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• Also Known As : Edward, the Confessor
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 1042, the son of Ethelred II. He lived in Normandy with his mother Emma of Normandy's relatives until shortly before his accession to the English Throne. During his reign power was held by Earl Godwin of Wessex and his son Harold, while the king devoted himself to religion, including the rebuilding of Westminster Abbey (consecrated in 1065), where he is buried. Edward died in January 1066 and his childlessness led to a struggle for power. The succession went first to Harold Godwinson and then to the conquest by William of Normandy nine months later at the Battle of Hastings in October 1066. Edward was canonized in 1161.
• Occupation: 1042 to 1066; King of England

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Named for his piety and his foundation of a new Westminster Abbey. He lived in Normandy and his early reign was dominated by rivalry between his Norman favourites and his father-in-Law. After 1053 the Goodwins were in the ascendant. Edward's c hildlessness led ultimately to the Norman conquest

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• Also Known As : Ethelred II, The Unready
• Stories and Notes: King of England from 978, following the murder of his half-brother, Edward the Martyr. He was son of King Edgar. Aethelred tried to buy off the Danish raiders by paying Danegeld. In 1002 he ordered the massacre of the Danish settlers, provoking an invasion by Sweyn I of Denmark.In 1013 King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark landed in England and was proclaimed king. Aethelred II the Unready fled to Normandy but was recalled in 1014 on the death of Sweyn. War with Sweyn's son, Canute, occupied the rest of Aethelred's reign. His nickname is a corruption of the Old English 'unreed', meaning badly counselled or poorly advised.
• To Lady Kathleen: 26 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 979 to 1013; King of England
• Occupation: 1014 to 1016; King of England (2nd Time)

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In the face of Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes to the enemy named Danegeld. He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death.

Died:
Died during Canutes invasion of England.

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His tomb was lost when the old St Pauls was destroyed in the great fire of London.

Aethelred married Queen Consort of England Emma, of Normandy on 5 Apr 1002 in Winchester Cathedral, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. Emma (daughter of Duke of Normandy Richard, I and Gunnor, of Crepon) was born in 986 in Normandy, France; died on 14 Mar 1052 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Also Known As : Edgar, The Peaceful
• Stories and Notes: King of all England from 959. He was the younger son of Edmund I, and strove successfully to unite English and Danes as fellow subjects. In 973 Edgar of England marched his army north to Chester. His navy meets him there via the Irish Sea. This show of strength persuades the Northern Kings to submit to his overlordship. Legend says he is rowed across the Dee by Kings Kenneth of Alba, Malcolm of the Cumbrians, Magnus of Man & the Isles, Donald of Strathclyde, Iago of Gwynedd, Princes Hywel of Gwynedd, Ithel and Siferth . He recalled St. Dunstan from exile and made him Archbishop of Canterbury and his closest personal advisor. His reign was prosperous and peaceful and he is generally credited with the revival of the English church.
• To Lady Kathleen: 27 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 957; King of Mercia
• Occupation: 957; King of Northumbria
• Occupation: 959 to 975; King of England

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The first King of a united England, which means Mercia, Northumbria and England. He allowed his Danish subjects to retain Danish laws. Edgar promoted a monastic revival and encouraged trade by reforming the currency. He improved defence by organ ising coastal naval patrols and a system for manning warships. Although he suceeded on 1st October 959, he was not crowned until 973 because St Dunstan, the Archbishop of Canterbury, disaproved of his way of life.

Edgar married Queen Consort of England Aelfthryth in 964. Aelfthryth (daughter of Ealdorman Ordgar Devon) was born in 945; died on 17 Nov 1002 in Wherwell Abbey, Wherwell, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Elfrida
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent
• Occupation: 986; She became a nun

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She was linked to the murder of her stepson King Edward the Martyr and appeared as a stereotypical bad queen and evil stepmother in many medieval histories.

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• Also Known As : Richard I, the Fearless
• Occupation: 3rd Duke of Normandy
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Richard married Gunnor, of Crepon in 962. Gunnor (daughter of King of Denmark Harald Gormsson, II and Gyrid Olafsson, of Sweden) was born in 936 in Normandy, France; died in 1031. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Gunnora
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Also Known As : The Elder
• Stories and Notes: King of England 939–46. The son of Edward the Elder, he succeeded his half-brother, Athelstan, as king in 939. He succeeded in regaining control of Mercia, which on his accession had fallen to the Norse inhabitants of Northumbria, and of the Five Boroughs, an independent confederation within the Danelaw. He then moved on to subdue the Norsemen in Cumbria and finally extended his rule as far as southern Scotland. As well as uniting England, he bolstered his authority by allowing St Dunstan to reform the Benedictine order. He was killed in 946 at Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, by an outlawed robber.
• To Lady Kathleen: 28 x great grandfather
• Occupation: 939-946; King of England

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He expelled the Norse King Olaf from Northumbria in 944. He supported Dunstan in the reintroduction of the Monastic rule of St. Benedict.

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Murdered: An Outlaw, Leolf, stabbed him to death at a banquet to St.Augustine

Edmund married Saint Aelfgifu, of Shaftesbury. Aelfgifu (daughter of Wynflaed) died in 944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Elgiva
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Occupation: Ealdorman of Devon
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Also Known As : William Longsword
• Occupation: Duke of Normandy
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

William married Sprota Senlis. Sprota (daughter of Count of Vermandois Herbert Quentin, I and Daughter, of France) was born in Bretagne, , Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Adela
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

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• Also Known As : Harald II Bluetooth
• Occupation: King of Denmark
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Harald married Gyrid Olafsson, of Sweden. Gyrid (daughter of King of Sweden Olaf) was born in 945; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Gunhilda
• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent