House of Wessex

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The golden wyvern was the heraldic animal of the House of Wessex

The House of Wessex , also House of Cerdic , is the dynasty of the Anglo-Saxon kings of Wessex and later of all of England from the 6th to the 11th centuries. The most important of them are Egbert von Wessex (802–839) and Alfred the Great (871–899).

Tribe list

The kings of Wessex

  1. Cerdic , King of Wessex 519, † 534
    1. Cynric (possibly also a grandson), King of Wessex, † 560
      1. Ceawlin , King of Wessex, † 593
        1. Cuthwin
          1. Cynebald
            1. Aethelbald
              1. Oswald, † 730
          2. Cadda
            1. Cenberht , † 661
              1. Caedwalla , † April 20, 689 in Rome , King of Wessex, abdicated in 688
              2. Mul , † 687
          3. Cutha
            1. Ceolwald
              1. Cenred , sub-king in Dorset, fl. Around 670 / 676–705 / 717
                1. Ine , † in Rome , King of Wessex, abdicates in 726; ⚭ Æthelburg, sister of Æthelheard (726 King of Wessex, † 740)
                2. Ingild, † 718
                  1. Eoppa, † 718
                    1. Eafa
                      1. Ealhmund , King in Kent 784
                        1. Egbert the Great , 802 King of Wessex, 827 King of England; ⚭ Redburga - descendants see below
                3. Cwenburg
                4. Cuthburg (fl. Around 700–718); ⚭ Aldfrith , King of Northumbria , † December 14, 705
      2. Cutha
        1. Ceol , King of Wessex, † probably 597
          1. Cynegils , King of Wessex, † 643
            1. Cwichelm
              1. Cuthred , † 661
            2. Cenwalh , King of Wessex, † 672; ⚭ I NN, sister of King Penda of Mercia , repudiated 645; ⚭ II Seaxburg , 672 Queen of Wessex, † probably 674
            3. Centwine , 676 King of Wessex, † 685; ⚭ NN sister-in-law of King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
              1. Bugge (daughter)
              2. ? Cynreow
              3. ? Aldhelm from Sherborne
            4. Cyneburg; ⚭ around 635 Oswald , King of Northumbria
        2. Ceolwulf , King of Wessex, † 611
          1. Cuthgils
            1. Cenfrith
              1. Cenfus , 674 King of Wessex
                1. Æscwine , King of Wessex, † 676

