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Ælfred "the Great", King of Wessex

Male 848 - 899  (51 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ælfred "the Great", King of Wessex was born in 848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; died on 26 Oct 899; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England

    Ælfred married Ealhswith in 869. Ealhswith (daughter of Æthelred Mucil and Eadburh) died on 5 Dec 902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ælfthryth of Wessex  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 870; died on 7 Jun 929; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.
    2. 3. Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 871 and 875; died on 17 Jul 924 in Fardon, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ælfthryth of Wessex Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ælfred1) was born about 870; died on 7 Jun 929; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.

    Notes:

    Also called Ælfðryð; Elftrude; Elstrude.

    In 918 she gave Liefasham (Levisham), Kent, to the Abbey of Mont-Blandin in Ghent.

    Ælfthryth married Baldwin II "The Bald" in 884. Baldwin (son of Baldwin I "Iron-Arm" and Judith of France) was born about 864; died in 917; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Adalulf  Descendancy chart to this point died in 933.
    2. 5. Arnulf I "The Great"  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 885; died in 964; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.

  2. 3.  Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ælfred1) was born between 871 and 875; died on 17 Jul 924 in Fardon, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 872
    • Alternate death: 925

    Notes:

    "Eadweard's nickname of 'the Elder' is not contemporary, but was assigned later to distinguish him from the two other Anglo-Saxon kings of that name." [The Henry Project]

    Eadward married Ælfflaed before 901. Ælfflaed (daughter of Æthelhelm) died in 918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Eadgyth  Descendancy chart to this point died on 26 Jan 946; was buried in Monastery of Maritius, Magdeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
    2. 7. Eadgifu of Wessex  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 902; died in 951.

    Eadward married Eadgifu of Kent in 919. Eadgifu (daughter of Sigehelm) died after 966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Eadmund, King of Wessex and Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 922; died on 26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Adalulf Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ælfthryth2, 1.Ælfred1) died in 933.

    Notes:

    Also called Æthelwulf. Count of Boulogne.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Arnulf I  Descendancy chart to this point died in 971.

  2. 5.  Arnulf I "The Great" Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ælfthryth2, 1.Ælfred1) was born about 885; died in 964; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 890
    • Alternate death: 27 Mar 964
    • Alternate death: 27 Mar 965

    Notes:

    Count/Marquess of Flanders 918-965; Count of Artois 932-965; Count of Boulogne and Ternois 933-962; Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin 933-945; Lay-abbot of Saint-Pierre, Ghent 923-941 and 953.

    Also called Arnulf "The Old"; Arnulfus Vetulus; Arnulfus Magnus.

    Arnulf married Adèle de Vermandois in 922. Adèle (daughter of Heribert II and (Unknown daughter of Robert I, King of France)) was born between 910 and 915; died in 958; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Hildegard of Flanders  Descendancy chart to this point died in 990.
    2. 11. Baldwin III  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 940; died in 961; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Bertin, Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France.

  3. 6.  Eadgyth Descendancy chart to this point (3.Eadward2, 1.Ælfred1) died on 26 Jan 946; was buried in Monastery of Maritius, Magdeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.

    Notes:

    "Eadgyth was initially buried at the Monastery of Mauritius in Magdeburg. Her remains may thereafter have been transferred to Magdeburg Cathedral, but it was believed that the 16th-century tomb was most likely a cenotaph. However, recent excavations of the tomb at Magdeburg Cathedral, directed by Professor Harald Meller and Dr Veit Dresely of the Landesmuseum fur Vorgeschichte in Saxony Anhalt, revealed a lead coffin bearing Eadgyth's name and recording the transfer of her remains in 1510. Inside the coffin, lay a female skeleton wrapped in silk, aged between 30 and 40." [Blog of History Today, 20 Jan 2010, describing Eadgyth as "possibly the oldest member of the English royal family whose remains have survived."]

    Eadgyth married Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor in 930. Otto (son of Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany and St. Matilda) was born on 23 Nov 912; died on 7 May 973 in Membleben, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Liudolf  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 930; died on 6 Sep 957; was buried in St. Albans Abbey, Mainz, Hessen, Germany.
    2. 13. Luitgarde  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 931; died on 18 Nov 953.

  4. 7.  Eadgifu of Wessex Descendancy chart to this point (3.Eadward2, 1.Ælfred1) was born in 902; died in 951.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Aft 955

    Notes:

    Also called Ottogeba; Ogiva.

