Tryffyn (?)1
M, #5131
| Father* | Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr1 d. 910 | |
Tryffyn (?)||p172.htm#i5131|Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 910|p172.htm#i5132||||Rhodri M. ap Merfyn Frych|b. 844\nd. 878|p172.htm#i5134|Angharad ferch Meurig||p172.htm#i5135||||||| | ||
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Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr1
M, #5132, d. 910
| Father* | Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn Frych2 b. 844, d. 878 | |
| Mother* | Angharad ferch Meurig2,1 | |
Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 910|p172.htm#i5132|Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn Frych|b. 844\nd. 878|p172.htm#i5134|Angharad ferch Meurig||p172.htm#i5135|Mervin F. (?) "Freckled"|d. 844|p219.htm#i6567|Nesta (?)|d. 855|p219.htm#i6568|Meurig ap Dyfnwallon||p219.htm#i6569|||| | ||
| Death* | 910 | 1 |
| Title* | Prince of Deheubarth1 | |
| Name Variation | Mervin2 |
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Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr1
M, #5133, d. 916
| Father* | Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn Frych1 b. 844, d. 878 | |
| Mother* | Angharad ferch Meurig1,2 | |
Anarawd ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 916|p172.htm#i5133|Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn Frych|b. 844\nd. 878|p172.htm#i5134|Angharad ferch Meurig||p172.htm#i5135|Mervin F. (?) "Freckled"|d. 844|p219.htm#i6567|Nesta (?)|d. 855|p219.htm#i6568|Meurig ap Dyfnwallon||p219.htm#i6569|||| | ||
| Death* | 916 | 1 |
| DNB* | Anarawd ap Rhodri (d. 916), king in Wales, was the son of Rhodri Mawr and Angharad ferch Meurig of Ceredigion. With the division of political power in north Wales on Rhodri's death at English hands in 878, later medieval sources credited Anarawd with either Powys or (more accurately) Gwynedd. He is often regarded as the eldest of Rhodri's male offspring, and therefore the natural heir to the regions of Gwynedd and Anglesey. The contemporary reference in the ‘Nennian’ recension of the Historia Brittonum calls Anarawd ‘rex Monie’ (‘King of Anglesey’) about 907–8. Whether his power extended eastwards into Powys (which may have come under Rhodri's control in 854–5) and southwards into Ceredigion (likewise in 872) is not clear. In 881 the sons of Rhodri Mawr fought the battle of Conwy, also known as the ‘avenging of Rhodri’, which implies both that it was directed against the same (English) foe who slew Rhodri and that Anarawd and his brothers were victorious. Later Welsh genealogies state that the battle was fought against ‘Edryd Long Hair, king of England’, possibly Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia. The sons of Rhodri Mawr did not content themselves with fighting the English but also continued their father's policy of expansion within Wales. In his Life of King Alfred Asser states that predatory attacks by Anarawd and his brother had forced Hyfaidd ap Bleddri of Dyfed and Elise ap Tewdwr of Brycheiniog to seek the protection of the West Saxon king. This is thought to have occurred by the mid-890s, when Anarawd also formed an alliance with Guthfrith I, ruler of the Scandinavian kingdom of York. This Scandinavian alliance lasted until about 893 when Anarawd, allegedly having obtained no benefit from it, sought out Alfred in person. To secure their consequent alliance Alfred stood sponsor to Anarawd at confirmation while, according to Asser, Anarawd subjected himself ‘with all his people’ to Alfred's lordship. In 895 it was with English (though not necessarily West Saxon) help that Anarawd raided Ceredigion and Ystrad Tywi. The nature of this raid is unclear. Ceredigion had probably been under the control of Gwynedd since 872 and is often