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Octha, King of Kent

Male - 543


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Octha, King of Kent died in 543.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 512, he was crowned the King of Kent.

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

    Children:
    1. 2. Ermenric, King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point died in 560.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ermenric, King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (1.Octha1) died in 560.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 543, he was crowned the King of Kent.

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

    Children:
    1. 3. Æthelbert I, King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 4. Ricula  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Æthelbert I, King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 560, he was crowned the King of Kent.

    Æthelbert married Berta about 580. Berta (daughter of Cheribert, King of Paris and Ingolberga) was born before 560; died on 601 - 615; was buried in St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, Kent, England (not found). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Eadbald, King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point died on 20 Jan 640.

  2. 4.  Ricula Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Family/Spouse: Sledda, King of Essex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Seaxabeald  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 5.  Eadbald, King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) died on 20 Jan 640.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 616, he was crowned the King of Kent.

    Eadbald married Emma after 618. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Eorconbeorht, King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point died in 664.

  2. 6.  Seaxabeald Descendancy chart to this point (4.Ricula3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

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

    Children:
    1. 8. Sigeferd  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 5

  1. 7.  Eorconbeorht, King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) died in 664.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 640, he was crowned the King of Kent.

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

    Children:
    1. 9. Egbert, King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point died in 673.

  2. 8.  Sigeferd Descendancy chart to this point (6.Seaxabeald4, 4.Ricula3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

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

    Children:
    1. 10. Sæleferd  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 6

  1. 9.  Egbert, King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) died in 673.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 664, he became the King of Kent.

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

    Children:
    1. 11. Eadbert, King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 12. Wihtread, King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point died in 725.

  2. 10.  Sæleferd Descendancy chart to this point (8.Sigeferd5, 6.Seaxabeald4, 4.Ricula3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

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

    Children:
    1. 13. Sigebeald  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 7

  1. 11.  Eadbert, King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 725, he was crowned the King of Kent.

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


  2. 12.  Wihtread, King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) died in 725.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 694, he was crowned the King of Kent.

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

    Children:
    1. 14. Æthelbert II, King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point died in 762.

  3. 13.  Sigebeald Descendancy chart to this point (10.Sæleferd6, 8.Sigeferd5, 6.Seaxabeald4, 4.Ricula3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

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

    Children:
    1. 15. Sigebeorht  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 8

  1. 14.  Æthelbert II, King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) died in 762.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: lifespan

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 725, he was crowned the King of Kent, along with his brothers Eadburht I and Alric.

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

    Children:
    1. 16. Egbert II, King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 17. Eadbeorht Præn  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 18. daughter  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 15.  Sigebeorht Descendancy chart to this point (13.Sigebeald7, 10.Sæleferd6, 8.Sigeferd5, 6.Seaxabeald4, 4.Ricula3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

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

    Children:
    1. 19. Sæleræd, King of Essex  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 9

  1. 16.  Egbert II, King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Notes:

    Name:


  2. 17.  Eadbeorht Præn Descendancy chart to this point (14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

  3. 18.  daughter Descendancy chart to this point (14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Family/Spouse: Eahlmund, Under-King of Kent. Eahlmund (son of Eafa) was born about 758 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 786 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Egbert, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 775 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died on 4 Feb 839 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
    2. 21. Saint Alburga  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 19.  Sæleræd, King of Essex Descendancy chart to this point (15.Sigebeorht8, 13.Sigebeald7, 10.Sæleferd6, 8.Sigeferd5, 6.Seaxabeald4, 4.Ricula3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Notes:

    Name:

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

    Children:
    1. 22. Sigeric  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 649 and 769; died about 798.


Generation: 10

  1. 20.  Egbert, King of England Egbert, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) was born in 775 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died on 4 Feb 839 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death
    • Reign: From 827 to 839; King of England

    Notes:

    Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as "after 19 Nov. 838."

    Name:


    History:
    Egbert's name was also spelt Ecgbeorht.


    In 784, he was crowned the Under King of Kent.

    In 800 at the decline of the power of King Brithric (786 - 802), 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.

    In 802, he was crowned the King of Wessex and reigned until 827.

    In 827, he was crowned the King of all England and reigned until 836.

    Family/Spouse: Rædburh. Rædburh was born about 788. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Æthelwulf, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 806 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died on 13 Jan 858; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
    2. 24. Editha, Abbess of Polesworth  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 25. Athelstan, Sub King of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 21.  Saint Alburga Descendancy chart to this point (18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: lifespan

    Notes:

    History:
    After the death of her husband, she became a nun.

    Family/Spouse: Wulfstan, Ealdorman of Wiltshire . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 22.  Sigeric Descendancy chart to this point (19.Sæleræd9, 15.Sigebeorht8, 13.Sigebeald7, 10.Sæleferd6, 8.Sigeferd5, 6.Seaxabeald4, 4.Ricula3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) was born between 649 and 769; died about 798.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 4 Feb 2022

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

    Children:
    1. 26. Sigeræd, King of Essex  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 11

  1. 23.  Æthelwulf, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (20.Egbert10, 18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) was born about 806 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died on 13 Jan 858; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death
    • Reign: From 839 to 856; King of England

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 839, he visited Rome.

    In 839, he was crowned King of England and reigned until 858.

    On 1 October 856, he abdicated in favor of his son Æthelbald after returning from a lengthy pilgrimage.

