1. Aethelswitha of the Gaini, d. 5 December 905 in Winchester, Cheshire, England

Father: 2. Æthelred "The Great" Mucil, d. 866
Mother: 2. Eadburga

Spouse: Alfred the Great, b. 849 in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, d. 28 October 899

Father: Aethelwulf, King of England, b. ca. 800, d. 13 January 858
Mother: Osburga, d. ca. 855
The only English king to be called Great, Alfred prevented the Danish conquest of England, defeating them at Edington in 878 after a campaign of guerrila warfare. After his victory, he allowed the Danes to keep their conquests in Mercia and East Anglia provided that Guthrum, their king, was converted to Christianity. Alfred built a navy of warships to defend the south coast against further Danish invasions (885-886, 892-896) and protected Wessex with a chain of fortifications. He took London in 886 thus gaining control of all England except the Danish areas.

Alfred was taken to visit the Pope in Rome twice, and learned to read and write in his teens. He believed the language of ordinary education should be English, but there were few books in English available. So Alfred learned Latin and translated Latin books into the Anglo-Saxon language. He became the founder of English prose and the first English man of letters who was not a clergyman. He translated Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People and St. Augustine's Soliloquies so that Englishmen could read their history in their own language. He also began the running history of England called the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, that continued to be written for hundreds of years and is one of the sources used for this book.
Married 868 in Winchester, Cheshire, England.

Children:

  1. Aefthryth, m. Baldwin II "The Bald", Count of Flanders, ca. 893, d. 7 June 929 in Flanders, Belgium
  2. Aethelgeofu, Abbess of Shaftesbury
  3. Edward the Elder, b. 869, m. Ecgwyn, ca. 891, m. Aelflaeda, ca. 900, m. Eadgifu (Edgiva), ca. 914, d. 17 July 924 in Farndon-on-Dee, England
  4. Aethelflaed, b. ca. 869
  5. Edmund, b. ca. 870
  6. Aethelweard, b. ca. 880

2. Æthelred "The Great" Mucil, d. 866

Father: 3. Unknown Mucil

Spouse: 2. Eadburga

Father: 6. Wigmund
Mother: 6. Elfleda
Her parentage is conjectural; some say her father is Coenwulf. She also may have had other children.
Married.

Children:

  1. 1. Aethelswitha of the Gaini, m. Alfred the Great, 868 in Winchester, Cheshire, England, d. 5 December 905 in Winchester, Cheshire, England

3. Unknown Mucil

Father: 4. Mucel, d. ca. 840

Children:

  1. 2. Æthelred "The Great" Mucil, m. Eadburga, d. 866

4. Mucel, d. ca. 840

Father: 5. Esne

Children:

  1. 3. Unknown Mucil

5. Esne

Children:

  1. 4. Mucel, d. ca. 840

6. Wigmund

Father: 7. Wiglaf, d. 840

Spouse: 6. Elfleda

Father: 8. Ceolwulf, d. 823
Married.

Children:

  1. 2. Eadburga, m. Æthelred "The Great" Mucil
  2. (St.) Wistan

7. Wiglaf, d. 840

Children:

  1. 6. Wigmund, m. Elfleda

8. Ceolwulf, d. 823

Father: 9. Cuthbert

Children:

  1. 6. Elfleda, m. Wigmund

9. Cuthbert

Father: 10. Bassa

Children:

  1. 8. Ceolwulf, d. 823
  2. Ceonwulf
  3. Cuthred

10. Bassa

Father: 11. Cynreow

Children:

  1. 9. Cuthbert

11. Cynreow

Father: 12. Centwine

Children:

  1. 10. Bassa

12. Centwine

Father: 13. Cundwalh

Children:

  1. 11. Cynreow

13. Cundwalh

Father: 14. Coenwalh

Children:

  1. 12. Centwine

14. Coenwalh

Father: 15. Pybba, d. ca. 606

Children:

  1. 13. Cundwalh

15. Pybba, d. ca. 606

Father: 16. Creoda of Mercia, d. ca. 593
He also had two daughters.

Children:

  1. 14. Coenwalh
  2. Eowa
  3. Penda

16. Creoda of Mercia, d. ca. 593

Father: 17. Cynewald

Children:

  1. 15. Pybba, d. ca. 606

17. Cynewald

Father: 18. Cnebba

Children:

  1. 16. Creoda of Mercia, d. ca. 593

18. Cnebba

Father: 19. Icel

Children:

  1. 17. Cynewald

19. Icel

Father: 20. Eomer

Children:

  1. 18. Cnebba

20. Eomer

Father: 21. Angeltheow

Children:

  1. 19. Icel

21. Angeltheow

Father: 22. Offa

Children:

  1. 20. Eomer

22. Offa

Father: 23. Wermund

Children:

  1. 21. Angeltheow

23. Wermund

Father: 24. Wihtlaeg

Children:

  1. 22. Offa

24. Wihtlaeg

Father: 25. Odin (Woden), d. 055
Mother: 25. Frigg (Frígídá)

Children:

  1. 23. Wermund



Ancestor families report created by Gene 4.3.4, Fri, Sep 13, 2002

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