attributed to Anarawd's brother Cadell at this point. Perhaps Cadell (or another brother) had rejected Anarawd's alliance with Wessex, causing both allies to take aggressive action against him. Alternatively it has been suggested that Ceredigion had come under Scandinavian control, though there is no evidence to substantiate this. In 892, according to Welsh chronicles, vikings from Ireland had ‘come to Gwynedd’ and two years later, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, vikings had entered Wales from the Wirral but ‘were unable to stay there’. However, there is no need to link either of these events to Anarawd's attack in 895. Anarawd's kingdom suffered further Scandinavian raids. In 903 the viking Ingimund (probably from Dublin) arrived on Anglesey where he took control of the area called Maes Yswaelion, in the east of the island. He was eventually beaten by the Welsh, probably under Anarawd's leadership, and moved eastwards to Chester. Anarawd's brother Merfyn was killed by vikings or ‘by his own people’ (perhaps Anarawd) in 904 and Cadell died in 911, though whether Anarawd benefited politically from these fraternal deaths is not apparent. He ruled for a further five years, dying in 916, as far as we can tell from natural causes. His two known sons were Idwal Foel and Elise; Welsh genealogies also name a more shadowy Meurig. Idwal Foel succeeded Anarawd in the kingship of Gwynedd. Arthur Miller, rev. David E. Thornton Sources J. Williams ab Ithel, ed., Annales Cambriae, Rolls Series, 20 (1860) · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brenhinedd y Saesson, or, The kings of the Saxons (1971) [another version of Brut y tywysogyon] · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brut y tywysogyon, or, The chronicle of the princes: Peniarth MS 20 (1952) · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brut y tywysogyon, or, The chronicle of the princes: Red Book of Hergest (1955) · P. C. Bartrum, ed., Early Welsh genealogical tracts (1966) · T. Mommsen, ed., Chronica minora saec. IV. V. VI. VII., 3, MGH Auctores Antiquissimi, 13 (Berlin, 1898) · Asser's Life of King Alfred: together with the ‘Annals of Saint Neots’ erroneously ascribed to Asser, ed. W. H. Stevenson (1904); repr. with a supplementary article by D. Whitelock (1959) · D. N. Dumville, ‘The “six” sons of Rhodri Mawr: a problem in Asser's Life of King Alfred’, Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies, 4 (1982), 5–18 · J. E. Lloyd, A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest, 3rd edn, 2 vols. (1939); repr. (1988) · Nennius, ‘British history’ and ‘The Welsh annals’, ed. and trans. J. Morris (1980) © Oxford University Press 2004–5 All rights reserved: see legal notice Oxford University Press Arthur Miller, ‘Anarawd ap Rhodri (d. 916)’, rev. David E. Thornton, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/458, accessed 24 Sept 2005] Anarawd ap Rhodri (d. 916): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4583 | |
| Title* | Prince of Gwynedd2 |
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Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn Frych1,2
M, #5134, b. 844, d. 878
| Father* | Mervin Frych (?) "Freckled"1 d. 844 | |
| Mother* | Nesta (?)1 d. 855 | |
Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn Frych|b. 844\nd. 878|p172.htm#i5134|Mervin Frych (?) "Freckled"|d. 844|p219.htm#i6567|Nesta (?)|d. 855|p219.htm#i6568||||||||||||| | ||
| Birth* | 844 | 1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Angharad ferch Meurig1,2 | |
| Death* | 878 | 1 |
