875 - 924 (49 years)
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Name |
Edward |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
875 |
Kingdom of Wessex, England [5, 7, 9, 10, 14] |
General Information |
Edward was Bretwala, King of Kings. He was also the King of Wessex. [7] |
Military |
From 899 to 902 (Age 24) [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10] |
Alfred died on 26 October 899 and Edward succeeded to the throne, but Æthelwold disputed the succession. He seized the royal estates of Wimborne, symbolically important as the place where his father was buried, and Christchurch, both in Dorset. Edward marched with his army to the nearby Iron Age hillfort at Badbury Rings. Æthelwold declared that he would live or die at Wimborne, but then left in the night and rode to Northumbria, where the Danes accepted him as king.
In 901, Æthelwold came with a fleet to Essex, and the following year he persuaded the East Anglian Danes to invade English Mercia and northern Wessex, where his army looted and then returned home. Edward retaliated by ravaging East Anglia, but when he retreated the men of Kent disobeyed the order to retire, and were intercepted by the Danish army. The two sides met at the Battle of the Holme (perhaps Holme in Huntingdonshire) on 13 December 902. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the Danes "kept the place of slaughter", meaning that they won the battle, but they suffered heavy losses, including Æthelwold and a King Eohric, possibly of the East Anglian Danes. Kentish losses included Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent and father of Edward's third wife, Eadgifu. Æthelwold's death ended the threat to Edward's throne. |
Crowned |
8 Jun 900 (Age 25) |
Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England [4, 8, 10] |
He was crowned. |
Military |
918 (Age 43) [10] |
Edward defeated the Danes in 918, taking East Anglia. He conquered Mercia the same year, and Northumbria in 920. |
Death |
17 Jul 924 |
Farndon, Cheshire, England [2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 14] |
- He died while attempting to put down a rebellion by Mercian and Cambrian dissidents. [4]
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Burial |
— |
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England [4, 5] |
- He was buried in the New Minster, a monastery in Winchester whose construction he had ordered in 901. In 1110, his remains were reinterred at Hyde Abbey, but the grave was disturbed during the construction of a prison in 1788 and his bones were lost. [4]
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Siblings |
5 Siblings |
| 1. Æthelflæd, b. 869, England d. 12 Jun 918, England (Age 49 years) ▻ Æthelred II, Ealdorman of Mercia, m. Between 882 and 887 | | 2. Edmund, b. 870, England d. young, England | | 3. Edward "the Elder", King of England , b. 875, Kingdom of Wessex, England d. 17 Jul 924, Farndon, Cheshire, England (Age 49 years) ▻ Ecgwynn, m. About 893 ; Ælfflæd, m. About 899 ; Eadgifu of Kent, m. 919 | | 4. Ælfthryth, b. About 877, Kingdom of Wessex, England d. 7 Jun 929 (Age 52 years) ▻ Baldwin II "the Bald", Count of Flanders and Artois, m. 884 | | 5. Æthelgeofu, Abbess of Shaftesbury | | 6. Æthelweard, b. 880 d. 922 (Age 42 years) | |
Person ID |
I2844 |
| Roy Line, Boudreau Line |
Last Modified |
21 Apr 2023 |
Family 1 |
Ecgwynn d. 901, England |
Marriage |
About 893 [2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11] |
Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 18 years - She : ??. |
Children |
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Family ID |
F2238 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Nov 2021 |
Family 2 |
Ælfflæd, b. About 878, Kingdom of Wessex, England d. 920, England (Age 42 years) |
Marriage |
About 899 [1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12] |
Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 24 years - She : ~ 21 years. |
Children |
| 1. Ælfweard, King of England d. 1 Aug 924, England |
| 2. Edwin, Sub-King of Kent d. 933, at sea |
| 3. Æthelhild bur. —, Romsey Abbey, Romsey, Hampshire, England |
+ | 4. Eadgifu, b. Abt 904 d. 951 (Age 47 years) |
| 5. Eadfæd |
| 6. Eadhilda |
| 7. Eadgyth d. 26 Jan 946 |
| 8. Ælfgifu |
| 9. Ælfæda d. 963, Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| 10. Æthelfæda, Abbess of Romsey |
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Family ID |
F2237 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
23 Nov 2021 |
Family 3 |
Eadgifu of Kent, b. About 896, Kingdom of Kent d. 25 Aug 968, England (Age 72 years) |
Marriage |
919 |
Berkshire, England [2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13] |
Age at Marriage |
He : ~ 44 years - She : ~ 23 years. |
Children |
| 1. Edmund "the Magnificent", King of England , b. Abt 922 d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England (Age 24 years) |
| 2. Eadred, King of England , b. Abt 924 d. 23 Nov 955, England (Age 31 years) |
| 3. Saint Edburga d. 15 Jun 960, St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England |
| 4. Gregory, Abbot of Einsiedlen |
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Family ID |
F2236 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
24 Nov 2021 |
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Notes |
- Death: Sewell states he died 17 June 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, England. [5]
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Event Map |
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| Birth - 875 - Kingdom of Wessex, England |
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| Child - Æthelstan, King of England - 894 - England |
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| Crowned - 8 Jun 900 - Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England |
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| Marriage - 919 - Berkshire, England |
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| Death - 17 Jul 924 - Farndon, Cheshire, England |
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| Burial - — - Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England |
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Pin Legend |
: Address
: Location
: City/Town
: County/Shire
: State/Province
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Sources |
- [S1488] Barlow, Lundie W. "The Antecedents of Earl Godwine of Wessex" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CXI, January 1957).
- [S1461] Burke, John and John Bernard Burke. The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects , (London: E. Churton, 1848).
- [S2004] Churchill, Winston. The Birth of Britain, (New York: Bantum Books, 1956).
- [S1940] Panton, Kenneth J. Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy, (Lanham, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2011).
- [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).
- [S1941] Soud, David. Kings & Queens of Great Britain, (San Diego, California: Thunder Bay Press, 2017).
- [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).
- [S1682] Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families, (London: Vintage Books, 1989).
- [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).
- [S304] Wikipedia, Edward the Elder.
- [S304] Wikipedia, Ecgwynn.
- [S304] Wikipedia, Ælfflæd (wife of Edward the Elder).
- [S304] Wikipedia, Eadgifu of Kent.
- [S1851] Wolf, Armin. "Who was Agatha, the Ancestress of Scottish and English Kings?", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2011).
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