance by marrying Charlemagne's grand-daughter Judith, the daughter of Charles the Bald, King of France and Emperor of the Romans. On his arrival in England with his thirteen-year old bride, he found that his son, Ethelbald, had usurped his throne, but, rather than cause a civil war, he was content to take second place, reverting; to his former kingdom of Kent. Two years later, in 858, he died.

William Seymour, SOVEREIGN LEGACY: An Historical Guide to the British Monarchy, p. 19: "... he maintained the supremacy of Wessex and had his successes against the Danes, notably at a battle near Basingstoke in 851, where he 'inflicted the greatest slaughter upon the heathen host that ever we have heard tell of up to the present day.' "

Æthelwulf married Osburga (Osburh) on 1 Oct 846 in England. Osburga (daughter of Chief Butler of Wessex Oslac) was born about 810 in Wessex, England; died after 876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Some sources show her dying in 955.
She is often confused with St. Osburga who founded Coventry Abbey.

Notes:

Edburgh of the Royal House of Mercia
Eoldorman: an important personage (Shire Officer) who participated in the Witan (Parliament). The title later evolved into Earl.

AEthelred married Eadburga. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reigned 802-839.

In 800 at the decease of King Brithric, Egbert was called by the voice of
his countrymen to assume the Government of Wessex, and he subsequently
succeeded in reducing all the Kingdoms of the Heptarchy under his sway.
His reign, a long and glorious one, is memorable for the great victories
he achieved over the Danes.

See Europaisch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 58.

Egbert married Redburga (Raedburh). Redburga was born about 788 in Wessex, England; died on 4 Feb 839 in Winchester, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to have been sister of King of Franks, who would have been
Charlemagne, but there is little information about her.

Wigmund married Elfleda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]