| DNB* | Rhodri Mawr (b. before 844, d. 878), king of Gwynedd, was son of Merfyn Frych, king of Gwynedd, and Nest ferch Cadell of the Powysian ruling line. Rhodri ruled the kingdom of Gwynedd in north-west Wales from 844 until his death in 878. Furthermore, it is possible that he brought Powys in north-east Wales under his control in 855 or at some point after that date, and also annexed Ceredigion in west Wales in 872. He is credited with a number of sons with his various wives, including Angharad ferch Meurig of Ceredigion, and these sons, most notably Anarawd and Cadell, continued his expansionist policy, culminating in the extensive power of his grandson Hywel Dda ap Cadell. Despite the claims of later writers, Rhodri himself never ruled all of Wales, but even so he was relatively well known to contemporaries and is perhaps mentioned in a poem by Sedulius Scottus, an Irishman working on the continent. A majority of Welsh rulers in the tenth and later centuries claimed descent from him and it is probably on account of his contemporary political and later genealogical importance that Rhodri came to be known as ‘the Great’. The lists of his sons include Anarawd, Cadell, Gwriad, and Merfyn; others, less historically certain, include Aeddan, Gwyddelig, Meurig, Morgan, and Tudwal Gloff. Rhodri succeeded to the kingdom of Gwynedd and its dependent regions in 844 on the death of his father, Merfyn Frych. In spite of his importance very little is known about his deeds within Wales, and most of that must be surmised from later, brief accounts. More is known of his dealings with the English and Hiberno-Scandinavians. The expansion of Rhodri's authority in Wales seems to have been achieved by a combination of marriage alliance and, no doubt, a certain amount of violence. Rhodri's acquisition of neighbouring Powys is normally dated to 855, when its last known independent ruler, Cyngen ap Cadell, died in Rome. Rhodri is thought to have annexed the kingdom on account of being the son of Cyngen's sister Nest, and the fact that no member of Cyngen's family is mentioned after 855 might support this view. However, Cyngen is known to have had sons, and the suggestion that Powys was controlled by Rhodri's dynasty this early is not certain. The suggestion of the similar acquisition of Ceredigion on the drowning of its last king, Gwgon ap Meurig, has perhaps more to recommend it, though again there is no explicit statement to substantiate this. Rhodri's wife Angharad was the sister of Gwgon; and the violent nature of Gwgon's death may be suggestive. Whereas Rhodri Mawr's relations with neighbouring Welsh kingdoms tended to be beneficial to himself, his external relations proved not to be always so. In 853 the combined forces of Burgred of Mercia and Æthelwulf of Wessex entered Wales and acquired Welsh submission; which Welsh ruler or rulers were party to this is not known, but possibly Rhodri was among their number. Two years later he faced trouble from the opposite direction when the vikings known as Dub Gaill (‘the Black Host’) raided Anglesey. Since Anglesey was the traditional seat of the kings of Gwynedd, such a raid on the island could well have posed a threat. However Rhodri was clearly not intimidated and in 856, a year after this raid, he slew Orm (or Gorm), a viking leader active in Ireland in the early 850s. The site of the encounter is not known. It was possibly this victory over vikings that was celebrated in the poem by Sedulius Scottus. In 865 the English appear to have attacked Rhodri on Anglesey: the Irish annals state that they drove the Welsh from their lands and placed them in bondage on ‘Maen Chonáin’, possibly Môn (Anglesey). The last years of Rhodri's reign witnessed a number of encounters that were not successful for him. In 877 the so-called ‘Sunday battle’ was fought on Anglesey. This was possibly against the Dub Gaill for in that year they are said to have driven Rhodri to Ireland. He was back within a year for he was slain, alongside his