Descendants of Alfred the Great

 

As king of Wessex at the age of 21, Alfred (reigned 871-99) was a strong minded but highly strung battle veteran at the head of remaining resistance to the Vikings in southern England. In May 878, Alfred's army defeated the Danes at the battle of Edington. Realizing that he could not drive the Danes out of the rest of England, Alfred concluded peace with

them with the treaty of Wedmore. By stopping the Viking advance and consolidating his territorial gains, Alfred had started the process by which his successors eventually extended their power over the other Anglo-Saxon kings; the ultimate unification of Anglo-Saxon England was to be led by Wessex. It is for his valiant defense of his kingdom against a stronger enemy, for securing peace with the Vikings and for his farsighted reforms in the reconstruction of Wessex and beyond, that Alfred - alone of all the English kings and queens - is known as 'the Great'.

               

 

1  Alfred the Great  849 – 899  King of Wessex

....+Ealhswith (Alswitha)     - 905

.2  Alfthryth   - 929

......+Baldwin II, the Bald     865 - 883/84

.... 3  Arnold I, the Old 890 - 964

..........+Alix de Vermandois - 960

.......4  Baldwin III  940 - 961/62

..............+Matilda  - 1008

...........5  Arnold II, the Young     961 - 987

.................       +Rosela  952 - 1002/03

..............6  Baldwin IV, the Bearded    980 - 1036

....................+Ogive of Luxembourg    995 - 1029/30

.................       7  Baldwin V, de Lille   1012 - 1067

.......................+Adele (or Aelis) de France - 1078/79

................8  Maud of Flanders     1032 - 1083

...........................+William I, the Conqueror   1024 – 1087 first Norman King

.....................9  Henry I, "Beauclerc"  1068 - 1135    

..............................+ Matilda of Scotland    1079 - 1118

...........................10  Matilda 1102 - 1167

.................................+Geoffrey V Plantagenet    1113 - 1151

..............................11  Henry II     1132/33 - 1189       

....................................+Eleanor of Aquitanne    1123 - 1204

.................................12  John Lackland       1167 - 1216

........................................+ Isabella of Angouleme      1188 - 1246

.....................................13  Henry III     1207 - 1272

...........................................+Eleanor of Provence 1222 - 1291

........................................14    Edward I 1239 – 1307

 

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