Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Odin came from Asia and conquered Northern Europe. He gave Sweden to his son Yngvi and Denmark to his son Skjöldr. Since then the kings of Sweden were called Ynglings and those of Denmark Skjöldungs (Scyldings).
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woden
• Name: Odin or Sigge
• Religion: The chief divinity of the Norse pantheon, the foremost of the Aesir. Odin is a god of war and death, but also the god of poetry and wisdom.
• Residence: Valhalla

Notes:

Birth:
(Valhalla, Land East of Tanakvisl, Asia)/Ancient Asgard

Died:
(now Lake Malar, Sigtuna, Upsala, Sweden)/Ancient Asgard

Woden married Queen of Asgard Friege ap CadwaladrDenmark. Friege was born in 210; died in 310. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith and Retha Zulma Gott
• Notable Quote: They decked his body no less bountifully - with offerings than those first ones did - who cast him away when he was a child - and launched him alone out over the waves (from Beowulf)
• Occupation: Under the name Scyld he also appears in the Old English poem Beowulf

Notes:

Died:
(Leidra)

married Queen of The Danes Gefion Danes in 258 in Denmark. Gefion was born in 241 in Denmark; died in 263 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith, Lawrence Adolph Twomey, Lawrence Hood, and Retha Zulma Gott
• Notable Quote: The second son of Odin is Baldur, and good things are to be said of him. He is best, and all praise him; he is so fair of feature, and so bright, that light shines from him
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balder
• Name: Beldig, Balder or Baldr
• Religion: Norse God

Notes:

Birth:
Ancient Scandinavia/Scandanavia/Ancient Asgard

Died:
He was killed by a magical spear made from mistletoe by Loki/Ancient Asgard

Family/Spouse: Nanna de Scand. Nanna was born in 247; died in Scandinavia/Ancient Asgard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Myrtle Clarise Sanderson, Lawrence Adolph Twomey, Lawrence Hood, Cecil Lamar Moon, and Bertha Irene Mayes
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wecta
• Name: Wecta

Notes:

Died:
(now Germany)

Family/Spouse: Geva of Denmark. Geva was born in Denmark; died in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Hleithra, Zeeland, Denmark/Ancient Asgard

Died:
Zeeland, Denmark or Hleithra, Nordjylland, Denmark/Ancient Asgard

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
now Northern Germany

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: von Saxony. was born about 325 in Saxony, Germany; died about 404 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Fróði

Family/Spouse: Hilda Hildericsdottir. Hilda was born in Denmark; died in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frithogar Saxon. Frithogar was born in 303 in Saxony, Germany; died in 400 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Witigislus married Witigislus von Saxony about 420 in Saxony, Germany. Witigislus was born about 400 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Healfdene

Notes:

Died:
Fróði attacked Halfdan's hall by night and burned it. Halfdan was killed in the battle and Fróði took over his country and his widow

Family/Spouse: Sigris Danemark. Sigris was born in 505; died in 528 in Jelling, Vejle, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
now Northern Germany

Died:
Frowin/Freawine was challenged to combat by the Swedish king Athisl, and killed

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hengest

Notes:

Birth:
(Jutland)

Died:
Tunbridge Castle

Family/Spouse: Elsa Horsa. Elsa was born in 435 in Saxony, Germany; died in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: In the epic poem Beowulf, Hrothgar is mentioned as the builder of the great hall Herot, and ruler of Denmark when the Geatish hero Beowulf arrives to defeat the monster Grendel

Family/Spouse: Queen of Denmark Wealhtheow. Wealhtheow was born in Apr 530 in Northumberland, England; died in 630 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: Ket and Wig later avenged their father, but they fought against Athisl two against one, a national disgrace that was redeemed by their brother-in-law, King Wermund's son Offa, when he killed two Saxons at the same time, in "single combat

Notes:

