Edward the Confessor

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Edward the Confessor

Edward the was born in 1002. Edward the's father was Æthelred II 'The Unready' and his mother was Emma of Normandy. His paternal grandparents were Edgar 'the Peaceful' and Ælfthryth (Elfrida); his maternal grandparents were Richard I 'The Fearless' and Gunnora De Crepon. He had a brother and a sister, named Alfred the and Goda (Godgifu) of. He was the oldest of the three children. He had eight half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Athelstan, Ecgbert, Edmund II, Edred, Edwig, Edward, Edgar of, Edric, Edith, Wulfhilda and Ælfgifu Elgiva of.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Alfred the Great ^*
  - b.0846 in Wantage, Berkshire d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
  
  Edward the Elder
  - b.0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farrington-0n-Dee, Berkshire, England
  
  Ealhswith (Alswitha) of the Gaini
  - b.~  0852 in Mercia, England
  
  Edmund I "The Magnificent'
  - b.0921 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in Glastonbury, England
  
  Ealdorman of Kent Sigehelm
  - b.~  0871 in Kent, England
  
  Ædgifu (Edgiva) of Kent
  - b.~  0896 in Kent, England
  
  Edgar 'the Peaceful'
  - b.0944 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
  
  Ælfgifu Elgiva , " The Fairies Gift"
  - b.~  0922 in Wessex, England d.~  0944
  
  Æthelred II 'The Unready'
  - b.~  0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, England
  
  Ealdorman of Devon Ordgar
  - b.~  0917
  
  Ælfthryth (Elfrida)
  - b.~  0945 in Devonshire, England d.1000 in Wessex, England
  
  Wulfrith
  - b.~  0917
  
  Edward the Confessor
  - b.1002
  
  Ragnvald I 'the Wise' Eysteinsson ^*
  - b.~  0830 in Maer, Nord Trondelag, Norway
  
  Robert 'Rollo' Ragnvaldsson
  - b.0866 in Maer, Nord-Trondelag, Norway d.0931
  
  Ragnhild 'Hildr' Hrolfsdottir ^*
  - b.~  0848 in Orkney Islands
  
  William I 'Longsword'
  - b.~  0921 in Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942
  
  Berenger de Senlis ^*
  - b.~  0884 d.<  0930
  
  Poppa de Valois
  - b.~  0899 in Evreux, Neustria
  
  Richard I 'The Fearless'
  - b.28 AUG 933 in Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, France
  
  Pbepin Quentin ^*
  - b.0817 in Peronne, France d.0845 in Milan, Italy
  
  Herbert
  - b.0840 in Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France d.0902 in Murdered
  
  Sprota 'Adela' of Senlis
  - b.0882 in Bretagne, France d.<  0950
  
  Count of Morvois Guerri
  - b.~  0820
  
  Beatrice de Morvois
  - b.~  0850
  
  Eve of Roussillon ^*
  - b.~  0820 in Roussillon, France
  
  Emma of Normandy
  - b.~  0982 in Normandy, France d.6 MAR 1051/52 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
  
  Gorm "The Old" Haroldsson ^*
  - b.~  0840 in Denmark d.0931 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
  
  Herfast Gormsson
  - b.~  0891 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
  
  Thyra of Jutland ^*
  - b.~  0844 in Denmark d.~  0935 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
  
  Herbastus de Crépon
  - b.~  0911 in Crêpon, Normandy, France d.1002
  
  Gunnora De Crepon
  - b.~  0936 in Crêpon, Normandy, France d.1031 in France
  
  Bjorn "the Old" Eriksson ^*
  - b.~  0867 in Uppsala, Sweden d.~  0950
  
  Olaf "Mitkg" Bjornsson
  - b.~  0885 in Uppsala, Sweden d.~  0985
  
  Ingeborg Thrandsdotter ^*
  - b.~  0867
  
  Gunhilde Olafsdatter
  - b.~  0910 in Denmark
  
  Earl of Sula Thrando
  
  Ingeberg Thrandsdatter
  - b.~  0885
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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Edward the Confessor

Ancestor Pedigree Chart