19th Generation


Family of King Edmund I of England (495) & Ælfgifu

630. Eadwig. Eadwig died on 1 Oct 959.

Eadwig (also spelled Edwy), king of the Anglo-Saxons from 955 to 957., and ruler of Wessex and Kent from 957 to 959.

Eadwig married Aelfgifu.

631. King Edgar of England. Born 943/944 in Wessex, England. Edgar died on 8 Jul 975 in Wessex, England.

Edgar, also spelled Eadgar, called the Peaceful, was king of England from 959 to 975 (succeeded by his son Edward). He was the king of Mercia and Northumbria in 957 in place of his brother Eadwig who was deposed. When Eadwig died in 959, Edgar was made king of the West Saxons, and considered as king of England from that time.

Edgar married Æthelflæd of Devon, daughter of Earl Orogar of Devon. Born in 945. Æthelflæd died in 1000.

Æthelflæd, also spelled Ealfthyrth, or Ethelfled

Their children include:
801 i. Saint Edward the Martyr (ca 963-18 Mar 978)
802 ii. Æthelred II, King of England (ca 968-23 Apr 1016)


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