, Edward “The Elder”

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Edward "The Elder"
b:
d: 924

Biography

Well-trained by Alfred, his son Edward ''the Elder'' (reigned 899-924) wasa bold soldier who defeated the Danes in Northumbria at Tettenhall in 910and was acknowledged by the Viking kingdom of York. The kings ofStrathclyde and the Scots submitted to Edward in 921. By military successand patient planning, Edward spread English influence and control. Muchof this was due to his alliance with his formidable sister Aethelflaed,who was married to the ruler of Mercia and seems to have governed thatkingdom after her husband''s death. Edward was able to establish anadministration for the kingdom of England, whilst obtaining theallegiance of Danes, Scots and Britons. Edward died in 924, and he wasburied in the New Minster which he had had completed at Winchester.Edward was twice married, but it is possible that his eldest sonAthelstan was the son of a mistress. [Royal]

Facts

924 - Death -
From 899 to 924 - Reign -

Ancestors

						Ethelwulf - 856

			Alfred "The Great" 849 - 899

						Osburga -

Edward "The Elder" - 924

						?

			Ealhswith - 905

						?

Family Group Sheet - Child

PARENT (M) Alfred "The Great"
	Birth	849	Wantage, Berkshire, England
	Death	899
	Marriage		to Ealhswith
	Father	Ethelwulf
	Mother	Osburga
PARENT (F) Ealhswith
	Birth
	Death	905
	Marriage		to Alfred "The Great"
	Father	?
	Mother	?
CHILDREN
M	Edward "The Elder"
	Birth
	Death	924
	Marriage		to Elfleda
	Marriage		to Eogwyn
	Marriage		to Edgiva
F	Elfrida
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Baldwin II

Family Group Sheet - Spouse

PARENT (M) Edward "The Elder"
	Birth
	Death	924
	Marriage		to Elfleda
	Marriage		to Eogwyn
	Marriage		to Edgiva
	Father	Alfred "The Great"
	Mother	Ealhswith
PARENT (F) Elfleda
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Edward "The Elder"
	Father	?
	Mother	?
CHILDREN
F	Eadgyth
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
F	Eadgifu of Wessex
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Charles III "The Simple"
F	Eadhild
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Hugh the Great

Family Group Sheet - Spouse

PARENT (M) Edward "The Elder"
	Birth
	Death	924
	Marriage		to Elfleda
	Marriage		to Eogwyn
	Marriage		to Edgiva
	Father	Alfred "The Great"
	Mother	Ealhswith
PARENT (F) Eogwyn
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Edward "The Elder"
	Father	?
	Mother	?
CHILDREN

Family Group Sheet - Spouse

PARENT (M) Edward "The Elder"
	Birth
	Death	924
	Marriage		to Elfleda
	Marriage		to Eogwyn
	Marriage		to Edgiva
	Father	Alfred "The Great"
	Mother	Ealhswith
PARENT (F) Edgiva
	Birth
	Death
	Marriage		to Edward "The Elder"
	Father	Sigehelm
	Mother	?
CHILDREN
M	Edmund I
	Birth	ABT 921
	Death	946
	Marriage		to Elgiva

