Alfred the Great

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Leo van de Pas

Alfred the Great

Legg inn av Leo van de Pas » 08 nov 2007 06:01:44

It is interesting to see how the House of Normandy replaced the House of Wessex but how the House of Wessex pretty quickly had descendants on the thrones of several European countries, including England. William the Conqueror's wife was a descendant of Alfred the Great and their son Henry I married a daughter of St. Margaret of Wessex. It is interesting to make lists of groups of descendants, I will make two:

Magna Carta Sureties who descend from Alfred the Great
Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford
Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford
Robert FitzWalter, Baron of Little Dunmow
Saher de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester
William d'Aubeney of Belvoir
William de Huntingfield
Guillaume de Forz, Count d'Aumale
Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
if there are more, I would love to hear,

Saints
St.Margaret of Wessex
St.Hedwig von Meran
St. Louis IX, King of France
St. Elisabeth of Hungary
St. Isabel of Portugal
St. Stephan Brankovic
St. Francisco de Borja y de Aragon
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
St. Philip Howard

I have made a file with descendants over 12 generations, reaching the 13th century. If anyone is interested I gladly send it on.
With best wishes
Leo van de Pas,
Canberra, Australia

Margaret

Re: Alfred the Great

Legg inn av Margaret » 08 nov 2007 18:43:26

Dear Leo
Yes please. And thank you.
yours
Margaret

On Nov 8, 6:01 am, "Leo van de Pas" <leovd...@netspeed.com.au> wrote:
It is interesting to see how the House of Normandy replaced the House of Wessex but how the House of Wessex pretty quickly had descendants on the thrones of several European countries, including England. William the Conqueror's wife was a descendant of Alfred the Great and their son Henry I married a daughter of St. Margaret of Wessex. It is interesting to make lists of groups of descendants, I will make two:

Magna Carta Sureties who descend from Alfred the Great
Henry de Bohun, 1st Earl of Hereford
Gilbert de Clare, 5th Earl of Hertford
Robert FitzWalter, Baron of Little Dunmow
Saher de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester
William d'Aubeney of Belvoir
William de Huntingfield
Guillaume de Forz, Count d'Aumale
Hugh Bigod, 3rd Earl of Norfolk
if there are more, I would love to hear,

Saints
St.Margaret of Wessex
St.Hedwig von Meran
St. Louis IX, King of France
St. Elisabeth of Hungary
St. Isabel of Portugal
St. Stephan Brankovic
St. Francisco de Borja y de Aragon
St. Aloysius Gonzaga
St. Philip Howard

I have made a file with descendants over 12 generations, reaching the 13th century. If anyone is interested I gladly send it on.
With best wishes
Leo van de Pas,
Canberra, Australia

Hovite

Re: Alfred the Great

Legg inn av Hovite » 08 nov 2007 23:55:53

On Nov 8, 5:01 am, "Leo van de Pas" <leovd...@netspeed.com.au> wrote:
It is interesting to see how the House of Normandy replaced the House of Wessex but how the House of Wessex pretty quickly had descendants on the thrones of several European countries, including England. William the Conqueror's wife was a descendant of Alfred the Great

and therefore also a descendant of Ealhmund, King of Kent, whose son
Ecgberht III conquered Wessex in 802, apparently slaying the Mercian
puppet Beorhtric, an event somewhat obscurely recorded in the Anglo-
Saxon Chronicle:

"This year was the moon eclipsed, at eight in the evening, on the
seventeenth day before the calends of February; and soon after died
King Bertric and Alderman Worr. Egbert succeeded to the West-Saxon
kingdom; and the same day Ethelmund, alderman of the Wiccians, rode
over the Thames at Kempsford; where he was met by Alderman Woxtan,
with the men of Wiltshire, and a terrible conflict ensued, in which
both the commanders were slain, but the men of Wiltshire obtained the
victory."

http://omacl.org/Anglo/part2.html

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