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Edgar "The Peaceful" Wessex, King of England

Edgar "The Peaceful" Wessex, King of England

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  1. 1.  Edgar "The Peaceful" Wessex, King of England was born on 7 Aug 943 (son of Edmund "The Magnificient" Wessex, King of England and Ælfgifu, Queen of England); died on 8 Jul 975 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire, England.

    Edgar married Ælfthryth, Queen of England on 14 Sep 964 in England. Ælfthryth (daughter of Ordgar Ealdorman, Earl of Devon and Wulfrith) was born in 945 in Lydford, Devonshire, England; died on 17 Nov 1000 in Wherwell, Hampshire, England; was buried on 17 Nov 1000 in Wherwell Abbey, Wherwell, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Edmund Wessex, Prince of England was born about 967; died in 972.
    2. Æthelred "The UnReady" Wessex, II King of England was born in 968 in England; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried on 23 Apr 1016 in Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, Middlesex, England.

    Family/Spouse: Wulfthryth. Wulfthryth was born in 943; died in 963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Eadgyth Wessex was born in 961 in Kemsing, Kent, England; died on 15 Sep 984 in Wilton Abbey, Wilton, Wiltshire, England.
    2. Edward "The Martyr" Wessex, King of the English was born in 962; died on 18 Mar 978 in Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, England; was buried in Wareham, Dorsetshire, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edmund "The Magnificient" Wessex, King of England was born in 939 in England (son of Edward "The Elder" Wessex, I, King of England and Eadgifu); died on 26 May 946 in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England; was buried in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.

    Edmund married Ælfgifu, Queen of England in 942 in Essex, England. Ælfgifu (daughter of Wynflaed) was born about 922 in England; died in 944 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Ælfgifu, Queen of England was born about 922 in England (daughter of Wynflaed); died in 944 in England.
    Children:
    1. Eadwig "The Fair", King of England was born about 940 in England; died on 1 Oct 959 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England.
    2. 1. Edgar "The Peaceful" Wessex, King of England was born on 7 Aug 943; died on 8 Jul 975 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somersetshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Edward "The Elder" Wessex, I, King of England was born about 875 in Wantage, Berkshire, England (son of Ælfrǣd "Alfred the Great" Wessex, King of the Anglo-Saxons and Ealhswith); died on 17 Jul 924 in Farndon, Cheshire, England; was buried in New Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Edward married Eadgifu in 919 in England. Eadgifu (daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent and Mrs Sigehelm) was born about 903 in Kent, England; died in 966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Eadgifu was born about 903 in Kent, England (daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent and Mrs Sigehelm); died in 966.
    Children:
    1. Edburh Wessex was born about 918 in Sussex, England; died on 15 Jun 960.
    2. Eadgyth Wessex was born about 919 in England; died on 15 Jul 930 in England.
    3. Eadred Wessex, King of England was born in 923 in Sussex, England; died on 23 Nov 955 in Frome, Somersetshire, England.
    4. Eadgifu Wessex was born in 927 in England.
    5. 2. Edmund "The Magnificient" Wessex, King of England was born in 939 in England; died on 26 May 946 in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England; was buried in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.

  3. 7.  Wynflaed was born about 876 in Kent, England.
    Children:
    1. 3. Ælfgifu, Queen of England was born about 922 in England; died in 944 in England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Ælfrǣd "Alfred the Great" Wessex, King of the Anglo-Saxons was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England (son of Æthelwulf Wessex, King of Wessex and Osburh, Queen of Wessex); died on 26 Oct 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Hyde Abbey, Hampshire, England.

    Ælfrǣd married Ealhswith in 868. Ealhswith (daughter of Æthelred Mucil, Ealdorman of the Gaini and Eadburh Fadburn) was born about 852 in Mercia; died on 5 Dec 905 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in New Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ealhswith was born about 852 in Mercia (daughter of Æthelred Mucil, Ealdorman of the Gaini and Eadburh Fadburn); died on 5 Dec 905 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in New Winchester, Hampshire, England.
    Children:
    1. Æthelflæd Wessex, Princess was born about 870 in England; died on 12 Jun 918 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Saint Oswald's Priory, Gloucester, Gloucester, England.
    2. 4. Edward "The Elder" Wessex, I, King of England was born about 875 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; died on 17 Jul 924 in Farndon, Cheshire, England; was buried in New Winchester, Hampshire, England.
    3. Æthelgifu Wessex was born about 877 in Wessex; died on 7 Jun 929 in Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België; was buried in Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België.
    4. Ælfthryth Wessex, Countess of Flanders was born about 877 in England; died on 7 Jun 929 in Flanders, België; was buried in Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, België.
    5. Æthelweard Wessex was born about 880 in England; died on 16 Oct 922.

  3. 10.  Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent was born about 871 in Kent, England; died on 12 Dec 902 in Holme, Wessex.

    Sigehelm married Mrs Sigehelm in 895 in England. was born about 876 in Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Mrs Sigehelm was born about 876 in Kent, England.
    Children:
    1. 5. Eadgifu was born about 903 in Kent, England; died in 966.



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