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Ealdorman Ælfstan

Male - 946


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Ealdorman Ælfstan (son of Æthelfrith, Ealdoman of Wessex and Mercia); died before 946 in England.

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

    Notes:

    Married:
    Issue:
    1. Ælfsige, Bishop of Winchester (____-958)
    2. daughter


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Æthelfrith, Ealdoman of Wessex and Mercia (son of Æthelhelm, Ealdorman of Wiltshire and Æthelgyth of Mercia).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He held Risborough, Farnborough, and Wrington.

    Children:
    1. Æthelwold, Ealdorman of Wiltshire died about 947.
    2. Eadric, Ealdoman of Wessex died about 949.
    3. Æthelstan "Half-King", Ealdorman of East Anglia
    4. 1. Ealdorman Ælfstan died before 946 in England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Æthelhelm, Ealdorman of Wiltshire was born about 859 in England (son of Æthelred I, King of England and Wulfthryth); died in 897 in Wiltshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He held Compton and Crondool, probably receiving them from King Alfred. He also held Aldingbourn. In 887, he took the alms of the king and the West Saxons to Rome. He was one of the three military leaders who defeated the Danes at Buttington in 894.

    Æthelhelm married Æthelgyth of Mercia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Æthelgyth of Mercia (daughter of Æthelwulf, Ealdoman of Mercia).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: She was the heiress of Risborough, which later was granted to Æthelfryth by King Edward in 903, as its charter was destroyed by fire.

    Children:
    1. 2. Æthelfrith, Ealdoman of Wessex and Mercia
    2. Eadric, Thegn
    3. Ælfflæd was born about 878 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 920 in England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Æthelred I, King of England was born about 840 in Kingdom of Wessex, England (son of Æthelwulf, King of England and Osburh); died in 872 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: lifespan
    • Reign: From 866 to 872; King of England

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 866, he was crowned the King of England.

    Æthelred married Wulfthryth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Wulfthryth
    Children:
    1. Ealdorman Æthelwold died in 902.
    2. 4. Æthelhelm, Ealdorman of Wiltshire was born about 859 in England; died in 897 in Wiltshire, England.

  3. 10.  Æthelwulf, Ealdoman of Mercia (son of Æthelred Mucil, Earldorman of Gainsborough and Eadburh of Mercia); died in 903.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: lifespan

    Notes:

    History:
    He held Risborough.

    Died:
    This is a probable date.

    Children:
    1. 5. Æthelgyth of Mercia