    Æthelwulf married Osburh about 830. Osburh (daughter of Oslac, the Royal Cup-Bearer) was born about 810 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died after 876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 27. Æthelbald, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 834 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 860 in Kingdom of Wessex, England.
    2. 28. Judith of Wessex  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 29. Æthelbert, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 836 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 866 in England.
    4. 30. Æthelred I, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 840 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 872 in England.
    5. 31. Alfred "the Great", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; died on 28 Oct 901; was buried in Hyde Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
    6. 32. Æthelswyth  Descendancy chart to this point was buried in Pavia or Ticino, Italy.

    Æthelwulf married Judith of France, Princess of France on 1 Oct 856 in Verberie, Hauts-de-France, France. Judith (daughter of Charles II "the Bald", Holy Roman Emperor and King of France and Ermentrude of Orléans) was born about 846 in France; died after 870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 24.  Editha, Abbess of Polesworth Descendancy chart to this point (20.Egbert10, 18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

  3. 25.  Athelstan, Sub King of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (20.Egbert10, 18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Notes:

    Name:


  4. 26.  Sigeræd, King of Essex Descendancy chart to this point (22.Sigeric10, 19.Sæleræd9, 15.Sigebeorht8, 13.Sigebeald7, 10.Sæleferd6, 8.Sigeferd5, 6.Seaxabeald4, 4.Ricula3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Notes:

    Name:

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

    Children:
    1. 33. Sigeric II, King of Essex  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 12

  1. 27.  Æthelbald, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (23.Æthelwulf11, 20.Egbert10, 18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) was born about 834 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 860 in Kingdom of Wessex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He was crowned King of England in 856.
    • Reign: From 856 to 860; King of England

    Notes:

    Name:

    Æthelbald married Judith of France, Princess of France in 860. Judith (daughter of Charles II "the Bald", Holy Roman Emperor and King of France and Ermentrude of Orléans) was born about 846 in France; died after 870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 28.  Judith of Wessex Descendancy chart to this point (23.Æthelwulf11, 20.Egbert10, 18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

    Family/Spouse: Eticho, Count in the Breisgau and Ammergau. Eticho (son of Welf I, Count in the Argengau and the Linzgau and Heilwig) died about 910 in Ettal Abbey, Ettal, Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 34. Henry, Count of Altdorf, Count in the Ammergau  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 883; died after 934.

  3. 29.  Æthelbert, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (23.Æthelwulf11, 20.Egbert10, 18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) was born about 836 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died in 866 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: lifespan
    • Reign: From 860 to 866; King of England

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 860, he was crowned the King of England.


  4. 30.  Æthelred I, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (23.Æthelwulf11, 20.Egbert10, 18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) was born about 840 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; 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.

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

    Children:
    1. 35. Ealdorman Æthelwold  Descendancy chart to this point died in 902.
    2. 36. Æthelhelm, Ealdorman of Wiltshire  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 859 in England; died in 897 in Wiltshire, England.

  5. 31.  Alfred "the Great", King of England Descendancy chart to this point (23.Æthelwulf11, 20.Egbert10, 18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; died on 28 Oct 901; was buried in Hyde Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Crowned: 871, Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England; In 871, he was crowned King of England in Winchester Cathedral.
    • Reign: From 871 to 899; King of England
    • Military: From 878 to 886; The Danes invaded England and threatened Wessex in 878. After a campaign of guerrilla warfare, Alfred defeated the Danes at Edington in 878. Once his victory had been established, he allowed the Danes to keep their conquests in Mercia and East Anglica provided that their King, Guthrum, converted to Christianity. To keep the coasts safe, he built a navy and used it, and a chain of fortifications, to thwart the Danes in 885 to 886 and 892 to 896. In 886, he captured London, thus gaining control over all of England save for the Dane Law.

    Notes:

    Name:

    Alfred married Ealhswith of Mercia in 868 in England. Ealhswith (daughter of Æthelred Mucil, Earldorman of Gainsborough and Eadburh of Mercia) was born about 852 in Kingdom of Mercia; died in 904 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Æthelflæd  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 869 in England; died on 12 Jun 918 in England.
    2. 38. Edmund  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 870 in England; died in young in England.
    3. 39. Edward "the Elder", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 875 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died on 17 Jul 924 in Farndon, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
    4. 40. Ælfthryth  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 877 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died on 7 Jun 929.
    5. 41. Æthelgeofu, Abbess of Shaftesbury  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 42. Æthelweard  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 880; died in 922.

  6. 32.  Æthelswyth Descendancy chart to this point (23.Æthelwulf11, 20.Egbert10, 18.daughter9, 14.Æthelbert8, 12.Wihtread7, 9.Egbert6, 7.Eorconbeorht5, 5.Eadbald4, 3.Æthelbert3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1) was buried in Pavia or Ticino, Italy.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: lifespan; She became a nun in widowhood.

    Notes:

    Died:
    She died on a pilgrimage to Rome.

    Family/Spouse: Burghræd, King of Mercia . Burghræd died in 874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 33.  Sigeric II, King of Essex Descendancy chart to this point (26.Sigeræd11, 22.Sigeric10, 19.Sæleræd9, 15.Sigebeorht8, 13.Sigebeald7, 10.Sæleferd6, 8.Sigeferd5, 6.Seaxabeald4, 4.Ricula3, 2.Ermenric2, 1.Octha1)

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

    Children:
    1. 43. Prince Sigeræd  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 44. Sæthrth of Essex  Descendancy chart to this point


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