Lavender - Our Family Genealogy Pages

Discovering our British, French, Polish and German Ancestors

First Name Last Name
Home Search Login or register Your Bookmarks  
Print Bookmark

Edward ( KING OF WESSEX) ( THE CONFESSOR)[1]

Male 1004 - 1066  (62 years)Deceased


Personal Information    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • First & lastname Edward ( KING OF WESSEX) ( THE CONFESSOR) 
    Birth 1004  Islip, Oxfordshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 5 Jan 1066  London, Middlesex, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 62 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Cerdic the Saxon (1st King of Wessex) 1,   b. 467, Ancient Saxony, Northern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 534, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  (16 x Great Grandfather) 
    Gonnor of Denmark, Duchess of Normandy Queen of France De Crepon,   b. 21 Nov 936, Argues La Bataille, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1031, Faecamp, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Headstones Submit Headstone Photo Submit Headstone Photo 
    Person ID P5617  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors Aethelred II ( the unready) King of England,   b. 19 Mar 968, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Apr 1016, London, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ancestors Emma of Normandy,   b. 985, Normandy, , , France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. March 6, 1052, Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Other: Cnut (The Great) (canute) king of England  m. Jul 1017  
    Relationship unknown 
    Marriage 1002 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 33 years and 9 months - She : ~ 17 years. 
    Family ID F1270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Ancestors Edith of Wessex,   b. 1020, Of, , Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1075, Winchester, Hampshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1045  Winchester, Hampshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 41 years and 1 month - She : ~ 25 years and 1 month. 
    Family ID F2081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=5617