son Gwriad, by the English in 878. The English in question appear to have been the Mercians if the ‘Edryd Long Hair’ fought by Rhodri's sons in 881 (in a battle known as the ‘avenging of Rhodri’) was Æthelred, ealdorman of Mercia. David E. Thornton Sources J. Williams ab Ithel, ed., Annales Cambriae, Rolls Series, 20 (1860) · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brenhinedd y Saesson, or, The kings of the Saxons (1971) [another version of Brut y tywysogyon] · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brut y tywysogyon, or, The chronicle of the princes: Peniarth MS 20 (1952) · T. Jones, ed. and trans., Brut y tywysogyon, or, The chronicle of the princes: Red Book of Hergest (1955) · P. C. Bartrum, ed., Early Welsh genealogical tracts (1966) · Ann. Ulster · I. Meyers, ed., Sedulii Scotti carmina (1991) · D. N. Dumville, ‘The “six” sons of Rhodri Mawr: a problem in Asser's Life of King Alfred’, Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies, 4 (1982), 5–18 · J. E. Lloyd, A history of Wales from the earliest times to the Edwardian conquest, 3rd edn, 2 vols. (1939); repr. (1988) · N. K. Chadwick, ‘Early culture and learning in north Wales’, in N. K. Chadwick and others, Studies in the early British church (1958), 29–120 © Oxford University Press 2004–5 All rights reserved: see legal notice Oxford University Press David E. Thornton, ‘Rhodri Mawr (b. before 844, d. 878)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23456, accessed 24 Sept 2005] Rhodri Mawr (b. before 844, d. 878): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/234563 | |
| Title* | King of Wales1 |
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Family 3 | Angharad ferch Meurig | |
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Angharad ferch Meurig1
F, #5135
| Father* | Meurig ap Dyfnwallon2 | |
Angharad ferch Meurig||p172.htm#i5135|Meurig ap Dyfnwallon||p219.htm#i6569||||Dyfnwallon ap Arthen|d. 807|p528.htm#i15835|||||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | Principal=Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn Frych2,1 | |
| Name Variation | Ankaret2 |
Family | Rhodri Mawr ap Merfyn Frych b. 844, d. 878 | |
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| Last Edited | 11 Jun 2005 |
Gwaithfoed ap Gynnan1,2
M, #5136
| Father* | Gwrydur Hir (?)1 | |
Gwaithfoed ap Gynnan||p172.htm#i5136|Gwrydur Hir (?)||p172.htm#i5137||||Caradawg (?)||p219.htm#i6560|||||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | Principal=Morvydd fil Ynir (?)1 |
Family | Morvydd fil Ynir (?) | |
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| Last Edited | 27 Jul 2005 |
Gwrydur Hir (?)1
M, #5137
| Father* | Caradawg (?)1 | |
Gwrydur Hir (?)||p172.htm#i5137|Caradawg (?)||p219.htm#i6560||||Lles L. (?)||p219.htm#i6561|||||||||| | ||
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| Last Edited | 27 Jul 2005 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Marchweithian of Llewenny (?)1
M, #5138
| Father* | Cyndrick (?)1 | |
Marchweithian of Llewenny (?)||p172.htm#i5138|Cyndrick (?)||p172.htm#i5139||||Cynddelw G. (?)||p172.htm#i5140|||||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | 1 |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Cyndrick (?)1
M, #5139
| Father* | Cynddelw Gam (?)1 | |
Cyndrick (?)||p172.htm#i5139|Cynddelw Gam (?)||p172.htm#i5140|||||||||||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | 1 |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Cynddelw Gam (?)1
M, #5140
| Marriage* | 1 |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Llewelyn Eurdorchog (?)1
M, #5141
| Father* | Coel (?)1 | |
Llewelyn Eurdorchog (?)||p172.htm#i5141|Coel (?)||p172.htm#i5142||||Gweryd (?)||p172.htm#i5143|||||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | 1 |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Coel (?)1
