House of Wessex family tree
The following chart is a family tree of the kings of the House of Wessex, a dynasty whose members were Kings of Wessex, and then, from Athelstan onwards, Kings of England.
Many of the links shown are disputed. Egbert, who became King of Wessex in 802, was probably of Kentish origin, and his ancestry back to Cerdic may have been invented to legitimize his claim to the throne of Wessex.[1] The links tracing the ancestry of the Godwins back to King Æthelred I are based on theories put forward by genealogists which are rejected by almost all historians.
In places the tree has been extended to show those kings of Wessex or England who were not actually of the house of Cerdic, although in every case these kings are related to the House of Wessex through marriage, and so can be included here. These include Canute the Great and his two sons.
For a continuation of this tree, please see English monarchs family tree.
[edit] Links to persons named
- Aelfweard
- Aelgifu
- Aethelbald
- Æthelburg
- Aethelfrith
- Aethelheard
- Aethelhelm
- Æthelstan Ætheling
- Æthelweard (historian)
- Aethelwold
- Aethelwulf
- Alfred Aetheling
- Alfred the Great
- Athelstan of Kent
- Athelstan
- Caedwalla
- Canute the Great
- Ceawlin
- Cedda
- Centwine
- Cenwalh
- Ceol
- Ceolwald
- Ceolwulf
- Cerdic
- Coenberht
- Coenred
- Cutha Cathwulf
- Cuthburga
- Cuthred
- Cuthwine
- Cwichelm
- Cynegils
- Cynric
- Eadwig
- Ealhswith
- Earl Godwin
- Ecgberht Ætheling
- Edgar
- Edgar the Outlaw
- Edgar
- Edgiva
- Edith of Wessex
- Edmund I
- Edmund Ironside
- Edred Aetheling
- Edred
- Edward the Confessor
- Edward the Elder
- Edward the Exile
- Edward the Martyr
- Edwin
- Edwy
- Egbert
- Eoppa
- Ethelbert
- Ethelfleda
- Ethelred I
- Ethelred II
- Harold Harefoot
- Harold II
- Harthacanute
- Ine
- Ingild
- Mul
- Osburga
- Penda
- Redburga
- Seaxburh
- Sigeberht of Wessex
- Sweyn Forkbeard
- Tostig Godwinson
- Wulfnoth Cild
[edit] References
[edit] External sites
- "Family tree of Kings of Wessex and England 802–1066" (PDF). The official website of the British Monarchy. http://www.royal.gov.uk/pdf/wessex.pdf. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
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