Wigmund

Wigmund married Elflega. Elflega (daughter of Coelwulf) was born about 792; and died. [Group Sheet]

Eadburga married Ethelred Mucill EALDORMAN OF THE GAINAI. Ethelred was born about 825 in Mercia, England; died about 866. [Group Sheet]

Ealhswith married Alfred 'the Great' KING OF WESSEX about 869 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. Alfred (son of Ethelwulf KING OF WESSEX and Osburga Oslad OF WESSEX) was born in 849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; died on 26 Oct 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Hyde Abbey, Winchester, England. [Group Sheet]

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Edward I., the Elder , "the Unconquerored King," was born about 870 and died about 924. He reigned 24 years from 900 to 924. He was not, like his father, a legislator or a scholar, although it is said that he founded the University of Cambridge, but he was great warrior. He gradually extended his sway over the whole island, in which project he was assisted by his sister the "Lady of Mercia" who headed her own troops and gained victories over both the Danes and Britons. Tradition assigns to Edward an even wider rule shortly before his death. In the middle of the ninth century the Picts and the Scots had been amalgamated under Kenneth MacAlpin, the King of the Scots, just as Mercia and Wessex were being welded together by the attacks of the Danes. It is said that in 925 the King of the Scots, together with other northern rulers, chose Edward "to father and lord." Probably this statement only covers some act of alliance formed by the English King with King of Scots and other lesser rulers. Nothing was more natural than that of the Scottish King, Constantine, should wish to obtain the support of Edward against his enemies; and it is natural that if Edward agreed to support him he would require some acknowledgment of the superiority of the English King. After a prosperous reign, King Edward died in Forndon, Northamptonshire in 925. He married (3) Lady Edgiva (Edgina), daughter of Earl Sigelline (Sigilline), Earl of Meapham. He succeeded his father about 901, and raised the supremacy of Wessex into something little short of an imperial authority, extending his sway over Mercia, East Anglia, and Northumbria.

Edward married Eadgifu OF ENGLAND in 919. Eadgifu (daughter of Sigeheim EALDORMAN OF KENT) was born about 890 in Kent, England; died on 25 Aug 968. [Group Sheet]

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Ethelfleda married the regent of Mercia, Ethelred, (Ealdorman of the Mercians). This marriage set the final seal upon the cooperation of the South and Midlands. He died in 911, and his widow succeeded him as ruler of Mercia. She was known as "the Lady of the Mercians." She aided his brother Edward I., the Elder, in conquering the Danelaw and its Five Boroughs. In 918, the Danish resistance in East Anglia collapsed, and all the Danish leaders submitted to Edward as their protector and lord. They were granted in return their estates and the right to live according to their Danish customs. At the same time "the Lady of the Mercians" conquered Leicester, and received even from York offers of submission. In this hour of success Ethelfleda died, and Edward was invited by the nobles of Mercia to occupy the vacant throne.

Elfrida married Baldwin II OF FLANDERS. Baldwin (son of Count Baldwin I "Iron Arm" OF FLANDERS and Princess Judith Martel OF FRANCE) was born in 864; died on 10 Sep 918. [Group Sheet]