1 Edgar.
2 (?) Ethelfleda (963?1016?), Abbess of Romsey. She may have been Ethelwalds daughter by his first wife, although one account says she was his posthumous child.
Elfrida is said to have had an adulterous affair with King Edgar whilst still married to Ethelwald, and some sources allege that Ethelwald was murdered on Edgars orders. Elfrida was crowned with her husband on 11 May, 973, at Bath Abbey: this was the first instance of the coronation of a Queen of England. She became a nun in c. 986 at Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, where she died, possibly on 17 November, 1002 (?); she was alive in 999, but had died before the end of 1002. She was probably buried in Wherwell Abbey.
Issue of marriage:
1 Edmund
He was born in c. 965, and died in 970/72. He was buried in Romsey
Abbey, Hampshire.
2 Ethelred II ( see here).
King Edgar also had the following illegitimate issue:
By St Wulfrida ( c. 9451000), Abbess of Wilton,
1 St Edith (962?984), Abbess of Barking and Nunnaminster.
KING EDGAR
He died on 8 July, 975, at Winchester, and was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.
He was succeeded by his son Edward.
King Edward the Martyr
FATHER: King Edgar ( see here).
MOTHER: Ethelfleda ( see here, under Edgar ).
SIBLINGS: Edward did not have any full brothers or sisters.
KING EDWARD
Known as the Martyr, he was born in c .962/3. He succeeded his father as King of England on 8 July, 975, and was crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames that same year (the date is unspecified). He was murdered on 18 March, 978 (not 979, as is sometimes stated), at Corfe Castle, Dorset, probably on the orders of his stepmother, Elfrida of Devon. He was buried in Wareham Abbey, Dorset; later on, his remains were moved to Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset.
He was succeeded by his half-brother Ethelred.
Ethelred II
FATHER: King Edgar ( see here).
MOTHER: Elfrida of Devon ( see here, under Edgar ).
SIBLINGS: ( see here, under Edgar ).
ETHELRED II
Known as the Unraed or the Redeless (both of which mean without counsel), he was born in c .966/9. He succeeded his half-brother Edward as King of England on 18 March, 978, and was crowned on 4 April, 978 (or 4 May, 979), at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. He abdicated in favour of King Sweyn in the autumn of 1013, and fled to Normandy, but was restored to the throne after Sweyns death on 3 February, 1014.
Ethelred II married firstly, in c .980/85 (although no record exists as to where):
Elgiva
Alternatively known as Elfleda, she was the daughter either of Ealdorman Ethelbert, or of Thored, Ealdorman of York, by his wife Hilda. She was born in c .963, and died in February, 1002, at Winchester.
Issue of marriage:
1 Athelstan
He was born in c .986, and was killed in battle, fighting the Danes, in c. 1012/15. One writer, Thietmar of Merseberg, states that Athelstan was alive late in 1016, but he is an unreliable source, and it is thought that Athelstan was almost certainly dead by the end of 1015.
2 Edmund II ( see here).
3 Edgar
He died in 1012/15 (or, less probably, in c .1008).
4 Edred
He died in 1012/15.
5 Edric (?)
He has perhaps been confused with his brother Edred, and may not have existed. No dates are recorded.
6 Edward (?)
He is said to have died by c. 1004. The evidence for his existence is very slender; charters said to have been attested by him have been proved spurious.
7 Edwy
He was murdered in 1017 on the orders of King Canute, and was buried in Tavistock Abbey, Devon.
8 Egbert
He died in c .1005.
9 Edith
She married Edric Streona, Ealdorman of Mercia (who was executed in 1017), in c. 1007/9, and had issue:
1 Son; name not known (born before 1009).
Edith perhaps married secondly Thurcytel Thorgils Havi, a Danish Earl in England (who was killed in 1039), and perhaps had issue:
2 Harold, who married Gunhilda of Wendland, a granddaughter
of King Sweyn. Harold died in 1042.
10 Elgiva
She married Uhtred, Earl of Northumbria (who was killed in 1016 or 1018), and had issue:
1 Edith ( see here, under Malcolm II, King of Scotland). She married Maldred of Scotland, Lord of Allerdale, and had issue.
11 Wulfhilda
She married Ulfcytel Snylling, Ealdorman of East Anglia (who was killed in 1016).
12 Daughter
Her name is not known. She married one Athelstan (who was killed in 1010).
13 Daughter
Her name is not known. She became Abbess of Wherwell, and died after 1051.
Ethelred II married secondly, on 5 April, 1002, at Winchester Cathedral:
Emma
She was the daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy, by his wife Gunnora, and she was born in c. 985/7 in Normandy. In 1017, after the death of Ethelred II, she married secondly King Canute, and had issue ( see here, under King Canute). She died on 14 March, 1052, probably at Winchester, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Her bones now lie in one of the mortuary chests there.
Issue of marriage:
1 King Edward the Confessor ( see here).
2 Alfred
Born before 1012, he was styled Atheling. He was brutally murdered on 5 February, 1037 (or, less probably, 1036), at Ely, Cambridgeshire, probably on the orders of Earl Godwine ( see here, under Harold II). He was buried in Ely Cathedral.