Birth:
His father Frowin/Freawine was challenged to combat by the Swedish king Athisl, and killed. King Wermund, who liked their father, subsequently raised Ket and Wig as his own

Died:
now Northern Germany

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hatwigate married Hathwigate von SaxonySaxony, Germany. Hathwigate was born in Saxony, Germany; died in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Æsc

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Mild

Notes:

Died:
(Jutland)

Family/Spouse: Queen of Denmark Hildis af Vandals. Hildis was born about 510 in Denmark; died about 572 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
now Northern, Germany

Died:
now Northern, Germany

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hulderick von Saxony. Hulderick was born in 514 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Bloody Knife

Notes:

Birth:
Canterbury Palace

Died:
Tunbridge Castle

Octa married Queen of Kent Dal Maine of KentCanterbury, Kent, England. Dal was born in 515 in Kent, England; died about 515 in Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Old

Notes:

Birth:
(Jutland)

Died:
(Jutland)

Family/Spouse: Hildur Heidreksdatter. Hildur was born in 572 in Denmark; died in 672 in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
now Northern Germany

Family/Spouse: Elesa Gewisson. Elesa was born in 415 in Saxony, Germany; died in 499 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bodicus married in 559 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Father

Notes:

Birth:
Tunbridge Castle

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Valient

Notes:

Birth:
(Jutland)

Died:
(Jutland)

Family/Spouse: Moalda Digri Kinriksdatter. Moalda was born in Denmark; died in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ella
• Occupation: Ælle was the first king to have held "imperium", or overlordship, over other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
• _MILT: Ælle and Cissa besieged Andredes cester, and killed all who lived in there; there was not even one Briton left there

Notes:

Birth:
(now Northern Germany)

Buried:
He may have been buried with his weapons and ornaments in the usual mode of burial among the South Saxons

Died:
Ælle may have met his death in the disastrous battle of Mount Badon when the Britons halted Saxon expansion

Ælle married ElesaSaxony, Germany. Elesa was born in 443 in Saxony, Germany; died in 540 in Somme, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Berthold married von Saxony in 610 in Saxony, Germany. was born in 590 in Saxony, Germany; died in 633 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Name: Ethelbert or Ausbert
• Occupation: The Senator of Moselle
• Ordained: St. Ethelbert of Kent was canonised for his role in establishing Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons, as were his wife and daughter. His feast day was originally 24 February but was changed to 25 February
• Religion: He brought the king of the East Saxons and the king of the East Angles into the Church. Ethelbert ruled for fifty-six years, founding the abbeys of Christ Church, Sts. Peter and Paul in Canterbury, and St. Andrew’s in Rochester

Notes:

At his baptism, he brought a large part of his population into the faith

Saint married Queen of Kent Saint Berthe 'Aldeberge' de Heristal before 565. Saint was born about 539 in Herstal, Liege, Belgium; died in 612 in Canterbury, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Radbard married Aud Ivarsdatter in Radbard married the fugitive princess Auðr the Dee. Aud was born in 633 in Denmark; died in 670 in Jelling, Vejle, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerdic_of_Wessex
• Occupation: Founder of the kingdom of Wessex
• _MILT: Cerdic landed in Hampshire with his son Cynric in five ships. He fought a British king named Natanleod at Netley Marsh in Hampshire. He fought at Cerdicesleag, after which he became first king of Wessex

Notes:

Birth:
now Northern Germany

Died:
Wessex, England

Cerdic married Wihtgar van Wessex in 489 in Saxony, Germany. Wihtgar was born in 471 in Saxony, Germany; died in 534 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cerdic married Princess Anafleda in 492 in England. Princess was born in 469 in Saxony, Germany; died in 534 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sighard married Queen Julanda von Saxony in 651 in Saxony, Germany. Julanda was born in 645 in Saxony, Germany; died in 675 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Margrave of Schelde
• Religion: Bishop of Metz

Notes:

