Appendix XII

Ancestry of Alfred the Great

Laomedon (See Appendix I) was the father of Priam, King of Troy .  Laomedon died about 1237 B.C.

Priam, King of Troy, married Queen Hecuba of Troy, and they were the parents of a daughter, Sobil.

Sobil’s husband was Memnon of Troy, King of Ethiopia, and they were the parents of Thor.  Memnon died about 1183 B.C.  Memnon was the son of Tithonius of Troy, who died after 1237 B.C.

Thor was King of Thrace and was the father of Vingener.

Vingener was the father of Ridi Hloritha.

Ridi Hloritha was the father of Eiaridi.

Eiaridi was the father of Vingethorr.

Vingethorr was the father of Vingener.

Vingener was the father of Moda.

Moda was the father of Magi.

Magi was the father of Sceaf.

Sceaf (Saskef) was the father of Bedwig.  Some ancient sources say that this Sceaf was a fourth son of Noah, born in the Ark and not mentioned in the Bible.

Bedwig was the father of Hwala.

Hwala was the father of Hathra.

Hathra was the father of Itermon.

Itermon was the father of Heremond.

Heremod was the father of Sceldwa.

Sceldwa was the father of Beaw.

Beaw was the father of Taetwa.

Taetwa was the father of Geata.

Geata was the father of Godwulf.

Godwulf was born in 80 A.D. in Asgard in Asia, or Eastern Europe.  He was the father of Finn.

Finn was born about 130 in Asgard in Asia or Eastern Europe.  He was the father of Frithuwulf.  Some say Finn was the son of Flocwald.

Frithuwulf was born about 160 in Asgard in Asia, or Eastern Europe.  He was the father of Frealaf.

Frealaf was born about 160 in Asgard, Eastern Europe.  He was the father of Frithuwald.

Frithuwald was born about 190 in Asgard in Eastern Europe,  He married Beltsea, born in Asgard about 194.  They were the parents of Woden.

Woden (Odhinn, Odin, Wuotan, or Wotan) was born about 215 in Asgard, Eastern Europe.  He was the father of Baeldaeg.  Some say that this Woden was the main god in Anglo-Saxon mythology, and that when the English adopted Christianity, they gave Woden his own genealogy.  Others say that there was a historical Woden, a real person.

Baeldaeg was born about 243 in Scandinavia.  He was the father of Brond.

Brond was born about 271 in Scandinavia.  He was the father of Frithogar.

Frithogar of ancient Saxony was born about 299.  He was the father of Freawine.

Freawine, born about 327, was the father of Wig.

Wig, born about 355, was the father of Gewis.

Gewis, born about 383, was the father of Esla.

Esla, born about 411, was the father of Elesa.

Elesa, born about 439, was the father of Cerdic, King of Wessex.

Cerdic, King of Wessex, was a Saxon Chieftan who founded the Kingdom of Wessex.  According to Dennis Reid on the internet in Royal Genealogies, Cerdic is considered the virtual founder of the British monarchy, and earlier genealogy must be considered legend, not historical fact.   In the early days of the kingdom, the only qualifications for kingship were fitness to rule and descent from Cerdic. 

Cerdic invaded England and invaded the Kingdom of Wessex in 516. 

Cerdic was the father of King Cynric of Wessex, and he died in 534.

King Cynric of Wessex was the father of King Ceawlin and King Cutha of Wessex.  Cynric was king  practically from his birth in 524 until he died in 560.  Some say Cynric was the son of Prince Crioda of Wessex, son of Cerdic.

King Ceawlin was the father of Cuthwine.  Born in 547, King Ceawlin ruled Wessex from 560 until he was deposed by Ceolric in 591.  King Ceawlin died in 593.

Cuthwine, Prince of Wessex, was born in 564 and was the father of Chad, Cynebald, and Cuthwulf.  Cuthwine died in the Battle of Barbery Hill in 584.

Cuthwulf, born in 593, was the father of Ceolwulf.

Ceolwald, born about 622, was the father of Cenred. Ceolwald died about 688.

Cenred, Subking of Somerset, was born about 644 and became the father of King Ine of Wessex, Ingild, Abbess Cwenburh of Wimborne, and Cuthburh.   

Ingild, born about 680, was the father of Eoppa.  Ingild died in 718.

Eoppa, born about 706, was the father of Eaba.  He was a West Saxon Noble.  Some question whether Eoppa was a real person, saying he may have been an invention of some ancient genealogist, used to show the relationships of Kings of Wessex.

Eaba, was the father of Under-King Ealhmund of Kent.

Under-King Ealhmund of Kent had a son, Egbert, King of Wessex.  Under-King Ealhmund of Kent ruled in 786 and died in 786.  Some say that Ealhmund inherited the throne through his wife.

Egbert the Great, King of Wessex, was expelled from England in 789 by Offa, King of Mercia, and his son-in-law, Beohtric, King of Wessex.  He fled to Charlemagne’s court, where he met and married Redburh (or Raedburh).  Their children were Ethelwulf, King of Wessex, and Athelstan.  Egbert returned to England in 802 upon the death of Beohtric, and reigned peacefully for the next 23 years.  Then, in 825, a series of battles began which lasted the rest of his life.   Egbert died in 839 and lies buried at Winchester.  His elder son Ethelwulf succeeded him.

Ethelwulf, King of Wessex, was king of Wessex, Sussex, Kent, and Essex from 839 to 856.  He married first Osburh (or Osburga), daughter of Ealdorman Oslac of the Isle of Wight, and their children were Athelstan, King Ethelbald of Wessex, King Ethelbert of Wessex, Ethelswith, King Ethelred I (died about 872) of Wessex, (See Chapter 7), and Alfred the Great.  At Ethelwulf’s request, each of their four sons ruled in turn.   After the death of Osburh, Ethelwulf went on a pilgrimage to Rome, taking his youngest son Alfred with him.  While they were in Rome, Alfred was confirned by Pope Leo IV.  While returning home, they stopped at the court of King Charles the Bald of the Franks, and Ethelwulf married second Charles’ 12-year old daughter, Judith, who later married Ethelwulf’s son Ethelbald.  Ethelwulf died on January 13, 858.  He was first buried at Steyning, Sussex, but now lies at Winchester.

Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons (See Chapter 7), was born at Wantage, England, in 849, and died in 899.

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