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

Family/Spouse: King of England Edmund, I. Edmund (son of King of England Edward, the Elder and Eadgifu, of Kent) was born in 921; died on 2 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Eadwig "The Fair"
• Also Known As : Edwy
• Stories and Notes: King 955-959. Reportedly murdered by Canute. Historians have not treated Eadwig well, and it is unfortunate for him that he ran afoul of the influential Bishop Dunstan early in his reign. Legend has it that his coronation had to be delayed while Dunstan dislodged him from a bed where he was lying between his sweetheart and her equally amorous Mother. Dunstan was, after that incident, never exactly a favourite of Eadwig's, and it may be fair to say that Eadwig even hated Dunstan, for he apparently exiled him soon after this. Eadwig went on to marry Ælgifu, the girl with whom he was keeping company at the time of Dunstan's intrusion. For her part, " the strumpet" was eventually referred to as among "the most illustrious of women", and Eadwig, in his short reign, was generous in making grants to the church and other religious institutions. He died when he was barely 20.
• To Lady Kathleen: 28 x great uncle
• Occupation: 955 to 959; King of England

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Occupation:
He lost Mercia and Northumbria. He forced St. Dunstan into exile. By his tyranical proceedings, the immorality of his private life, his connection with Elgiva alienated the affections of his subjects.

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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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Occupation:
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]

Family/Spouse: Aethelflaeda, of England. Aethelflaeda died in 965. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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Occupation:
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.

Buried:
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]

Aethelred married Queen Consort of England Elfreda in 985. Elfreda (daughter of Duke of Northumbria Thordau Gunnarson and Hilda) was born in 970; died in Feb 1002 in Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Edward II, the Martyr
• Stories and Notes: Elder son of King Edgar, he succeeded to the throne as a boy of 12, and in so doing, aroused rival claims to the throne from his even younger half-brother, Aethelred II, the Unready. He was murdered by members of Aethelred's household at Corfe Castle in 978.
• Occupation: 975 to 979; King of England

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Occupation:
He was only 12 when he became King of England, which only 2 years later he was murdered by a member of Aethelred's household, which was believed to be his step-mother

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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Godgifu married Count of Vexin and Mantes of Dreux Drogo in 1023. Drogo (son of Count of Vexin Gautier, II and Adele De Senlis) was born in 979 in Normandy, France; died on 1 Jul 1035 in , , , Turkey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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• To Lady Kathleen: Great GrandParent

Family/Spouse: Ealdorman of Northumbria Uchtred. Uchtred (son of Earl of Northumbria Waltheof) died in 1018. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Also Known As : Edmund "Ironside"
• Stories and Notes: He made a peace agreement with Canute. That whoever survived would control all the realm which each held. Canute Won.
• Stories and Notes: King of England in 1016, the son of Ethelred II 'the Unready' . He led the resistance to Canute's invasion in 1015, and on Ethelred's death in 1016 was chosen king by the citizens of London. Meanwhile, the Witan (the king's council) elected Canute. In the struggle for the throne, Canute defeated Edmund at Ashingdon (or Assandun), and they divided the kingdom between them with Canute ruling the North and Edmund ruling the South. When Edmund died (probably assassinated) the same year, Canute ruled the whole kingdom.
• To Lady Kathleen: 25 x great grandfather
• Occupation: Apr 1016 to Nov 1016; King of England

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Died:
murdered at the instigation of his brother-in-law Edric

Edmund married Ealdgyth Morcarson in 1015 in Malmsbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Eadwig, who was now the last surviving son by his father's first marriage, was exiled in 1017, but he returned and was murdered by Cnut, possibly after attempting to rally resistance in the south west.

Family/Spouse: Ealdorman of the English Mercians Eadric Streona. Eadric died in 1017. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ealdorman of East Anglia Ulfcytel Snillingr. Ulfcytel died in 1016. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]