Edward, The Atheling

Male 1016 - 1057  (41 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edward, The Atheling was born in 1016 (son of Edmund, King of England II); died in 1057 in London, Middlesex, England.

    The married Agatha, of Hungary about 1044 in Kiev, Ukraine. of (daughter of Yaroslav, Grand Prince of Kiev I and Sweden, Inguigard of) died after 1064. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Margaret, Saint of Scotland was born in 1045; died on 16 Nov 1093 in Edinburgh Castle; was buried in Dumfermline, Scotland.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Edmund, King of England II was born in 980 (son of Aethelred, King of England II and Elfleda); died on 30 Oct 1016 in Oxford, England; was buried in Glastonbury.

    Notes:

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    Betrayed by ealdorman Edric when Canute invaded England, Edmund struggled
    unsuccessfully to reunite the country. Finally a division was arranged
    whereby Canute took the north and Edmund the south. He reigned only from
    his father's death 23 April 1016 to his own death (possibly by foul play)
    30 October 1016. His wife, Ealgyth, was widow of Sigeferth, son of Earngrim.

    Children:
    1. 1. Edward, The Atheling was born in 1016; died in 1057 in London, Middlesex, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Aethelred, King of England II was born in 968 (son of Edgar King of England and Devonshire, Aelfthryth of); died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.

    Notes:

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    Called "The Unready" (i.e. without rede or counsel); tried to buy off
    Danish invaders led by Sweyn; finally assembled large navy but internal
    dissent undermined effective deployment; Encycl. Britannica, 1956 Ed.
    (1:275) states: "Weak, self-indulgent, improvident, he had pursued a policy
    of opportunism to a fatal conclusion." He reigned 979-1016.

    II married Elfleda in 985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Elfleda (daughter of Thored Ealdorman).

    Notes:

    Married:
    his 1st of two wives

    Children:
    1. Elgiva
    2. 2. Edmund, King of England II was born in 980; died on 30 Oct 1016 in Oxford, England; was buried in Glastonbury.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Edgar King of England was born in 943 (son of Edmund, King of England "The Magnificent" I and Elgiva, Saint); died on 8 Jul 975 in Winchester, England; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey.

    Notes:

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    Coronation delayed (because Archbishop Dunstan disapproved his lifestyle) until 973 (at Bath);
    with Dunstan he reformed monastic houses on Rule of St.Benedict; m. (1) Aethelflaed ("the
    white duck"), dau. of Earl Ormaer, & had Edward the Martyr; m. (2) Aelfthryth, dau. of Earl
    Ordgar, & had Aethelred II; also had daughter, Eadgyth (St.), Abbess of Barking, b. ca. 962,
    by Wulthryth, "an inmate of the convent at Wilton", who declined marriage. Edgar's reign "is
    often regarded as the highest point of effective power reached by the Old English monarchy...a
    time of peace for the greater part of England." He is fame is due "to his lavish patronage of
    the church, and to the encouragement which he gave to the great men, Dunstan, Ethelwold, and
    Oswald, who in his reign were reviving monastic life in England." {-Encycl.Brit.,'56,8:484.}
    Edgar reigned from October, 959 to 975. Edgar's reign is the setting of "The King's
    Henchman," a play by Edna St.Vincent Millay (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927).

    married Devonshire, Aelfthryth of in 965. Aelfthryth was born in 945 in Lydford Castle, Devon; died on 17 Nov 1002 in Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Devonshire, Aelfthryth of was born in 945 in Lydford Castle, Devon; died on 17 Nov 1002 in Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire.

    Notes:

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    Aelfthryth ("Elfrida") is daughter of Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon, and widow
    of Ethelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia. She became a nun in 986.
    She m. (1) Ethelwald ca. 962 and had with him Edgar and Ethelfleda
    (Abbess of Romsey, b. ca. 963).

    Notes:

    Married:
    his second marriage

    Children:
    1. 4. Aethelred, King of England II was born in 968; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England.

  3. 10.  Thored Ealdorman

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Reference Number: 3455

    Notes:

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    Thored is son of Gunnor.

    Children:
    1. 5. Elfleda