Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Peaceful

Notes:

Buried:
Glastonbury Abbey

Family/Spouse: Queen of the Kingdom of England Ælfthryth. Ælfthryth was born in 945; died in 1000. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. King of England Æthelred the Unready was born in 968; was buried in London, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Lawrence Hood

Edmund married Queen Consort of England Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury. Saint (daughter of Wynflæd) died in 944. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
• Ordained: St Elgiva of Shaftesbury was venerated as a saint soon after her burial at Shaftesbury, and her feast day is 18 May
• Religion: Benedictine nun at Shaftesbury

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Lawrence Hood
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_the_Elder
• Religion: Edward reorganized the Church in Wessex, creating new bishoprics. Despite this, there is little indication that Edward was particularly religious. In fact, the Pope delivered a reprimand to him to pay more attention to his religious duties
• _MILT: He died leading an army against a Welsh-Mercian rebellion.

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Buried:
(Winchester Cathedral)

Edward married Ælfflæd of England in 905 in England. Ælfflæd was born in 878 in England; died in 920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Notes:

Married:
Wessex, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: As a child Alfred won a prize of a volume of poetry in English
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_the_Great
• Name: the Great
• Religion: The Anglican Communion venerates him. For Alfred, the key to the kingdom's spiritual revival was to appoint pious, learned, and trustworthy bishops and abbots. He saw himself as responsible for both the temporal and spiritual welfare of his subjects
• _MILT: Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by his death had become the dominant ruler in England

Notes:

Buried:
(Winchester Cathedral)

Alfred married Queen of England Wessex Ealhswyth of Mercia, I in 868. Ealhswyth (daughter of Ethelred Gainai and Eadburh Fadburn) was born in 842 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England; died on 5 Dec 905 in Winchester, Hampshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealhswith
• Name: Ealswitha of the Gain

Notes:

Died:
buried in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire