Count Palatine Wigerich of Luxembourg
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
Countess (Mrs. Eberhard III of Nordgau)
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King Æthelred (Ethelred) (Æþelræd) II "The Unready" of England
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2Web site.
Ethelred II, the Unready (978-1016 AD)
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He succeeded to the throne after the murder of his half-brother, Edward II, the Martyr, at the age of ten. His reign was plagued by poor advice from his personal favorites and suspicions of his complicity in Edward's murder. His was a rather long and ineffective reign, which was notable for little other than the payment of the Danegeld, an attempt to buy off the Viking invaders with money. The relentless invasions by the Danish Vikings, coupled with their ever-escalating demands for more money, forced him to abandon his throne in 1013. He fled to Normandy for safety, but was later recalled to his old throne at the death of Svein Forkbeard in 1014. He died in London in 1016.
(http://www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/mon14.html).3Web site.
According to William of Malmesbury, Ethelred defecated in the baptismal font as a child, which led St. Dunstan to prophesy that the English monarchy would be overthrown during Ethelred's reign. This story is, however, almost certainly a fabrication. Ethelred succeeded to the throne aged about 10 following the death of his father King Edgar and subsequent murder of his half-brother Edward the Martyr. His nickname "The Unready" does not mean that he was ill-prepared, but derives from the Anglo-Saxon unræd meaning without counsel. This is also a pun on his name, Æþelræd, which means "Well advised". Ethelred had at least sixteen children from two marriages, the first to Ælfgifu, the daughter of Thored, the ealdorman of Northumbria and the second, in 1002, to Emma of Normandy, whose great-nephew, William I of England, would later use this relationship as the basis of his claim on the throne. England had experienced a long period of peace after the reconquest of the Danelaw in the first half of the 10th Century. However in 991 Ethelred was faced with a Viking fleet larger than any since Guthrum's "Summer Army" a century earlier. This fleet was led by Olaf Trygvasson, a Norwegian with ambitions to reclaim his country from under Danish domination. After initial military setbacks including the defeat of his Ealdorman Birhtnoth at the Battle of Maldon, Ethelred was able to come to terms with Olaf, who returned to Norway to gain his kingdom with mixed success. While this arrangement won him some respite England faced further depredations from Viking raids. Ethelred fought these off, but in many cases followed the practice of earlier kings including Alfred the Great in buying them off by payment of what was to become known as Danegeld. Ethelred ordered the massacre of the Danes living in England on St Brice's Day (November 13) 1002, in response to which Sweyn Haraldsson started a series of determined campaigns to conquer England. In this he succeeded, but after his victory, he only lived for another five weeks. In 1013, Ethelred fled to Normandy, seeking protection by his brother-in-law, Robert of Normandy, when England was over-run by Sweyn Haraldsson of Denmark and his forces. He returned in February, 1014, following the death of Sweyn Haraldsson. Ethelred died on April 23, 1016, in London, where he was buried. He was succeeded by his son, Edmund II of England. Despite the steady stream of viking attacks, Ethelred's reign was far from the disaster described by chroniclers writing well after the event. Ethelred introduced major reforms of the machinery of government in Anglo-Saxon England, and is responsible for the introduction of Shire Reeves or Sheriffs. The quality of the coinage, always a good indicator of the prevailing economic conditions, remained very high during his reign. Rank: 15th
Ethelred II (Old English: Æþelred) (c. 968 - April 23, 1016)
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Known as the Unready, was a King of England (978 - 1013 and 1014 - 1016).
Ruled: March 18, 978-December 25, 1013
and February 2, 1014-April 23, 1016
Predecessor: Edward the Martyr
Date of Birth: 968
Place of Birth: Wessex
Wives: Ælfgifu and Emma
Buried: Old Saint Paul's Cathedral
Date of Death: April 23, 1016
Parents: Edgar and Ælfthryth
(http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Ethelred_II_of_England).4Web site.
Æthelred II, the Unready, King of England
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Born: c968
Died: 1016
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Father: Edgar the Peaceful, King of England
Mother: Elfrida
Married (1): Ælfgifu
Children:
Edmund II, Ironside, King of England
Edwy
Married (2): Emma
Children:
Alfred
Edward the Confessor, King of England
Goda
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King of England 978-1016
Æthelred II succeeded his brother Edward when he was murdered in 978. He negotiated a peace treaty with Duke Richard II of Normandy, and married his sister Emma. Throught his reign, he fought many successful battles against the Welsh, mainly in Cornwal and Cumbria. Although he paid tribute to the Danes throughout his reign, in 1013 King Sweyn of Denmark and Norway invaded England and Æthelred fled to Normandy. He returned the next year when Sweyn died to contend with his son and successor Cnut. He died in 1016, the same year Cnut conquered all of England.