M, #5142
| Father* | Gweryd (?)1 | |
Coel (?)||p172.htm#i5142|Gweryd (?)||p172.htm#i5143||||Cynddelw G. (?)||p172.htm#i5140|||||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | 1 |
Family | ||
| Child | ||
| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Gweryd (?)1
M, #5143
| Father* | Cynddelw Gam (?)1 | |
Gweryd (?)||p172.htm#i5143|Cynddelw Gam (?)||p172.htm#i5140|||||||||||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | 1 |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Count Raoul de Cambray1
M, #5144
| Father* | Count Baldwin I of Flanders "Bras de Fer"1 d. 879 | |
| Mother* | Judith of France1 b. c 844, d. a 870 | |
Count Raoul de Cambray||p172.htm#i5144|Count Baldwin I of Flanders "Bras de Fer"|d. 879|p172.htm#i5145|Judith of France|b. c 844\nd. a 870|p172.htm#i5146|Count Odoacre of Harlebec|d. 862|p199.htm#i5961||||King Charles I. of the Franks "the Bald"|b. 13 Jun 828\nd. 6 Oct 877|p88.htm#i2619|Ermentrude (?)|b. 27 Sep 830\nd. 6 Oct 869|p88.htm#i2620| | ||
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| Last Edited | 3 Jun 2005 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Count Baldwin I of Flanders "Bras de Fer"1
M, #5145, d. 879
| Father* | Count Odoacre of Harlebec1 d. 862 | |
Count Baldwin I of Flanders "Bras de Fer"|d. 879|p172.htm#i5145|Count Odoacre of Harlebec|d. 862|p199.htm#i5961||||Count Engelram of Harlebec|d. 824|p199.htm#i5962|||||||||| | ||
| Birth* | of Flanders, France1 | |
| Marriage* | 862 | 3rd=Judith of France1,2 |
| Death* | 879 | Arras1,2 |
Family | Judith of France b. c 844, d. a 870 | |
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Judith of France1
F, #5146, b. circa 844, d. after 870
| Father* | King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald"1,2 b. 13 Jun 828, d. 6 Oct 877 | |
| Mother* | Ermentrude (?)1,2 b. 27 Sep 830, d. 6 Oct 869 | |
Judith of France|b. c 844\nd. a 870|p172.htm#i5146|King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald"|b. 13 Jun 828\nd. 6 Oct 877|p88.htm#i2619|Ermentrude (?)|b. 27 Sep 830\nd. 6 Oct 869|p88.htm#i2620|King Louis I. of the Franks "the Fair"|b. Aug 778\nd. 20 Jun 840|p88.htm#i2623|Judith of Bavaria|b. 800\nd. 19 Apr 843|p88.htm#i2624|Count Odo of Orléans|b. 798\nd. 834|p88.htm#i2621|Engeltrude (?)||p88.htm#i2622| | ||
| Birth* | circa 844 | 3 |
| Birth | circa 846 | 1 |
| Marriage* | 1 October 856 | Verberie-sur-Oise, France, 2nd=Æthelwulf of Wessex1,3 |
| Marriage* | between 858 and 859 | Groom=Ethelbald (?)1 |
| Marriage* | 862 | Groom=Count Baldwin I of Flanders "Bras de Fer"1,2 |
| Death* | after 870 | 1,3 |
Family | Count Baldwin I of Flanders "Bras de Fer" d. 879 | |
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| Last Edited | 21 Nov 2004 |
Aymon (?)1
M, #5147, d. after 960
| Marriage* | Principal=Elizabeth Vendome1 | |
| Death* | after 960 | 1 |
Family | Elizabeth Vendome | |
| Child | ||
| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Elizabeth Vendome1
F, #5148
| Marriage* | Principal=Aymon (?)1 | |
| Marriage* | Principal=Bouchard IV (?)1 |
Family 1 | Aymon (?) d. a 960 | |
| Child | ||
Family 2 | Bouchard IV (?) d. 26 Feb 1007 | |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Waleran I (?)1
M, #5149, d. 11 November 987
| Marriage* | Principal=Liegard (?)1 | |
| Death* | 11 November 987 | 1 |
Family | Liegard (?) d. 12 Nov 991 | |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Walter I of Vexin1
M, #5150, b. circa 925, d. between 992 and 998
| Father* | Raoul de Gouy1 b. c 895, d. 926 | |
| Mother* | Eldegarde of Amiens (?)1 d. 12 Nov 991 | |
Walter I of Vexin|b. c 925\nd. bt 992 - 998|p172.htm#i5150|Raoul de Gouy|b. c 895\nd. 926|p172.htm#i5153|Eldegarde of Amiens (?)|d. 12 Nov 991|p172.htm#i5154|Raoul I. d. Cambrai|d. 944|p320.htm#i9581|Liegard (?)|d. 12 Nov 991|p320.htm#i9582|Ermenfroi (?)||p217.htm#i6490|||| | ||
