Larry Anderson - Families and Individuals

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Edward “the Elder”

Aug?

King of England 901-924; King of Wessex.  Edward was a Bretwala (King of Kings).

Æthelflaed, Queen of England

Wife #2 of Edward “the Elder”, King of England

King Alfred

Historic County of Berkshire

now lost

Reigned from 23 April 871 - 26 October 899

Ealhswith

?904

Ealhswith (Alswitha) of Mercia

Æthelwulf

King of England 839-858 AD,  He visited in Rome in 839.  Married Osburh; annulled 853.

Osburga (Osburh)

Osburh

Æthelhelm

Secured Compton and Crondoll, probably from King Alfred; held Aldingbourn.  First holder of Alfred’s gift of Risborough and Wrington

Æthelgyth of Mercia

heiress of Risborough, which was later, in 903/904, granted to Aethelfryth, by King Edward, because the charter had been destroyed by fire.

Æthelwulf

King of England 839-858 AD,  He visited in Rome in 839.  Married Osburh; annulled 853.

King Egbert III (Ecgbert)

Egbert “the Great”, Under-King of Kent, 784-786; King of Wessex, 802, King of England, 827-836.   Note: The official male line for British royalty starts with Egbert and extends to Edward the Confessor; the female line extends to the present time.

Redburga (Redburb, Raedburh)

Said to have been sister of King of Franks, who would have been Charlemagne, but there is little information about her.

Oslac

Royal Cup Bearer (Pincerna Regis) of England.

Æthelred

Became King in 866

King of Wessex 866-871

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