(http://www.ghgcorp.com/shetler/oldimp/493.html).5The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).
Queen Ælflaed (Alfgifu) (Elgifu) of England
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2Web site.
Little is known about her except her marriage to Ethelred. Among their children was the future Edmund II Ironside. She died in 1002, and Ethelred then married Emma of Normandy. Canute the Great, who married Emma when Ethelred was deposed, had a mistress who was also named Elgifu, although she was not the same Elgifu that had been married to Ethelred. With this Elgifu, Canute had a son, Harold, who later became Harold I of England. Elgifu, a popular female name among the Anglo-Saxons, was also the name of the wife of King Edgar the Peaceable. The name Elgifu means noble gift.
Definition of Aelgifu of Northampton
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Aelgifu (also called Aelfgifu or Elgifu) was the wife of Ethelred the Unready of England in the 10th century and 11th centuries.
(http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Aelgifu_of_Northampton).3The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).
Prince Æthelstan (Athelstan) of England
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1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
Princess (Daughter) of England
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Princess Æthelred (Ethelred) of England
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1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
King Edgar "The Peacable" of England
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2Web site.
Edgar's reign was a peaceful one, and it is probably fair to say that it saw the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the English at its height. Although other previous kings have been recorded as the founders of 'England', it was Edgar who consolidated this. By the end of Edgar's reign there was little chance of it receding back into its constituent parts, as it had begun to do during the reign of Edwy. The Monastic Reform Movement that restored the Benedictine Rule to England's undisciplined monastic communities saw its height during the time of Dunstan, Aethelwold and Oswald. However, the extent and importance of the movement is still debated amongst academics. Edgar was crowned at Bath, but not until 973, an imperial ceremony planned not as the initiation, but as the culmination of his reign, a move that must have taken a great deal of preliminary diplomacy. This service, devised by Dunstan himself, and celebrated with a poem in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle forms the basis of the present-day British coronation ceremony. The symbolic coronation was an important step; other kings of Britain came and gave their allegiance to Edgar shortly afterwards at Chester. Six kings in Britain, including the kings of Scotland and of Strathclyde, pledged their faith that they would be the king's henchmen on sea and land. Later chroniclers made the kings into eight, all plying the oars of Edgar's state barge on the River Dee. Perhaps not, but the main outlines of the "submission at Chester" appear true. Edgar had several children. He died on July 8, 975 at Winchester, and was buried at Glastonbury Abbey. He left two sons, the eldest named Edward, the son of his first wife Ethelfleda, and Ethelred, the youngest, the child of his second wife Elfrida. He was succeeded by his oldest son, King Edward the Martyr. From Edgar’s death to the Norman Conquest there was not a single succession to the throne that was not contended. Although perhaps a simplification, Edgar’s death did seem to be the beginning of the end for Anglo-Saxon England that resulted in three 11th century successful conquests, 2 Danish and 1 Norman. Rank: 13th
King Edgar (about 942-July 8, 975)
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The younger son of King Edmund I of England. He won the nickname, "the Peaceable", but in fact was a stronger king than his elder brother, Edwy, from whom he took the kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia in 958. Edgar was acclaimed king north of the Thames by a conclave of Mercian nobles in 958, but officially succeeded when Edwy died in October 959. Immediately Edgar recalled Dunstan (eventually canonised as St. Dunstan) from exile and made him successively Bishop of Worcester, then of London and finally Archbishop of Canterbury, The allegation that Dunstan at first refused to crown Edgar because he disapproved of his way of life, is a discreet reference in popular histories to Edgar's mistress Wulfthryth, a nun at Wilton who bore him a daughter Eadgyth in 961. Dunstan remained Edgar's advisor throughout his reign, nevertheless.
Ruled: October 1, 959-July 8, 975
Predecessor: Edwy
Date of Birth: 943
Place of Birth: Wessex, England
Wives: Ethelfleda and Elfrida
Buried: Winchester Cathedral
Date of Death: July 8, 975
Parents: Edmund I and Elgiva
(http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Edgar_of_England).3The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).
Queen Elfrida (Ælfthryth) (Elfthryth) of England
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2Web site.