| Birth* | circa 925 | 1,2 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Adelaide of Anjou (?)1 | |
| Death* | between 992 and 998 | 1 |
| Title* | Count of Valois, the Vexin, and Amiens2 | |
| Name Variation | Gautier I (?)2 |
Family | Adelaide of Anjou (?) b. c 923 | |
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Adelaide of Anjou (?)1
F, #5151, b. circa 923
| Father* | Fulk I the Red (?)1 b. 888, d. bt 941 - 942 | |
| Mother* | Roscille de Lochar (?)1 | |
Adelaide of Anjou (?)|b. c 923|p172.htm#i5151|Fulk I the Red (?)|b. 888\nd. bt 941 - 942|p165.htm#i4944|Roscille de Lochar (?)||p165.htm#i4945|Ingelger (?)|d. 888|p165.htm#i4946|Aelinde d. Gatinais|b. c 848|p165.htm#i4947|Werner (Garnier) (?)||p165.htm#i4948|Torcinda (?)||p165.htm#i4949| | ||
| Birth* | circa 923 | of Anjou, France1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Walter I of Vexin1 |
Family | Walter I of Vexin b. c 925, d. bt 992 - 998 | |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Herbert (?)1
M, #5152
| Marriage* | 1 |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Raoul de Gouy1
M, #5153, b. circa 895, d. 926
| Father* | Raoul I de Cambrai1 d. 944 | |
| Mother* | Liegard (?)1 d. 12 Nov 991 | |
| Father | Count Hucbald d' Ostrevant2 d. b 895 | |
| Mother | Helwise de Friuli2 d. a 895 | |
Raoul de Gouy|b. c 895\nd. 926|p172.htm#i5153|Raoul I de Cambrai|d. 944|p320.htm#i9581|Liegard (?)|d. 12 Nov 991|p320.htm#i9582|Hucbold (?)|d. a 895|p217.htm#i6488|Helwise de Friuli|d. a 895|p217.htm#i6489||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | Principal=Eldegarde of Amiens (?)1 | |
| Birth* | circa 895 | 3 |
| Death* | 926 | 1,3 |
| Title* | Count d'Ostrevant, Count of Amiens, Valois, and the Vexin3 |
Family | Eldegarde of Amiens (?) d. 12 Nov 991 | |
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Eldegarde of Amiens (?)1
F, #5154, d. 12 November 991
| Father* | Ermenfroi (?)1 | |
Eldegarde of Amiens (?)|d. 12 Nov 991|p172.htm#i5154|Ermenfroi (?)||p217.htm#i6490||||Margrave Eberhard of Friuli|d. 16 Dec 867|p164.htm#i4920|Gisela of France|b. 820\nd. 1 Jul 874|p215.htm#i6430||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | Principal=Raoul de Gouy1 | |
| Death* | 12 November 991 | 1 |
Family | Raoul de Gouy b. c 895, d. 926 | |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Ethelward (?)1
M, #5155, b. circa 880, d. 26 October 922
| Father* | Alfred of England "The Great"1 b. 849, d. 26 Oct 899 | |
| Mother* | Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha1 b. c 852, d. 904 | |
Ethelward (?)|b. c 880\nd. 26 Oct 922|p172.htm#i5155|Alfred of England "The Great"|b. 849\nd. 26 Oct 899|p56.htm#i1651|Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha|b. c 852\nd. 904|p56.htm#i1652|Æthelwulf of Wessex|b. bt 794 - 800\nd. 13 Jan 858|p56.htm#i1654|Osburh (?)|b. c 810\nd. a 876|p56.htm#i1655|Æthelred O. Mercia||p56.htm#i1653|Edburga o. M. (?)||p173.htm#i5162| | ||
| Birth* | circa 880 | 1 |
| Death* | 26 October 922 | 1 |
| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Llewelyn ap Mervyn (?)1
M, #5156
| Father* | Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr1 d. 910 | |
Llewelyn ap Mervyn (?)||p172.htm#i5156|Merfyn ap Rhodri Mawr|d. 910|p172.htm#i5132||||Rhodri M. ap Merfyn Frych|b. 844\nd. 878|p172.htm#i5134|Angharad ferch Meurig||p172.htm#i5135||||||| | ||
| Marriage* | 1 |
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| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Ethelgiva (?)1
F, #5157
| Father* | Alfred of England "The Great"1 b. 849, d. 26 Oct 899 | |
| Mother* | Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha1 b. c 852, d. 904 | |