Evidence

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Descendancy Chart

1 Edward "The Elder" d: 924

+ Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor

2 Eadgifu of Wessex

+ Charles III "The Simple" b: 17 SEP 879

3 Louis IV of France

+ Gerberga of Saxony

4 Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine

5 Gerberga of Lower Lorraine

+ Lambert I, Count of Louvain

6 Maud de Leuven

+ Eustace I, Count of Boulogne

7 Lambert II, Count of Lens d: 1054

+ Adelaide of Normandy b: ABT 1030 d: BEF 1090

8 Judith of Lens

+ Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria

9 Maud, Countess of Huntingdon

+ Simon I de Senlis, Earl of Huntingdon-Northampton

10 Matilda of St Liz

+ Saer de Quincy

+ Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim

10 Henry of Scotland b: 1114 d: 1152

+ Ada de Warenne b: ABT 1120 d: 1178

7 Eustace II, Count of Boulogne

+ Ida of Lorraine

8 Eustace III, Count of Boulogne

+ Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne

9 Matilda of Boulogne

+ Stephen of Blois

10 Marie I, Countess of Boulogne

+ Matthew of Alsace

+ Goda of England

6 Lambert II, Count of Louvain

+ Uda of Verdun

7 Henry II, Count of Louvain

+ Adèle of Orthen

8 Godfrey I, Count of Louvain

9 Godfrey II, Count of Louvain

+ Luitgarde of Sulzbach

10 Godfrey III, Count of Louvain

+ Marguerite of Limbourg

9 Adeliza of Louvain b: ABT 1103 d: 23 APR 1151

+ Henry I of England d: 1 DEC 1135

+ Clementia of Burgundy

8 Henry III, Count of Louvain

+ Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine

9 Adelaide of Leuven d: 1158

+ Simon I, Duke of Lorraine

10 Agatha of Lorraine d: 1147

+ Renaud III, Count of Burgundy

8 Ida of Louvain

+ Baldwin II of Hainaut

9 Baldwin III of Hainaut

+ Yolande de Wassenberg

10 Baldwin IV of Hainaut

+ Alice of Namur

+ Albert I, Count of Namur d: ABT 1101

6 Albert II, Count of Namur d: 1063/1064

+ Regelinde of Verdun

7 Hedwige of Namur

+ Gérard, Duke of Lorraine

8 Beatrix of Lorraine

+ Stephen I, Count of Burgundy

9 Renaud III, Count of Burgundy

+ Agatha of Lorraine d: 1147

10 Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy

+ Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

8 Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine

+ Gertrude of Flanders, Duchess of Lorraine

9 Thierry, Count of Flanders

+ Swanhilde d: 1132

10 Laurette of Flanders d: 1175

+ Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg

+ Henry II, Duke of Limburg

+ Sibylla of Anjou

10 Matthew of Alsace

+ Marie I, Countess of Boulogne

10 Margaret I, Countess of Flanders

+ Baldwin V of Hainaut

+ Hedwige of Formbach

9 Petronilla (Gertrude) of Lorraine

+ Floris II, Count of Holland

10 Dirk VI, Count of Holland

+ Sophia of Rheineck

9 Simon I, Duke of Lorraine

+ Adelaide of Leuven d: 1158

10 Agatha of Lorraine d: 1147

+ Renaud III, Count of Burgundy

7 Albert III, Count of Namur b: 1048 d: 1102

+ Isa of Saxony

8 Henry I of la Roche b: ABT 1100 d: 1126

+ Matilda of Limburg

9 Matilda de la Roche

+ Thierry de Walcourt

+ Nicholas d''Oisy, Lord of Avesnes b: ABT 1130 d: ABT 1170

10 James of Avesnes

+ Adela d: 1185

8 Godfrey I of Namur

+ Ermesinde of Luxembourg

9 Henry IV, Count of Luxembourg

+ Laurette of Flanders d: 1175

+ Agnes of Guelders

10 Ermesinde, Countess of Luxembourg

+ Theobald I, Count of Bar

+ Waleran III, Duke of Limburg

9 Alice of Namur

+ Baldwin IV of Hainaut

10 Baldwin V of Hainaut

+ Margaret I, Countess of Flanders

4 Matilda of France

+ Conrad I of Burgundy

5 Gerberga of Burgundy

+ Herman II, Duke of Swabia

6 Gisela of Swabia

+ Ernest I, Duke of Swabia d: March 31 or May 31, 1015

7 Herman IV, Duke of Swabia b: ABT 1015 d: JUL 1038

+ Adelaide of Susa b: 1014/1020 d: 19 DEC 1091

+ Brun I, Count of Brunswick

+ Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor

7 Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor

+ Agnes of Poitou b: ABT 1025 d: 14 DEC 1077

8 Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

+ Bertha of Savoy

9 Agnes of Germany b: 1072/1073 d: 24 SEP 1143

+ Frederick I, Duke of Swabia

10 Heilika of Swabia

+ Frederick III of Pettendorf

10 Bertha of Hohenstaufen

10 Frederick II, Duke of Swabia

+ Agnes of Saarbrücken

+ Judith of Bavaria, Duchess of Swabia

+ Leopold III, Margrave of Austria

10 Agnes of Babenberg b: 1108/1113 d: 24/25 JAN 1163

+ Władysław II the Exile

8 Matilda of Swabia b: OCT 1048 d: 12 MAY 1060

+ Rudolf of Rheinfelden d: 1080

6 Matilda of Swabia

+ Frederick II, Duke of Upper Lorraine

7 Sophie, Countess of Bar

+ Louis, Count of Montbéliard

8 Theodoric I, Count of Montbéliard

+ Ermentrude of Bourgogne

9 Reginald I, Count of Bar

+ Giselle of Vaudémont

10 Reginald II, Count of Bar

+ Agnès of Champagne d: 1207

+ Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia

5 Bertha of Burgundy

+ Odo I, Count of Blois

6 Odo II, Count of Blois

+ Ermengarde of Auvergne

7 Theobald III, Count of Blois

6 Agnes de Blois

+ Geoffrey II of Thouars

7 Aimery IV of Thouars

+ Aurengarde de Mauleon

8 Aleanor de Thouars

+ Boson II de Châtellerault

9 Aimery I, Viscount of Châtellerault b: ABT 1075 d: 7 NOV 1151

+ Dangereuse de L'' Isle Bouchard

10 Aenor de Châtellerault b: ABT 1103 d: MAR 1130

+ William X, Duke of Aquitaine

8 Hildegarde de Thouars

+ Hugh VI of Lusignan

9 Hugh VII of Lusignan

+ Saracena de Lezay

10 Hugh VIII of Lusignan

+ Burgondie de Rancon

+ Hugh the Great

2 Edmund I b: ABT 921 d: 946

3 Edgar "The Peaceable" d: 8 JUL 975

4 Ethelred "The Unready" II b: ABT 972 d: 1016

5 Edmund II d: NOV 1016

6 Edward The Excile

+ Agatha b: BEF 1030 d: AFT 1070

7 Margaret Of Scotland b: ABT 1045 d: 16 NOV 1093

+ Máel Coluim mac Donnchada b: ABT 1031 d: 13 NOV 1093

8 Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim

+ Maud, Countess of Huntingdon

9 Henry of Scotland b: 1114 d: 1152

+ Ada de Warenne b: ABT 1120 d: 1178

10 Ada b: ABT 1146 d: AFT 1206

+ Floris III, Count of Holland

10 Margaret of Huntingdon, Duchess of Brittany

+ Humphrey III de Bohun

+ Conan IV, Duke of Brittany

8 Mary of Scotland, Countess of Boulogne

+ Eustace III, Count of Boulogne

9 Matilda of Boulogne

+ Stephen of Blois

10 Marie I, Countess of Boulogne

+ Matthew of Alsace

8 Eadgith (or Matilda)

+ Henry I of England d: 1 DEC 1135

9 Matilda of England

+ Geoffrey Plantagenet

10 Henry II of England b: 5 MAR 1133 d: 6 JUL 1189

+ Eleanor of Aquitaine

5 Goda of England

+ Eustace II, Count of Boulogne