Elfrida (945-1000, also Aelfthryth or Elfthryth) was the second wife of King Edgar of England. Her father was Earl Ordgar, Alderman of Devon. Before marrying King Edgar, Elfrida was the wife of Ethelbald, Alderman of the East Angles. Edgar had slain Ethelbald, in order to obtain the hand of his widow; and Elfrida appears to have connived at the crime. Elfrida was also party to the murder of her step son Edward the Martyr at her residence in Corfe Castle on March 18 978. This was to place her 10 year old son Ethelred on the throne as King Ethelred II of England. References
Chapter XIII - History of the Anglo-Saxons - by Sir Francis Palgrave (1876).
(http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Elfrida).3The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
Earl Ælfgar (Alfgar) III of Mercia
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Princess Ælfgifu (Elfgifu) of England
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1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
King Edgar "The Peacable" of England
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2Web site.
Edgar's reign was a peaceful one, and it is probably fair to say that it saw the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of the English at its height. Although other previous kings have been recorded as the founders of 'England', it was Edgar who consolidated this. By the end of Edgar's reign there was little chance of it receding back into its constituent parts, as it had begun to do during the reign of Edwy. The Monastic Reform Movement that restored the Benedictine Rule to England's undisciplined monastic communities saw its height during the time of Dunstan, Aethelwold and Oswald. However, the extent and importance of the movement is still debated amongst academics. Edgar was crowned at Bath, but not until 973, an imperial ceremony planned not as the initiation, but as the culmination of his reign, a move that must have taken a great deal of preliminary diplomacy. This service, devised by Dunstan himself, and celebrated with a poem in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle forms the basis of the present-day British coronation ceremony. The symbolic coronation was an important step; other kings of Britain came and gave their allegiance to Edgar shortly afterwards at Chester. Six kings in Britain, including the kings of Scotland and of Strathclyde, pledged their faith that they would be the king's henchmen on sea and land. Later chroniclers made the kings into eight, all plying the oars of Edgar's state barge on the River Dee. Perhaps not, but the main outlines of the "submission at Chester" appear true. Edgar had several children. He died on July 8, 975 at Winchester, and was buried at Glastonbury Abbey. He left two sons, the eldest named Edward, the son of his first wife Ethelfleda, and Ethelred, the youngest, the child of his second wife Elfrida. He was succeeded by his oldest son, King Edward the Martyr. From Edgar’s death to the Norman Conquest there was not a single succession to the throne that was not contended. Although perhaps a simplification, Edgar’s death did seem to be the beginning of the end for Anglo-Saxon England that resulted in three 11th century successful conquests, 2 Danish and 1 Norman. Rank: 13th
King Edgar (about 942-July 8, 975)
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The younger son of King Edmund I of England. He won the nickname, "the Peaceable", but in fact was a stronger king than his elder brother, Edwy, from whom he took the kingdoms of Northumbria and Mercia in 958. Edgar was acclaimed king north of the Thames by a conclave of Mercian nobles in 958, but officially succeeded when Edwy died in October 959. Immediately Edgar recalled Dunstan (eventually canonised as St. Dunstan) from exile and made him successively Bishop of Worcester, then of London and finally Archbishop of Canterbury, The allegation that Dunstan at first refused to crown Edgar because he disapproved of his way of life, is a discreet reference in popular histories to Edgar's mistress Wulfthryth, a nun at Wilton who bore him a daughter Eadgyth in 961. Dunstan remained Edgar's advisor throughout his reign, nevertheless.
Ruled: October 1, 959-July 8, 975
Predecessor: Edwy
Date of Birth: 943
Place of Birth: Wessex, England
Wives: Ethelfleda and Elfrida
Buried: Winchester Cathedral
Date of Death: July 8, 975
Parents: Edmund I and Elgiva
(http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Edgar_of_England).3The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).
1The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).
King Edmund (Edward) "The Martyr" of England
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2Web site.
Edward the Martyr, King of England
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Born: c963
Died: 978
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Father: Edgar the Peaceful, King of England
Mother: Elfrida
Married (1): ?
Children: ?
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King of England 975-978
Edward succeeded his father Edgar when he died in 975. He was murdered in 978 and buring without any royal pomp. Those who would not bow to him in life then bowed to his bones, as he was made a heavenly saint.
(http://www.ghgcorp.com/shetler/oldimp/492.html).3The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
This source list Edmund as a child of first wife Ethelfleda; other sources place him as a child of Edgar's second marriage to Elfrida, the second wife.
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).4The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R).
This source says "Abt 0966".5The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R).
This source says "970".
King Edmund I "The Magnificent" of England
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2Web site.