Died:
Murdered returning from Constantinople/Ancient Carthage

Arnoldus married Oda von SwabiaSaxony, Germany. Oda (daughter of King of Galicia Theodemir de Galicia and Princess of Thuringia. Queen of France Saint Radegonde von Thuringia) was born in 562; died in 640 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Dode
• Religion: Nun at Trêves

Notes:

Birth:
(Metz, at Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Died:
(Rhenish Prussia)

Clothilde married Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Arnulf de Metz about 596. Saint (son of Arnoldus de Saxony and Oda de Savoy, son of Governor of Aquitaine de Tongres Arnoldus de Metz and Oda von Swabia) was born on 13 Aug 582 in Herstal, Liege, Belgium; died on 18 Jul 639 in Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France; was buried in Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Odin, Denmark

Died:
Killed during the sea battle of Bravik

Family/Spouse: Ingild de Sweden. Ingild was born in 705. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: During his reign, the Saxons expanded into Wiltshire against strong resistance and captured Searobyrig or Old Sarum, near Salisbury. He and his son Ceawlin won a battle against the Britons at Beranburh, now identified as Barbury Castle

Notes:

Birth:
Wessex, England

Died:
Wessex, England

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Education: Theoderic grew up as a hostage in Constantinople, receiving a privileged education
• Name: the Great
• Religion: Theoderic was of Arian faith. At the end of his reign quarrels arose with his Roman subjects and the Byzantine emperor Justin I over the Arianism issue
• _MILT: Emperor Zeno ordered Theoderic to overthrow the German Foederatus Odoacer, After a victorious three-year war, Theoderic killed Odoacer with his own hands

Notes:

Buried:
Mausoleum of Theoderic

Dietrick married Dobiogera von WendenSaxony, Germany. Dobiogera was born in 672 in Saxony, Germany; died in 740 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Mack Ferrin Smith, Lawrence Hood, and Lawrence Adolph Twomey
• Name: Ida Nivelles
• Occupation: Abbess
• Ordained: St. Itta de Metz's memorial is May 8
• Religion: She founded the Benedictine nunnery at Nivelles

Notes:

Died:
Abbey of Nivelles

Family/Spouse: Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Pepin de Landen, I. Saint (son of Carloman de Landen and Gertrude de Agilofinges) was born in 580 in Liege, Belgium; died on 27 Feb 640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Lawrence Adolph Twomey, Retha Zulma Gott, and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Name: Arnoul
• Occupation: Bishop of Metz
• Ordained: St. Arnulf of Metz was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand. He is the Patron Saint of Brewers
• Religion: He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit
• _ORDI: St. Arnulf of Metz was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand. He is the Patron Saint of Brewers

Notes:

Birth:
(Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Buried:
(Remiremont Abbey)

Saint married Clothilde de Heristal about 596. Clothilde (daughter of King of Kent Saint Aethelbert of Kent, I and Queen of Kent Saint Berthe 'Aldeberge' de Heristal) was born about 585 in Herstal, Liege, Belgium; died on 23 Oct 640 in Tréves, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansegisel

Notes:

Birth:
Ancient Austrasia

Died:
He was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin

Ansegisal married Saint Begga de LandenMetz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Saint (daughter of Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Pepin de Landen, I and Saint Itta de Metz) was born about 613 in Liege, Belgium; died on 17 Dec 693 in Ardennes, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Andenne, Namur, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Ordained: St. Clodulf of Metz's Feast Day is June 8
• Religion: As Bishop of Metz, he richly decorated the cathedral St. Stephen

Notes:

Buried:
Church of St Arnulf

Saint married Saint Marie de Alsace in Marie became a nun when Clodulf was ordained. Saint was born in 620 in Moselle, Lorraine, France; died on 4 Aug 677 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Hring (Ring)
• _MILT: Won the Battle of the Brávellir against Harald Wartooth

Notes:

