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Edward I 'de oude' [Cerdic] of WESSEX, King of Wessex (899-924)

Edward I 'de oude' [Cerdic] of WESSEX, King of Wessex (899-924)[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 871 - 924  (53 years)


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  • Name Edward I 'de oude' [Cerdic] of WESSEX 
    Suffix King of Wessex (899-924) 
    Birth 871  Wessex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Jul 924  Farndon on Dee, Chester, Cheshire, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England (?) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I27583  Coombs
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2016 

    Father Alfred I 'the great' of WESSEX, King of England, 871-899,   b. 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 899, Winchester, Hampshire, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Elswitha (Ealdburh or Ealswith) of GAINSBOROUGH, of Mercia ; Queen of England,   b. 850, Mercia, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Dec 905 (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage 868  Winchester, Hampshire, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ecgwyn (Egwina) ?, dau.of a Wessex nobleman,   b. Abt 875   d. 897 (Age 22 years) 
    Marriage Abt 893  1 of 3. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9704  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

    Family 2 Elfleda of BERNICIA, Queen of England,   b. 878, Wessex, England, Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 920–927 
    Marriage Abt 899  2 of 3. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9705  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

    Family 3 Edgifre (Edgiva, Edgifu) of KENT, van Meopham ; Queen of England,   b. 900, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 968, (961) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Marriage 919  3 of 3. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F9706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

    Family 4 Ecgwyn ?,   b. Abt 872   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F9707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2026 

  • Notes 

    • Saxon King of England

      Profession : Roi des Anglo-Saxons de 901 à 924.


      euweb.dir/cerdic1.html

      D2. Edward "the Elder", King of Wessex (899-924), cr Kingston-upon-Thames 31.5/8.6.900, *ca 871/2, +Farndon-on-Dee 17.7.924, bur Winchester Cathedral;
      1m: Egwina (+ca 901/2), dau.of a Wessex nobleman;
      2m: ca 901/2 Elfleda (+920, bur Winchester Cathedral), dau.of Ealdorman Ethelhelm;
      3m: ca 920 Edgiva (*ca 905, +25.8.968, bur Canterbury Cathedral), dau.of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent

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      SOURCES: LDS FHL Ancestal File # 9GB3-CL (familysearch.org)
      WEB:
      "Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: F. L. Jacquier (History of Charlemagne by Christian Settipani); L. Orlandini, Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L. J P de Palmas (Aurejac et Tournemire; Frankish line; The Complete Peerage}, Jacquier (Genealogy of Lewis Carroll, Justin Swanstrom, The Royal Families of England Scotland & Wales by Burkes Peerage; Debrett's Peerage & Baronage; Table of descendants French Canadian Genealogical Society; Families of Monfnfort-sur-Risle & Bertrand de Bricquebec; The Dukes of Normandy, XXXXI), A. Brabant ("Dynastie Montmorency, Michel d'Herbigny), Paul Leportier, Claude Barret, H.R. Moser (Burke Peerage), O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, N. Danican (Britain''s Royal Families; Buthlaw, Succession of Strathclyde, the Armorial 1961-62) A.Terlinden (Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, 1842), L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, S. Bontron (Brian Tompsett), R. Dewkinandan, H. de la Villarmois, C. Donadello; Scevole de Livonniere, H. de la Villarmois, I. Flatmoen, P. Ract Madoux (History of Morhange; Leon Maujean; Annuaire de Lorraine, 1926; La Galissonniere: Elections d'Arques et Rouen), Jean de Villoutreys (ref: Georges Poull), E. Wilkerson-Theaux (Laura Little), O. Auffray, A. Brabant (Genealogy of Chauvigny of Blot from "Chanoine Prevost Archiviste du Diocese de Troyes Union Typographique Domois Cote-d'Or 1925), Emmanuel Arminjon (E Levi-Provencal Histoire de l'Espagne Andalouse), Y. Gazagnes-Gazanhe, R. Sekulovich and J.P. de Palmas ("notes pierfit et iconographie Insecula", Tournemire), H de Riberolles (Base Tournemire), Franck Veillon; ,(Histoire Généalogique de la Maison de Hornes, Bruxelles 1848; Notice Historique Sur L'Ancien Comté de Hornes, Gand 1850; Europäische Stammtafeln, Marburg 1978); E.Driant / "La Maison de Damas" par Hubert Lamant, 1977 (Bibliothèque municipale d'Eaubonne)
      ........... http://geneastar.org.
      AWTP:
      "Updated -02/2004-Family Ancestry Tree For Weaver and Sanders" David Weaver dave@satcover.com
      "Stimpson Family", Cory Stimpson cbstimpson@hotmail.com
      "Holler & Hartman Ancestors" Michael Holler mgholler@hotmail.com

  • Sources 
    1. [S22] royal_lineage.ged, June 2006.

    2. [S33] http://vandermerwede.net/.

    3. [S13] bright.ged.

    4. [S23] AUREJAC.GED.