See also

Earl ( - )

1. Earl Thorold, son of Gunnor ( - ), married Hilda.

 

Hilda and Earl Thorold had the following children:

 

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Aelflyd of Northumbria ( -bef996)

Second Generation

2. Aelflyd of Northumbria, daughter of Earl Thorold and Hilda, died before 0996. She married Athelred II The Unready KING OF THE ENGLISH.

 

.. or Elgiva, or Elfleda, Thorold of Northumbria??

 

Athelred II The Unready KING OF THE ENGLISH, son of Edgar I The Peaceful KING OF THE ENGLSIH (944-975) and Elfhyrth (945-1000), was born in 0978. He married Emma de Normandie in 1002. He died on 23 April 1016. He was buried in Old St. Paul's Cathedral. He and Aelflyd of Northumbria had the following children:

 

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Aethelstan KING OF THE ENGLISH (bef981-1014)

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Edmund II Ironside KING OF THE ENGLISH (981-1016)

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Aelgifu ( - )

Third Generation

3. Aethelstan KING OF THE ENGLISH, son of Athelred II The Unready KING OF THE ENGLISH and Aelflyd of Northumbria, was born before 0981. He died in 1014.

 

4. Edmund II Ironside KING OF THE ENGLISH, son of Athelred II The Unready KING OF THE ENGLISH and Aelflyd of Northumbria, was born in 0981. He died on 30 November 1016. He was buried in Glastonbury. He married Ealdgyth.

 

Edmund was King of England for only a few months. After the death of his father, Æthelred II, in April 1016, Edmund led the defense of the city of London against the invading Knut Sveinsson (Canute), and was proclaimed king by the Londoners. Meanwhile, the Witan (Council), meeting at Southampton, chose Canute as King. After a series of inconclusive military engagements, in which Edmund performed brilliantly and earned the nickname "Ironside", he defeated the Danish forces at Oxford, Kent, but was routed by Canute's forces at Ashingdon, Essex. A subsequent peace agreement was made, with Edmund controlling Wessex and Canute controlling Mercia and Northumbria. It was also agreed that whoever survived the other would take control of the whole realm. Unfortunately for Edmund, he died in November, 1016, transferring the Kingship of All England completely to Canute.

 

Ealdgyth was born in 0963. She died of Natural causes in 1017. She was buried in Glastonbury Abbey. She and Edmund II Ironside KING OF THE ENGLISH had the following children:

 

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Edward KING OF ENGLAND (UNCROWNED) (1016-1057). Edward was born in 1016 in Kiev or Hungary. He married Agatha of Brunswick circa 1035 in London, Middlesex. He died in 1057.

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Edmund ( - )

 

5. Aelgifu, daughter of Athelred II The Unready KING OF THE ENGLISH and Aelflyd of Northumbria, married Uchtred EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND.

 

Uchtred EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND and Aelgifu had the following children:

 

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Edith ( - )