Died:
Died in Battle

Sigurd married Alfhild Gandolfsdottir in 759 in Uppsala, Sweden. Alfhild was born on 16 Mar 728 in Alvheim, Hedmark, Norway; died on 2 Feb 778 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceawlin_of_Wessex
• Web Address: http://www.heritageandhistory.com/contents1a/2012/04/ceawlin-the-man-who-created-england/?doing_wp_cron=1341020635.1251869201660156250000
• Occupation: Bretwaldas (one of eight rulers who had overlordship over southern Britain)
• _MILT: The Chronicle records several battles of Ceawlin's between the years 556 and 592, including the first record of a battle between different groups of Anglo-Saxons, and indicates that under Ceawlin Wessex acquired significant territory

Notes:

Died:
He died a year after being deposed as king/Wessex, England

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
(Lower Saxony)

Warnichin married Kunhilde von Rugen in 733 in Saxony, Germany. Kunhilde was born in 715 in Saxony, Germany; died in 768 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Gerniud Austrasia. Gerniud was born in 680 in Bavaria, Germany; died after 725 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Mack Ferrin Smith, Lawrence Hood, Lawrence Adolph Twomey, and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Occupation: Abbess
• Ordained: St. Begga is commemorated as a saint on her feast days, 6 September and 17 December. Some hold that the Beguine movement which came to light in the 12th century was actually founded by St. Begga
• Religion: On the death of her husband, she took the veil, founded seven churches, and built a convent at Andenne on the Meuse River (Andenne sur Meuse) where she spent the rest of her days as abbess

Notes:

Buried:
(Saint Begga's Collegiate Church)

Saint married Bishop Ansegisal de MetzMetz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Ansegisal (son of Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Arnulf de Metz and Clothilde de Heristal) was born in 605; died in 678 in Metz, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansegisel

Notes:

Birth:
Ancient Austrasia

Died:
He was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin

Ansegisal married Saint Begga de LandenMetz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Saint (daughter of Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Pepin de Landen, I and Saint Itta de Metz) was born about 613 in Liege, Belgium; died on 17 Dec 693 in Ardennes, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Andenne, Namur, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Ordained: St. Clodulf of Metz's Feast Day is June 8
• Religion: As Bishop of Metz, he richly decorated the cathedral St. Stephen

Notes:

Buried:
Church of St Arnulf

Saint married Saint Marie de Alsace in Marie became a nun when Clodulf was ordained. Saint was born in 620 in Moselle, Lorraine, France; died on 4 Aug 677 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Cecil Lamar Moon and Lawrence Adolph Twomey
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_of_Herstal
• _MILT: Pepin subdued the Alemanni, Frisians, and Franconians, bringing them within the Frankish sphere of influence

Notes:

Birth:
( formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Family/Spouse: Chalpaida Alpaida. Chalpaida was born about 654 in Herstal, Liege, Belgium; died about 691 in Vosges, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Plectrude Hugobert. Plectrude was born in France; died in 717 in Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Lawrence Adolph Twomey

Notes:

Birth:
(Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Family/Spouse: King of Neustria Theodoric de Neustria, III. Theodoric (son of King of Neusria and Burgundy Clovis de Neustria, II and Queen of Neustria and Burgundy Saint Bathilde) was born in Apr 652; died on 27 Nov 691 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_De_Leon

Notes:

Birth:
(Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Family/Spouse: Bertha de Prüm. Bertha (daughter of King of Neustria Theodoric de Neustria, III and Regent Clotilde de Metz) was born on 2 Apr 660 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died on 12 Jul 721 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Lawrence Hood, and Mack Ferrin Smith
• Name: Gunza

Notes:

Birth:
(Rhenish Prussia)

Kunza married Gerwin de PoitiersFrance. Gerwin (son of Bodilon de Treves and Sigrada de Soissons, son of Bodilon de Bourgogne and Sigrade de Alsace) was born in 630 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died in 677 in Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]