SAXONS & DANES:

A brief overview of the Kings before the Norman Conquests.

Normans

KING REIGN BORN MARRIED DIED
ALFRED
'the Great'
871 - 899
(Wessex only)
849,
Wantage.
Ealhswith
of the Gaini
28 October 899,
Winchester.
EDWARD
'the Elder'
899 - 924
(Wessex only)
c. 869 (1) Ecgwyn
(2) Ælflaeda
(3) Eadgifu
17 July 924,
Farndon-on-Dee.
ÆLFWEARD 924
(Wessex only)
c. 894 Not married 1 August 924,
Oxford.
ÆTHELSTAN 924 - 939
(First King of England)
c. 894 Not married 27 October 939,
Gloucester.
EDMUND
'the Elder'
939 - 946 921 (1) Ælgifu
(2) Æthelflaed
26 May 946,
Pucklechurch, Gloucs.
EADRED 946 - 955 c. 924 Not married 23 November 955,
Frome, Somerset.
EADWIG
'the Fair'
955 - 959 c. 942 Ælgifu 1 October 959,
Gloucestershire.
EDGAR
'the Peaceable'
959 - 975 944 (1) Æthelflaeda
(2) Ælfthryth
8 July 975,
Winchester.
EDWARD II
'the Martyr'
975 - 978 963 Not Married 18 March 978,
Corfe Castle.
ÆTHELRED II *
'the Unready'
979 - 1013 (deposed) c. 968 (1) Ælgifu
(2) Emma of Normandy [q.v.]
[see below]
SWEYN
'Forkbeard'
1013 -1014 965 (1) Gunhilda
of Poland
(2) Sigrid
'the Haughty'
2 February 1014,
Gainsborough.
* Æthelred II
'the Unready'
1014 - 1016
(restored)
23 April 1016,
London.
EDMUND II
'Ironside'
1016 c. 990 Ealdgyth 30 November 1016,
London.
CNUT 1016 - 1035 c. 995 (1) Ælfgiva
(poss. mistress)
(2) Emma of Normandy [q.v.]
(widow of Æthelred)
12 November 1035,
Shaftesbury.
HARTHACNUT ** 1035 - 1037
(deposed)
c. 1018 Not married [see below]
HAROLD I
'Harefoot'
1037 - 1040 c. 1015 Elgiva 17 March 1040,
Oxford.
** Harthacnut 1040 - 1042
(restored)
8 June 1042,
Lambeth
EDWARD
'the Confessor'
1042 - 1066 c. 1002,
Islip,
Edith 5 January 1066
HAROLD II
(Godwinson)
1066 1022 Ealgith 14 October 1066,
Battle, Sussex.
EDGAR
'the Æthling'
1066
(Chosen to succeed Harold II but overthrown by William I's conquest)
c. 1053 Margaret 1110
Family tree of the Norman Dynasty
Norman Dynasty Henry I Harold II Edgar the Aethling William II Edward the Confessor William I Harold I Harthacnut Edmund II Ironside Cnut Aethelred the Unready Edward II the Martyr Sweyn Forkbeard Edgar the Peaceable Eadwig Aethelstan Alfred the Great Edward the Elder Aelfweard Edmund the Elder Eadred