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| 1. | Ælfgifu, Queen of England was born in 968 in England (daughter of Thored Ealderman Gunnarsson and Mrs Gunnarsson); died in 1002 in England. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: LCT8-QVQ
- Initiatory (LDS): 12 Dec 1935
Ælfgifu married Æthelred "The UnReady" Wessex, II King of England in 985 in England. Æthelred (son of Edgar "The Peaceful" Wessex, King of England and Ælfthryth, Queen 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Æthelstan Ætheling was born about 986 in Sussex, England; died on 25 Jun 1014 in England; was buried in Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England.
- Egbert Ætheling was born about 987 in Sussex, England; died in 1005 in England.
- Edmund "Ironside" Wessex, II King of England was born in 990 in England; died on 30 Nov 1016 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.
- Eadred Ætheling was born about 990 in England; died in 1012.
- Eadwig Ætheling was born about 991 in Sussex, England; died in 1017 in England.
- Edith, Lady of the Mercians was born about 995 in Sussex, England.
- Edgar Ætheling was born about 996 in England; died in 1012.
- Ælfgifu, Lady of Northumbria was born in 997 in England.
- Wulfhilda, Lady of East Anglia was born about 998 in England.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Thored Ealderman Gunnarsson was born about 938 in Wessex (son of Gunnor and Mrs Gunnor); died about 985 in York, Northumbria. Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: LYXW-BQK
- Initiatory (LDS): 9 Mar 1955, SLAKE
Notes:
Thored was a 10th-century ealdorman of York, ruler of the southern hal f o f the old Kingdom of Northumbria on behalf of the king of England. Be liev ed to have been born about 938, he was the son of either Gunnar or O slac , both northern ealdormen. If he was the former, he may have attaine d adu lthood by the 960s, when a man of his name raided Westmorland. Othe r pote ntial appearances in the records are likewise uncertain until 979 , the po int from which Thored's period as ealdorman can be accurately da ted .
Thored appears to have been of at least partially Scandinavian origin, s u ggested by the title applied to him in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entr y fo r 992. Here, the ealdorman of Hampshire is called by the English tit le "e aldorman", while Thored himself is styled by the Scandinavian wor d eorl ( i.e. Earl).
Two accounts of Thored's origins have been offered by modern historian s . The first is that he was a son of Oslac, ealdorman of York from 966 u nt il his exile in 975. This argument is partly based on the assertion b y th e Historia Eliensis, that Oslac had a son named Thorth (i.e. "Thored "). T he other suggestion, favoured by most historians, is that he was th e so n of a man named Gunnar. This Gunnar is known to have held land in t he Ea st and North Ridings of Yorkshire.
Although historians differ in their opinions about his relationship, i f a ny, to Kings Edgar the Peaceable and Edward the Martyr, it is general ly t hought that he enjoyed a good relationship with King Æthelred II. Hi s dau ghter Ælfgifu married Æthelred. Thored was ealdorman in Northumbri a for m uch of Æthelred's reign, disappearing from the sources in 992 aft er bein g appointed by Æthelred to lead an expedition against the Viking s .
"Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy" by Alison Weir, ident i fies the wife of Thored and mother of his children as Hilda. In additi o n to Ælfgifu, they also had a son:
- Ælfgifu (c. 963-1002), the first wife of King Æthelred II 'the Unready ' , King of England.
- Æthelstan of Ringmere (died 1010)
Thored's exact date of death is not known, only that he was last record e d in 992. His disappearance from records after that is regarded to be b ec ause of his death, likely in the Viking expedition he had been appoint e d to lead.
Thored married Mrs Gunnarsson in 967 in Wessex. was born about 948 in England; died about 993. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Mrs Gunnarsson was born about 948 in England; died about 993. Other Events and Attributes:
- Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED
- FamilySearch ID: GV7R-DW7
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Generation: 3
| 5. | Mrs Gunnor was born in 908 in England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Initiatory (LDS): COMPLETED
- FamilySearch ID: GD8Q-JLL
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Generation: 4
| 9. | Hlif Torf- Einarsson was born in 880 in Kongeriket Norge (daughter of Einer Rognvaldsson). Other Events and Attributes:
- FamilySearch ID: L7GB-CH9
- Initiatory (LDS): 17 Dec 1954, SLAKE
Children:
- 4. Gunnor was born about 908 in England; died in 979 in England.
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