Ethelgiva (?)||p172.htm#i5157|Alfred of England "The Great"|b. 849\nd. 26 Oct 899|p56.htm#i1651|Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha|b. c 852\nd. 904|p56.htm#i1652|Æthelwulf of Wessex|b. bt 794 - 800\nd. 13 Jan 858|p56.htm#i1654|Osburh (?)|b. c 810\nd. a 876|p56.htm#i1655|Æthelred O. Mercia||p56.htm#i1653|Edburga o. M. (?)||p173.htm#i5162| | ||
| Last Edited | 24 Oct 2003 |
Citations
- [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
Ethelbald (?)1
M, #5158, d. 20 December 860
| Father* | Æthelwulf of Wessex1 b. bt 794 - 800, d. 13 Jan 858 | |
| Mother* | Osburh (?)1 b. c 810, d. a 876 | |
Ethelbald (?)|d. 20 Dec 860|p172.htm#i5158|Æthelwulf of Wessex|b. bt 794 - 800\nd. 13 Jan 858|p56.htm#i1654|Osburh (?)|b. c 810\nd. a 876|p56.htm#i1655|Ecgberht of Wessex|b. 775\nd. a 19 Nov 838|p56.htm#i1657|Rædburh (?)|b. c 788|p56.htm#i1658|Oslac (?)||p56.htm#i1656|||| | ||
| Marriage* | between 858 and 859 | 2nd=Judith of France1 |
| Death* | 20 December 860 | 1 |
| Burial* | Sherborne Abbey1 | |
| Hume* | ETHELWOLF lived only two years after making this grant; 857.and by his will he shared England between his two eldest sons, Ethelbald and Ethelbert, the west being assigned to the former; the east to the latter. Ethelbald was a profligate prince; and marrying Judith, his mother-in-law, gave great offence to the people; but moved by the remonstrances of Swithun, bishop of Winchester, he was at last prevailed on to divorce her. His reign was short;860. and Ethelbert, his brother, succeeding to the government, behaved himself, during a reign of five years, in a manner more worthy of his birth and station. The kingdom, however, was still infested by the Danes, who made an inroad and sacked Winchester; but were there defeated. A body also of these pirates, who were quartered in the Isle of Thanet, having deceived the English by a treaty, unexpectedly broke into Kent, and committed great outrages.2 |
| Last Edited | 15 Sep 2004 |
Ethelbert (?)1
M, #5159, d. 866
| Father* | Æthelwulf of Wessex1 b. bt 794 - 800, d. 13 Jan 858 | |
| Mother* | Osburh (?)1 b. c 810, d. a 876 | |
Ethelbert (?)|d. 866|p172.htm#i5159|Æthelwulf of Wessex|b. bt 794 - 800\nd. 13 Jan 858|p56.htm#i1654|Osburh (?)|b. c 810\nd. a 876|p56.htm#i1655|Ecgberht of Wessex|b. 775\nd. a 19 Nov 838|p56.htm#i1657|Rædburh (?)|b. c 788|p56.htm#i1658|Oslac (?)||p56.htm#i1656|||| | ||
| Death* | 866 | 1 |
| Burial* | Sherborne Abbey, England1 | |
| Hume* | ETHELWOLF lived only two years after making this grant; 857.and by his will he shared England between his two eldest sons, Ethelbald and Ethelbert, the west being assigned to the former; the east to the latter. Ethelbald was a profligate prince; and marrying Judith, his mother-in-law, gave great offence to the people; but moved by the remonstrances of Swithun, bishop of Winchester, he was at last prevailed on to divorce her. His reign was short;860. and Ethelbert, his brother, succeeding to the government, behaved himself, during a reign of five years, in a manner more worthy of his birth and station. The kingdom, however, was still infested by the Danes, who made an inroad and sacked Winchester; but were there defeated. A body also of these pirates, who were quartered in the Isle of Thanet, having deceived the English by a treaty, unexpectedly broke into Kent, and committed great outrages.2 |
| Last Edited | 15 Sep 2004 |
Æthelred I of Wessex1,2
M, #5160, b. circa 843, d. 23 April 871
| Father* | Æthelwulf of Wessex1,3 b. bt 794 - 800, d. 13 Jan 858 | |
| Mother* | Osburh (?)1 b. c 810, d. a 876 | |
Æthelred I of Wessex|b. c 843\nd. 23 Apr 871|p172.htm#i5160|Æthelwulf of Wessex|b. bt 794 - 800\nd. 13 Jan 858|p56.htm#i1654|Osburh (?)|b. c 810\nd. a 876|p56.htm#i1655|Ecgberht of Wessex|b. 775\nd. a 19 Nov 838|p56.htm#i1657|Rædburh (?)|b. c 788|p56.htm#i1658|Oslac (?)||p56.htm#i1656|||| | ||
