Wessex, Eafa of
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Wessex, Eafa of Eafa married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Ealhmund
died in 786.
- 2. Ealhmund
Generation: 2
2. Ealhmund (1.Eafa1) died in 786. Notes:
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His wife (name unknown) is a daughter of Aethelbert II of Kent, King of Kent
(joint)(d. 762), son of Wihtred of Kent, King of Kent (acceeded 690, d. 725,
son of Egbert I of Kent, King of Kent). See Brian Thompsett's online
database: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal Ealhmund also
had a daughter, Alburga, a nun.
Occupation:
King of Kent, 784Ealhmund married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Ecgberht King of Wessex was born in 775; died on 19 Nov 838; was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
- 3. Ecgberht King of Wessex
Generation: 3
3. Ecgberht King of Wessex (2.Ealhmund2, 1.Eafa1) was born in 775; died on 19 Nov 838; was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Notes:
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Egbert is son of King Ealhmund of Wessex who descends from Cerdic, King of the West Saxons (reigned 519-34) - see AEM Charts. Cerdic led the Saxon conquest of Britain from the Briton tribes. Egbert is known as the first king of all England. He
succeeded to the throne in 802 and "overthrew the Mercian king Beornwulf in 825. This led to the annexation by Wessex of
Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Essex and the temporary recognition of West Saxon supremacy by Mercia." {-Encycl.Brit.,`56,23:520} His wife, Raedburh, is said to be a sister of the King of Franks. Egbert's later years saw many Danish Viking raids on England.
{Ref. Harold W. Smith, "Saxon England," gens. 9-13. Also: "The Earliest English Kings," D. P. Kirby (London: Routledge, 1992), pp. 189-95.} Europmarried on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Aethelwulf King of Wessex was born about 800; died on 13 Jan 858; was buried in Winchester Cathedral.
- 4. Aethelwulf King of Wessex
Generation: 4
4. Aethelwulf King of Wessex (3.3, 2.Ealhmund2, 1.Eafa1) was born about 800; died on 13 Jan 858; was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Notes:
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Aethelwulf reigned 839-858, "chiefly occupied with struggles against the
Danes" {-Encycl.Brit., 1956 Ed. 1:276}. In 855 went to Rome with Alfred; on
way home married Judith, daughter of Charles the Bold. Aethelwulf ruled
Wessex 839-856 (abdicated) and was Under-King of Kent 825-839 and 856-858.
His daughter Aethelswith m. (Easter, 853 at Chippenham) Burgred, King of the
Mercians (who succeeded Berhtwulf). His third son, Aethelbert, reigned
860-866 (buried at Sherborne).married Osburh in 830 in Winchester, England, and was divorced in 846. Osburh died in 853. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Alfred King of England was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire; died on 26 Oct 900; was buried in Hyde Abbey, Winchester.
- 5. Alfred King of England