Athelstan died on October 27, 939, and Edmund succeeded him as King. Shortly after his preclamation as king he had to face several military threats. King Olaf I of Dublin conquered Northumbria and invaded the Midlands. When Olaf died in 942 Edmund reconquered the Midlands. In 943 he became the god-father of King Olaf of York. In 944, Edmund was successful in reconquering Northumbria. In the same year his ally Olaf of York lost his throne and left for Dublin in Ireland. Olaf became the king of Dublin as Olaf Cuaran and continued to be allied to his god-father. In 945 Edmund conquered Strathclyde but conceded his rights on the territory to King Malcolm I of Scotland. In exchange they signed a treaty of mutual military support. Edmund thus established a policy of safe borders and peaceful relationships with Scotland. During his reign, the revival of monasteries in England began. Edmund was murdered in 946 by Leofa, an exiled thief. He had been having a party in Pucklechurch, when he spotted Leofa in the crowd. After the outlaw refused to leave, the king and his advisors fought Leofa. Edmund and Leofa were both killed. He was succeeded as king by his brother Edred, king from 946 until 955. Edmund's sons later ruled England as: Edwin of England, King from 955 till 957, king of only Wessex and Kent from 957 until his death on October 1, 959.
King Edmund I of England, or Edmund the Deed-Doer (921 - May 26, 946)
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A King of England (939 - 946) He was a son of Edward the Elder and half-brother of Athelstan.
Edgar of England, king of only Mercia and Northumbria from 957 until his brother's death in 959, then king of England from 959 till 975.
Rank: 10th
Ruled: October 27, 939-May 26, 946
Predecessor: Athelstan
Date of Birth: 921
Place of Birth: Wessex, England
Wives: Elgiva and Ethelfleda
Buried: Glastonbury Abbey
Date of Death: May 26, 946
Parents: Edward the Elder and Edgiva
(http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Edmund_I_of_England).3Web site.
Edmund I, King of England
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Born: ?
Died: 946
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Father: Edward the Elder, King of England
Mother: ?
Married (1): Saint Elfgiva
Children :
Edwy, King of England
Edgar the Peaceful, King of England
Married (2): Æthelflæda
Children: ?
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King of England 939-946
When Athelstan, King of England, died in 939, his brother Edmund succeeded him. In 940, Edmund lost the Five Boroughs (Danish Mercia) to the Danes, but in 942 regained it. In 944, Edmund reconquered all of Northumbria. In 945, Edmund conquered all of Cumbria, giving it to King Malcolm of Scotland on the condition of an alliance. He died in 946.
(http://www.ghgcorp.com/shetler/oldimp/455.html).4The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).
King Edwyn (Edwin) (Edwy) "The Fair" of England
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2Web site.
Edwy All-Fair (941? - October 1, 959) was a King of England (955-959). The eldest son of King Edmund, Edwy was chosen by the nobility to succeed his uncle Edred as King. His short reign was marked by ongoing conflicts with his family, the thanes, and especially the Church, under the leadership of Saint Dunstan and Archbishop Odo. According to one legend, the feud with Dunstan began on the day of Edwy's consecration, when he failed to attend a meeting of nobles. When Dunstan eventually found the young monarch, he was cavorting with a noblewoman named Ethelgive and refused to return with the bishop. Infuriated by this, Dunstan dragged Edwy back and forced him to renounce the girl as a "strumpet." Later realizing that he had provoked the king, Dunstan fled to the apparent sanctuary of his cloister, but Edwy, incited by Ethelgive, followed him and plundered the monastery. Though Dunstan managed to escape, he refused to return to England until after Edwy's death. Frustrated by the king's impositions and supported by Archbishop Odo, the thanes of Mercia and Northumbria switched their allegiance to Edwy's brother Edgar in 957. Edwy was defeated in battle at Gloucester, but rather than see the country descend into civil war, an agreement was reached among the nobles by which the kingdom would be divided along the Thames, with Edwy keeping Wessex and Kent in the south and Edgar ruling in the north. In the few remaining years of his reign, Edwy ruled his realm more wisely and made significant gifts to the Church. He died, however, at the age of twenty, and was succeeded by his brother and rival, Edgar, who reunited the kingdom.
(http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Edwy_of_England).
Ealdorman Ordgar of (East Anglia) England
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
2Web site.
Ordgar
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Born: ?
Died: ?
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Father: ?
Mother: ?
Married (1): ?
Children:
Elfrida
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Ordgar, a West Saxon, was the father of Elfrida, queen of King Edgar the Peaceful of England.
(http://www.ghgcorp.com/shetler/oldimp/505.html).3The British Royal Household, History of the Monarchy -- The Kings and Queens of England, (http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page10.asp).
Kings of Wessex and England
(http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/pdf/wessex.pdf).
1The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.