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Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent

Male - 902


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent died on 3 Dec 902.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He was killed in the Battle of Holme.

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

    Children:
    1. 2. Eadgifu of Kent  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 896 in Kingdom of Kent; died on 25 Aug 968 in England; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eadgifu of KentEadgifu of Kent Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sigehelm1) was born about 896 in Kingdom of Kent; died on 25 Aug 968 in England; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 2 May 2021

    Notes:

    Death: Weis (1982) and Mommaerts-Browne (2005) give her death date as 961.

    Name:


    Her name was also spelt Edgiva.

    Eadgifu married Edward "the Elder", King of England in 919 in Berkshire, England. Edward (son of Alfred "the Great", King of England and Ealhswith of Mercia) 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Edmund "the Magnificent", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 922; died on 26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire, England.
    2. 4. Eadred, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 924; died on 23 Nov 955 in England.
    3. 5. Saint Edburga  Descendancy chart to this point died on 15 Jun 960 in St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
    4. 6. Gregory, Abbot of Einsiedlen  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Edmund "the Magnificent", King of England Descendancy chart to this point (2.Eadgifu2, 1.Sigehelm1) was born about 922; died on 26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: From 939 to 946; King of England

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 940, he became the King of England.

    Edmund defeated two Norse kings in Northumbria and also defeated the Britons in Strathclyde who had been supporting the Norsemen. He then gave Strathclyde to King Malcolm I of Scotland in return for a treaty of alliance. This ensured a half century of peace between Scotland and Saxon England.

    Died:
    He was murdered by an outlaw named Leolf who stabbed him to death at a banquet to St.Augustin.

    Family/Spouse: Saint Ælfgifu. Ælfgifu died in 944 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Ædwig "the Fair", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 942 in England; died on 1 Oct 959 in England.
    2. 8. daughter  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 9. Edgar "the Peaceful", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 943 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died on 8 Jul 975 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Somersetshire, England.

    Family/Spouse: Æthelfæd of Domerham. Æthelfæd died after 975. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 4.  Eadred, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (2.Eadgifu2, 1.Sigehelm1) was born about 924; died on 23 Nov 955 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: From 946 to 955; King of England
    • History: birth - 955

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 946, he was crowned the King of England.


  3. 5.  Saint Edburga Descendancy chart to this point (2.Eadgifu2, 1.Sigehelm1) died on 15 Jun 960 in St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Notes:

    Name:


    She was a nun at St. Mary's Abbey, also known as the Nunnaminster.


  4. 6.  Gregory, Abbot of Einsiedlen Descendancy chart to this point (2.Eadgifu2, 1.Sigehelm1)

    Notes:

    Parentage: He may have been an illegitimate son of King Edward by another mother.



Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Ædwig "the Fair", King of England Descendancy chart to this point (3.Edmund3, 2.Eadgifu2, 1.Sigehelm1) was born about 942 in England; died on 1 Oct 959 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: In 955, he was crowned King of England. He was only about 14 or 15 when he came to the throne, and a choice scandal soon developed. Ædwig left the coronation celebration with Æthelgifu and her daughter Ælfgifu for a private celebration in a bedroom. Both mother and daughter were trying to entice the teenage king into marriage. Abbot Dunstan and Bishop Cynesige found Ædwig "with his crown thrown aside, in the company of the two ladies." After a violent scene, Abbot Dunstan hauled Ædwig, crowned, back to the official feast. Æthelgifu, who was behind the seduction, never forgave Abbot Dunstan and was largely responsible for depriving him of his property and compelling him to leave the country. Ædwig married to Ælfgifu and her mother Æthelgifu appears to have stayed on as a mistress. Everyone was duly shocked and appalled.
    • Married: Ælfgifu, the daughter of Æthelgif.
    • Reign: From 955 to 959; King of England

    Notes:

    Name:


  2. 8.  daughter Descendancy chart to this point (3.Edmund3, 2.Eadgifu2, 1.Sigehelm1)

  3. 9.  Edgar "the Peaceful", King of England Descendancy chart to this point (3.Edmund3, 2.Eadgifu2, 1.Sigehelm1) was born in 943 in Kingdom of Wessex, England; died on 8 Jul 975 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Somersetshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reign: From 959 to 975; King of England

    Notes:

    Name:


    History:
    In 959, he became the King of England. [see picture below]

    Edgar allowed his Danish subjects to retain Danish laws, he promoted a monastic revival and he encouraged trade by reforming the currency. He improved defense by organizing coastal naval patrols and a system for manning warships.

    He had a liaison with St. Wulfryth, Abbess of Wilton (circa 945 - 1000) from which they had a daughter, St. Eadgyth, Abbess of Barking, (962 - 984)

    Edgar married Æthelfæda the Fair in 961 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Saint Edward "the Martyr", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 962/63; died on 18 Mar 978 in Corfe Castle, Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, England; was buried in Wareham Priory, Dorsetshire, England.

    Edgar married Ælfthryth in 965 in England. Ælfthryth (daughter of Ordgar, Earldorman of Devonshire and Wulfrith) was born in 945 in Devonshire, England; died about 1000 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Edmund  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 965 in England; died in 970 in England.
    2. 12. Æthelred II "the Unrede", King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 968 in England; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, England; was buried in St.Paul's Cathedral, London, England.

    Family/Spouse: Saint Wulfryth, Abbess of Wilton . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Saint Eadgyth, Abbess of Barking  Descendancy chart to this point


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