Loryn's British Royalty Page
The Anglo-Saxons
Egbert (770~80 - 839)
- Married Eadburgh
- Children - Ethelwulf, Editha, Ethelstan
- Succeeded as King of Wessex in 802, Overlord (by conquest) of the British in Cornwall and Devon in 815, King of Kent in 825, King of the English in 829, and Overlord of Wales in 831
Ethelwulf (800~10 - 858)
- Married (1) Osburgh
- Married (2) Judith, daughter of French King Charles II (the Bald)
- Children - (1) Ethelstan, Ethelbald, Ethelbert, Ethelred, Alfred, Ethelswyth
- King of Kent in 828, King of Wessex in 839
Ethelbald (?834 - 860)
- Married his stepmother Judith
- No recorded children
- Shared power with his father from 856-8, King of Wessex in 858
- Buried at Sherborne
Ethelbert (836 - 866)
- No recorded marriage
- No recorded children
- King of Kent in 853, King of Wessex in 860
- Buried at Sherborne
Ethelred I (840 - 871) aka St Ethelred
- Marriage - Unknown
- Children - Ethelhelm, Ethelwald
- King of Wessex (henceforth including Kent, Sussex, Essex) in 866
- Buried at Wimborne
Alfred (849 - 10/28/899) aka Alfred the Great
- Born at Wantage
- Married Ealswyth in 868
- Children - Ethelfled, Edward, Ethelgeofu, Ethelfryth, Ethelweard
- King of Wessex in 871, King of the Saxons and King of the English. Recognized as overlord of Wales in 893.
- Buried at Winchester
Edward (875 - 925)
- Married (1) Ecgwyn
- Married (2) Eflaed
- Married (3) Edgifu
- Children - (1) Athelstan, Editha; (2) Elfweard, Eadflaed, Eadgifu, Ethelhild, Edgyth, Elgifu, Elsfeda, Edwyne, and two unnamed daughters; (3) Edmund, Edred, Elfred, Edgifu, Edburgh
- King of Wessex in 899
- Buried at Winchester
Ethelstan (895 - 10/27/940)
- No recorded marriage
- No recorded children
- King of England in 925
- Buried at Malmesbury
Edmund I (922 - 5/26/946) aka Edmund the Elder
- Married (1) Elgifu
- Married (2) Ethelflaed
- Children - (1) Edwy, Edgar
- King of England in 940
- Murdered by Leolf the Robber at Pucklechurch, Gloucester
- Buried at Glastonbury
Edred (930 - 11/23/955)
- No recorded marriage
- No recorded children
- King of England in 946
- Buried at Winchester
Edwy (941 - 959)
- Married Elgifu
- No recorded children
- King of England in 955
- Buried at Winchester
Edgar (943 - 7/8/975) aka Edgar the Peaceful/the Great
- Married (1) Ethelflaed
- Married (2) Wulfryth
- Married (3) Elfthryth
- Children - (1) Edward, (2) Edgyth, (3) Edmund, Ethelred
- King of Mercia in 957, King of England in 959
- Buried at Glastonbury
Edward (963 - 3/18/978) aka Edward the Martyr
- No recorded marriage
- No recorded children
- King of England in 975
- Assassinated at Corfe Castle by Ethelred's retainers
- Buried first at Wareham, then at Shaftesbury
Ethelred II (968 - 4/3/1016) aka Ethelred the Unready
- Married (1) Elgifu of Mercia
- Married (2) Emma of Normandy
- Children - (1) Ethelstan, Egbert, Edmund, Edred, Edwy, Edgar, Wulfhild, Edgyth, Elgifu, and 2 other girls; (2) Edward, Alfred, Goda
- King of England in 978
- Buried at St Paul's Cathedral
Sweyn (965 - 2/3/1014) aka Forkbeard
- Married (1) Gunhilda
- Married (2) Sigrid
- Children - (1) Gytha, Harald, Canute, Thyra, Estrith
- King of Denmark in 986, King of Norway in 995, de facto King of England in 1013.
- Died at Gainesborough from a fall from a horse
- Buried at London, then Denmark
Edmund II (990 - 11/30/1016) aka Edmund Ironside
- Married Eldgyth
- Children - Edward, Edmund
- King of England on 4/23/1016
- Buried at Glastonbury
Canute (995 - 11/12/1035)
- Married (1) Elgifu of Northampton, no divorce
- Married (2) Emma of Normandy
- Children - (1) Svegn, Harold, (2) Hardecanute, Gunhild
- King of Denmark and Norway in 1014, King of England on 11/30/1016
- Died at Shaftesbury
- Buried at Winchester
Harold I (1017 - 3/17/1040) aka Harold Harefoot
- No recorded marriage
- No recorded children
- Succeeded as regent, later King of England on 11/12/1035
- Died at Oxford
- Buried at Westminster and later in St Clement Danes, London, the body having been disinterred by Hardecanute, thrown into a ditch, and recovered from the Thames by a fisherman.
Hardecanute (1018 - 6/8/1042)
- No recorded marriage
- No recorded children
- Succeeded as King of Denmark in 1035, King of England on 3/17/1040
- Died drunk at Lambeth
- Buried at Westminster
Edward (1004 - 1/5/1066) later known as St Edward the Confessor
- Married Eadgyth, daughter of Earl Godwin of Wessex and Kent
- No recorded children
- Succeeded as King of England on 6/8/1042
- Died at Westminster
- Buried at Westminster
Harold II (1022 - 10/14/1066) aka Godwinson
- Married (1) Eadgyth Swan-neck
- Married (2) Ealdgyth
- Children - (1) Godwine, Edmund, Magnus, Ulf, Gytha, Gunhild, (2) Harold
- Succeeded as King of England on 1/5/1066
- Died at the Battle of Hastings
- Buried at Pevensey, later in Waltham Abbey
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