The Genealogy of the House Wessex
The
family tree of the Kings of Wessex, the Anglo-Saxons, and the English
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The story of one family’s journey through two
thousand years of British History |
The 83 family lines into which the family is divided.
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Members of the historical family ordered by date of
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Egbert or Ecgberht King of Wessex 802 to 839 CE and also King of Kent
from 825 CE |
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Died 13 January 858 CE King of Wessex 839 to 858 CE Married Osburgh Married Judith of Flanders in 856 CE |
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Æthelstan Died c 852 CE King of Kent 839 to 851 CE |
Æthelswith c 838 to 888 CE Queen of Mercia Married King Bungred of
Mercia in 853 CE |
Æthelbald Died 860 CE King of Wessex 858 to 860 CE Son of Osburgh Married Judith of Flanders in 858 CE |
Æthelberht Died 865 CE King of Wessex 860 to 865 CE |
Æthelred I 845 to 871 CE King of Wessex 865 to 871 CE Married Wulfthryth |
Alfred the Great King of the West Saxons 871 to c 886 King of the Anglo-Saxons c 886 to 26 October 899 CE |
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Æthelhelm |
Æthelwold c 848 to 902 CE |
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c 870 to 12 June 918 Lady of the Mercians Married Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians |
Edward the Elder c 875 to 17 July 924 CE King of the Anglo-Saxons 26 October 899 to 17 July
924 He was known as Edward the Elder to distinguish him
from Edward the marty, but was only 21 when took
the throne Married Ecgwynn, Ælfflæd
and then Eadgifu |
Æthelgifu Abbess of Shaftesbury |
Ælfthryth Countess of Flanders |
Æthelweard |
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With Ecgwynn c 894 to 27 October 939 King of the Anglo Saxons 924 to 927 CE King of the English 927 to 939 CE After the meeting at Eamont Bridge near Penrith on
27 July 927 CE Æthelstan was king of the English, reflecting his conquest
of the Scandinavian kingdom of York, establishing direct rule over York Æthelstan is widely considered one of the greatest
Anglo-Saxon kings for his efforts to consolidate the English kingdom and the
prosperity his reign brought. His reign was prosperous and legal and economic
reform, but there were frequent clashes with the Scots and the Scandinavian
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With Ælfflæd
Possibly Edith of Polesworth Queen of York |
With Ælfflæd Eldest son Edwin Eadgifu, Queen
of the West Franks Eadhild,
Duchess of the Franks Eadgyth, Queen
of the East Franks |
With Eadgifu Edmund I c 920 to 26 May 946 CE King of the English 939 to 946 CE Married Ælfgifu and Æthelflæd |
With Eadgifu Eadred c 923 to 23 November 955 King of the English 946 to 955 CE |
With Eadgifu Saint Eadburh of Winchester c 921 to 15 June 951 or 953 |
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Eadwig c 940 to 1 October 959 (aged 19) King of the English 955 to 959 CE |
Edgar c 943 CE to 8 July 975 CE (aged 31) King of the English 959 to 975 CE Married Æthelflæd,
Wulfthryth and Ælfthryth |
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With Æthelflæd Edward
the Martyr c 962 to 18 March 978 (aged
16) King of the English 975 to
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With Wulfthryth Saint
Edith of Wilton c 961 to c 984 |
Edmund |
With Ælfthryth Æthelred II the Unready c 966 to 23 April 1016 King of the English 978 to
1013 Emma of Normandy |
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By Ælfgifu Æthelstan Ætheling c 980s to 25 June 1014 |
By Ælfgifu Edmund Ironside (Edmund II) c 990 to 30 November 1016 King of the English 23 April to 30 November 1016 Married Ealdgyth |
By Ælfgifu Eadred Ætheling Died 1012 |
By Ælfgifu Eadwig Ætheling Died 1017 |
By Emma of Normandy Edward the Confessor c 1003 to 5 January 1066 King of the English 8 June 1042 to 5 January 1066 Married Edith of Wessex |
By Emma of Normandy Alfred Ætheling c 1012 to 1036 |
By Emma of Normandy Godgifu c 1004 to c 1049 or 1056 Countess of the Vexin and
Boulogne |
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Edward the Exile c 1016 to 19 April 1057 Edgar Ætheling |
Edmund 1016 to before 1054 |
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