Born – 995 Died – 12th November 1035 Father – King Sweyn Forkbeard (960 – 1014) Mother – Gunhilda (d. 1014) Spouses – m. 1013 – Aelfgifu of Northampton (b. 990); m. 1017 – Emma of Normandy (985 – 1052) Children – by Aelfgifu – Sweyn (1015 – 1037), King Harold I (1016 – 1040), … Read more
Born – 874 Died – 17th July 924 Father – Alfred the Great (849 – 899) Mother – Ealhswith (852 – 902) Spouses – m. 893 – Ecgwynn (c877 – c899), m. 899 – Aelfflaed (c878 – c919), m. 919 Eadgifu (c902 – 966) Children – by Ecgwynn – King Aethelstan (895 – 939), Edith (d. … Read more
Father – Aethelfrith of Bernicia (north Northumbria – Bamburgh)
Mother – Acha of Deira (south Northumbria)
Spouse – None
Children – None
King of Northumbria – 634 – 643
Predecessor –
Successor –
Grandfather – Ivar the Boneless
Father – Unknown
Mother – Unknown
Spouse – Edith
Children – Amlaib, Harald, Auisle, Gofraid, Sichfrith
Father – Earl Godwin of Wessex
Mother – Gytha Thorkelsdottir
Spouse – Unknown
Children – Hakon
Father – Waltheof I of Bamburgh
Mother – not known
Spouse – not known
Children – not known
The character Uhtred of Bebbanburg in The Lost Kingdom and Bernard Cornwell’s novels is based on Uhtred the Bold.
This timeline gives a chronological listing of the main events in English History for the years 920 – 929
The kings of Wessex/England for this period:
Edward the Elder until 924
Aethelstan from 924