| Birth* | circa 843 | 1 |
| Marriage* | Principal=Wulfthryth (?)1 | |
| Death* | 23 April 871 | Horton, Wiltshire, England1 |
| Burial* | Wimborne Minster1 | |
| Hume* | ETHELBERT was succeeded by his brother Ethered,866. who, though he defended himself with bravery, enjoyed, during his whole reign, no tranquillity from those Danish irruptions. His younger brother, Alfred, seconded him in all his enterprizes; and generously sacrificed to the public good all resentment, which he might entertain, on account of his being excluded by Ethered from a large patrimony, which had been left him by his father. The first landing of the Danes in the reign of Ethered was among the East-Angles, who, more anxious for their present safety than for the common interest, entered into a separate treaty with the enemy; and furnished them with horses, which enabled them to make an irruption by land into the kingdom of Northumberland. They there seized the city of York; and defended it against Osbricht and Aella, two Northumbrian princes, who perished in the assault.e Encouraged by these successes, and by the superiority, which they had acquired in arms, they now ventured, under the command of Hinguar and Hubba, to leave the sea-coast, and penetrating into Mercia, they took up their winter-quarters at Nottingham, where they threatened the kingdom with a final subjection. The Mercians, in this extremity, applied to Ethered for succour; and that prince, with his brother, Alfred, conducting a great army to Nottingham,870. obliged the enemy to dislodge, and to retreat into Northumberland. Their restless disposition, and their avidity for plunder, allowed them not to remain long in those quarters: They broke into East-Anglia, defeated and took prisoner, Edmund, the king of that country, whom they afterwards murdered in cool blood; and committing the most barbarous ravages on the people, particularly on the monasteries, they gave the East-Angles cause to regret the temporary relief, which they had obtained, by assisting the common enemy. The next station of the Danes was at Reading;871. whence they infested the neighbouring country by their incursions. The Mercians, desirous of shaking off their dependance on Ethered, refused to join him with their forces; and that prince, attended by Alfred, was obliged to march against the enemy, with the West Saxons alone, his hereditary subjects. The Danes, being defeated in an action, shut themselves up in their garrison; but quickly making thence an irruption, they routed the West-Saxons, and obliged them to raise the siege. An action soon after ensued at Aston, in Berkshire, where the English, in the beginning of the day, were in danger of a total defeat. Alfred, advancing with one division of the army, was surrounded by the enemy in disadvantageous ground; and Ethered, who was at that time hearing mass, refused to march to his assistance, till prayers should be finished.f But as he afterwards obtained the victory, this success, not the danger of Alfred, was ascribed by the monks to the piety of that monarch. This battle of Aston did not terminate the war: Another battle was a little after fought at Basing; where the Danes were more successful; and being reinforced by a new army from their own country, they became every day more terrible to the English. Amidst these confusions, Ethered died of a wound, which he had received in an action with the Danes; and left the inheritance of his cares and misfortunes, rather than of his grandeur, to his brother, Alfred, who was now twenty-two years of age. 4 |
Family | Wulfthryth (?) | |
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| Last Edited | 21 Nov 2004 |
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