    Eadgifu married Charles III "The Straightforward", King of Western Francia in 918. Charles (son of Louis II "The Stammerer", King of France and Adélaïde of Paris) was born on 17 Sep 879; died on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Louis IV, King of Western Francia  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 919; died on 10 Sep 954 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

    Eadgifu married Heribert "The Old" in 951. Heribert (son of Heribert II and (Unknown daughter of Robert I, King of France)) died between 980 and 984. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 8.  Eadmund, King of Wessex and Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (3.Eadward2, 1.Ælfred1) was born about 922; died on 26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.

    Family/Spouse: St. Alfgifu of Shaftesbury, Queen Consort of England. Alfgifu (daughter of Wynflaed) died about 944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Eadwig, King of the English  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1 Oct 959 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.
    2. 16. Eadgar, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 943; died on 8 Jul 975; was buried in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.

    Family/Spouse: Ætheflæd of Damerham, Queen Consort of England. Ætheflæd died between 975 and 991. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Arnulf I Descendancy chart to this point (4.Adalulf3, 2.Ælfthryth2, 1.Ælfred1) died in 971.

    Notes:

    Count of Boulogne.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Arnulf II  Descendancy chart to this point died about 990.

  2. 10.  Hildegard of Flanders Descendancy chart to this point (5.Arnulf3, 2.Ælfthryth2, 1.Ælfred1) died in 990.

    Family/Spouse: Dirk II. Dirk (son of Dirk I and Geva) died on 6 May 988. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Arnulf of Ghent  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 951 in Ghent, Flanders; died on 18 Sep 993 in Winkel, West Friesland.

  3. 11.  Baldwin III Descendancy chart to this point (5.Arnulf3, 2.Ælfthryth2, 1.Ælfred1) was born about 940; died in 961; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Bertin, Saint-Omer, Pas-de-Calais, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 1 Jan 962

    Notes:

    Joint Count of Flanders; Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin.

    Baldwin married Mathilde of Saxony in 961. Mathilde (daughter of Hermann and Oda) died on 25 May 1009. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Arnulf II "The Young"  Descendancy chart to this point died on 30 Mar 987; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.

  4. 12.  Liudolf Descendancy chart to this point (6.Eadgyth3, 3.Eadward2, 1.Ælfred1) was born in 930; died on 6 Sep 957; was buried in St. Albans Abbey, Mainz, Hessen, Germany.

    Notes:

    Duke of Swabia.

    Liudolf married Ida of Swabia in 948. Ida (daughter of Hermann I and Regilinde of Zurich) died on 17 May 986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Reginlint  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 13.  Luitgarde Descendancy chart to this point (6.Eadgyth3, 3.Eadward2, 1.Ælfred1) was born about 931; died on 18 Nov 953.

    Luitgarde married Conrad the Red in 947. Conrad (son of Werner V and Hicha of Swabia) died on 10 Aug 955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Otto of Worms  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 947; died on 4 Nov 1004.

  6. 14.  Louis IV, King of Western Francia Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eadgifu3, 3.Eadward2, 1.Ælfred1) was born in 919; died on 10 Sep 954 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 10 Sep 920

    Notes:

    Called "d'Outre-Mer"; "Transmarinus" (i.e.,"from overseas").

    Died of a fall from a horse, according to Ancestral Roots, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and French-language Wikipedia. Some sources, including English-language Wikipedia, say 30 Sep, but 10 Sep seems more common.

    Louis married Gerberga of Saxony in 939. Gerberga (daughter of Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany and St. Matilda) was born between 913 and 914; died on 5 May 969; was buried in Saint-Rémy de Reims. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Matilda of the West Franks  Descendancy chart to this point died about 981.
    2. 23. Lothair, King of Western Francia  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 941; died on 2 Mar 986 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France.
    3. 24. Charles of Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 953; died in 991.

  7. 15.  Eadwig, King of the English Descendancy chart to this point (8.Eadmund3, 3.Eadward2, 1.Ælfred1) died on 1 Oct 959 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Ælfgifu, Queen Consort of England. Ælfgifu was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 16.  Eadgar, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (8.Eadmund3, 3.Eadward2, 1.Ælfred1) was born about 943; died on 8 Jul 975; was buried in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.

    Family/Spouse: Ælfthryth, Queen Consort of England. Ælfthryth (daughter of Ordgar) died between 999 and 1002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Æthelred II "Unræd", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 968; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, England; was buried in St. Paul's, London, England.


 

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