Fighting Kings of Wessex
| Gramps ID | S11331 |
| Author | G.P. Baker |
| Publication information | Combined Books, Conshohocken, PA, 1996 |
Narrative
ABBR Fighting Kings of Wessex
References
- p 191, Olaf Kuarán, no title, s of Sigtryggr Gale, no mother
- Alfred's mother not mentioned by name but listed as of Jute descent
- p 176, Aethilfleda
- Chilperic, son of Merovich
- based on fact that his successor Godrod reigned 20 years & married his widow & then died abt 810
- p 180, Aelfwina
- p 46
- p 185
- p 46
- p 177
- p 190, p 193, m 920, no place
- m 868, no place
- p 186, d 760
- p 148, Sigfrith Snake-Eye, s of Ragnar Lodbrock, no mother
- Died 2 years aft the battle of Chalons (in year 451 (Goths & Romans combined defeated Attila the Hun); so died abt 453
- p 155, footnote, no place
- p 46
- son of Cernic (paternal grandfather in this db) (acc to A-S Chronicle)
- Aesc, son of Hengist
- p 190, s of Edmund, no mother
- Proclaims that Guthfrith the Proud, hereditary King of the Vestfold, was the same individual as Gudrod Hunterking (his brother accordinf to Hull). No parents
- Not listed by name but his maternal grandson Alfred is shown as of Jute descent by his mother.
- p 190, Eadgitha, d of Edward, no mother
- p 180, died "12 nights bef midsummer" 920, at Tamworth
- p 45, Source for his title as King, & as King of what/whom...
- p 190, s of AEthelred II, no mother
- p 190, p 193, Gives his title as King of the Western Franks. Son of Charles the Simple & Edgifu
- p 176, no parents
- p 46, son of Woden
- p 178, great grandson of Ragnar Lodbrok, brother of Ragnvald O'Ivar, no parents
- p 105
- p 190, Baldwin of Flanders, no title, no parents
- p 105
- no date, her 2nd m, date based on date of their son & date of her 1st husand's death
- p 176, no date/place
- p 184, d 17 Jul 925 at Farndon, Mercia
- grandson of Ida the Flame-bearer
- Evidence for his existence is fragmentary, but the author holds he was a real historical person, & the son of Sigfrith Hring.
- p 46
- "too young" to assume kingship when his father died abt 810
- p 198, d 932
- p 178, Thorketil, no parents
- p 152, d 891 at Louvain
- p 190, no title, no parents
- p 190, Aelswitha
- p 190, s of Edgar, no mother
- p 185, no parents
- p 46
- p 190, d of Edward, no mother
- p 46
- p 190, s of Edmund Ironside, no mother
- no parents. "We know nothing at all of Merovich save that he existed & that he claimed the descent of a sacred tribal caste"
- p 46
- p 190, d of Edgar the Exile, no mother
- p 46
- pp 44-46
- p 46
- son of Cynric (acc to A-S Chronicles) but Baker disputes this based on archaeological evidence (that Wessex conquered from the N, not the S as the A-S Chronicle tells it). Ergo, Ceawlin was either a Mercian or a Middle Angle.
- p 190, s of Otto I Emperor & Eadgitha of Wessex (d of King Edward the Elder of England)
- p 46
- p 46
- p 186, grandson of King Egbert of Kent, no parents
- source for nickname
- no parents, King of Denmark
- d abt 634/35
- p 190, s of Edward, no mother
- p 186
- d between 862 & 866