The kings of England

  1. Egbert the Great , 802 King of Wessex, 827 King of England; ⚭ Redburga - ancestors see above
    1. Æthelwulf , † January 13, 858, 839/55 King of England; ⚭ I Osburga, † after 876, repudiated 853, daughter of Oslac, great cellar master in England; ⚭ II October 1, 856, Judith, * probably 844, † after 870, daughter of Karl the Bald ( Carolingian ), she married iratthelwulf's son and successor Æthelbald , † 860, and in third marriage 862 Balduin I , Count of Flanders , † 879, ( House of Flanders )
      1. (I) Æthelstan, † 851, 839 sub-king of Kent , Essex and Sussex
      2. (I) Æthelbald , † December 22, 860, 855 King of England; ⚭ 858 Judith, his stepmother, whom he soon disowned (see above)
      3. (I) Æthelberht , † 866, King of Kent, Sussex and Surrey, 860 King of England
      4. (I) Æthelred , X April 23, 871, 866 King of England ⚭ 868 Wulfthryth (Wulfrida)
        1. Æthelhelm
        2. Æthelwold , † 902 or 903
        3. Thyra Danebod , * around 870, † around 935; ⚭ Gorm , † 958, first king of Denmark
      5. (I) Alfred the Great , * 849; † October 26, 899, 871 King of England; ⚭ 869 Ealhswith , † 902, daughter of Æthelred Mucil, lord of Gainsborough , and Ædburga
        1. Edward I , * 871/872, † July 17, 924, 899 King of England, crowned June 8, 900; ⚭ I Egwina; ⚭ II Elfleda von Bernicia , daughter of Æthelhelm; ⚭ III Egifu of Meopham , † August 25, 968, daughter of Sigehelm, lord of Meopham, Cooling and Lenham
          1. (I) Æthelstan , † October 27, 939, 925 King of England
          2. (I) daughter, ⚭ January 30, 926 Sithric Caoch, King of York , † 927
          3. (II) Ælfweard , † August 2, 924
          4. (II) Ædgiva (Otgiva), † after 951, until 951 abbess of Notre-Dame in Laon ; ⚭ I 919 Charles III. , 893 King of the West Franconia , † October 7, 929 ( Carolingian ); ⚭ II 951 Heribert the Old, Count of Meaux and Troyes , † 980/984 ( Carolingian )
          5. (II) Æthelhild, Spiritual in Wilton
          6. (II) Ædhilda, † before 937; ⚭ End of 926 Hugo the Great , 922 Count of Paris , 936 Duke of Franzien, † June 16, 956 ( Robertiner )
          7. (II) Ædgyth (Edith) , † January 26, 946/947); ⚭ Otto I the Great , 936 Roman-German King , 962 Roman-German Emperor , † May 7, 973 ( Liudolfinger )
          8. (II) Ædfleda, spiritually at Wilton .
          9. (II) Adiva, ⚭ 929 Boleslav I Duke of Bohemia , † July 15, 972 ( Przemysliden )
          10. (III) Edmund I. , * probably 921, † murdered May 26th 946, 939 King of England); ⚭ I Elgifu, † 944; ⚭ II Ethelfeld von Damerham , † after 975, daughter of Alfgar, she married Athelstan for the second time
            1. (I) Eadwig (Edwy) , * probably 941, † October 1, 959, 955 King of England; ⚭ Elfgifu, † September 959, divorced.
            2. (I) Edgar the Peaceful , * 943/944, † July 8, 975, 959 King of England, crowned May 11, 973; ⚭ I Ethelfleda, daughter of Ordmaer; ⚭ II 965 Elfrieda, † 1000, daughter of Ordgar of Devon , as a spiritual widow in Wherwell
              1. (I) Edward II. , * Probably 962, † murdered March 18, 979, 975 King of England
              2. (II) Edmund, † 971
              3. (II) Æthelred II. , * Probably 968, † April 23, 1016, 979/1013 and 1014/1016 King of England; ⚭ I Elgiva, † 1002, daughter of Thored of Northumbria ; ⚭ II around 1002 Emma of Normandy , * probably 985, † March 6, 1052, daughter of Richard I , Duke of Normandy ( Rollonids ); she married Knut the Great in July 1017 , King of England in 1016, King of Denmark in 1017 , King of Norway in 1030 , † November 12, 1035
                1. (I) Æthelstan, † probably 1012
                2. (I) Egbert, † probably 1005
                3. (I) Edmund II. Iron Side , † murdered November 30, 1016, 1016 King of England; ⚭ 1015 Eldgyth, widow of Sigeferth
                  1. Edmund
                  2. Eduard Ætheling , † probably 1057; ⚭ Agatha, daughter of King Stephen of Hungary and Giselas of Bavaria
                    1. Edgar Ætheling , † after 1126
                    2. Margaret the Holy , † November 16, 1093; ⚭ around 1069 Malcolm III. , King of Scotland , † slain November 13th 1093
                4. (I) Edred, † murdered 1017
                5. (I) Edmy, † murdered 1017
                6. (I) Edgar, † probably 1008
                7. (I) edgyth; ⚭ I 1009 Edric Streon, † murdered December 25, 1017; ⚭ II Earl Thorkell Havi
                8. (I) elfgifu; ⚭ Uhtred , Earl of Northumbria , † 1016
                9. (I) Wulfhild; ⚭ Ulfcytel Snilling, X 1016
                10. (I) Edgiva; ⚭ Earl Æthelstan, X May 1010
                11. (I) daughter, 1051 abbess of Wherwell
                12. (II) Edward III. the confessor , * probably 1004, † January 5, 1066, 1042 crowned King of England, April 3, 1043; ⚭ January 23, 1045 Edith von Wessex , † December 18, 1075, daughter of Godwin , Earl of Wessex ( Godwinson ), and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
                13. (II) Alfred Ætheling , † murdered February 5, 1037
                14. (II) Goda, † before 1049; ⚭ I Dreux , Comte de Mantes et de Vexin , † 1035 ( First House of Valois ); ⚭ II around 1036 Eustach II , Count of Boulogne , † 1093 ( House of Boulogne )
          11. (III) Eadred , * probably 923, † November 23, 955, 946 King of England
          12. (III) Edburh, Spiritual in Winchester
          13. (III) edgifu; ⚭ Louis of Aquitaine
        2. Æthelweard, * around 880, † October 16, 922
          1. Turketel , * probably 907, † 975, Abbot of Croyland
          2. Ælfwin, † murdered 937
          3. Æthelwin, † murdered 937
        3. Æthelflæd , † June 12, 918; ⚭ before 890 Æthelred , Ealdorman of Mercia , † 912
        4. Ælftrudis, June 7, 929; ⚭ 884 Baldwin II , Count of Flanders , † 918 ( House of Flanders )
        5. Æthelgiva, Abbess of Shaftesbury
      6. (I) Æthelswith, † 888, buried in Pavia ; ⚭ April 2, 853 King Burgred of Mercia , † after 874
      7. (I) Judith; ⚭ Eticho I., Count in Ammergau and in Breisgau , † probably 910 ( Welfen )

See also

literature

  • Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume II. (1984) Table 77-78
  • Gerald Paget: The Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles Prince of Wales I. Edinburgh and London 1977

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rosemary Cramp: Aldfrith  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oxforddnb.com   (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved November 11, 2011