Family Tree Alfred the Great to the Plantagenets

Alfred the Great (849-899) & Ealhswith of Mercia (852-905)

Alfred the Great was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886

and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899 

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Edward the Elder (871-924) & Elfieda of Wiltshire (c878-c920)

Other forms of Elfieda's name include Elflæda, Ælflæda or Ælflæd

 Edward ruled Wessex from 899-924

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Edmund I of England (c921-946) & Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury (d.944)

Another form of  Ælfgifu's name was Elgiva

Ruled England from October 939-946 

 

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Edgar of England (943-975) & Ælfthryth of Devon (c945-1002)

Other forms of Ælfthryth's name include Alfrida and Elfrida

Ruled from 959-975 

 

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Ethelred II of England (968-1016) & Ælfgifu of York (970-1002)

Other names for the king include Æthelred II and Ethelred the Unready

Ruled March 978 to December 1013 and February 1014-April 1016 

 

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Edmund II of England (989-1016) - Ealdgyth of Northumbria (995-1016)

Edmund II was also known as Edmund Ironside

Ruled April to November 1016 

 

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Edward Ætheling (1016-1093) & Agatha of Hungary (1025-1066)

 

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Margaret Ætheling (1045-1093) & Malcolm III of Scotland (1031-1093)

Margaret Ætheling became St Margaret of Scotland 

Malcolm was king of Scotland from 1058-1093 

 

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Editha of Scotland (1089-1118) & Henry I King of England (1069-1135)

Editha was also known as Matilda 

 

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Henry I was king of England from 1100-1135  

He was the first Plantagenet king  

King Henry I was a son of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders   

 

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Empress Matilda (1102-1169) & Geoffrey V Plantagenet (1113 - 1151)

The descendants of Matilda and Geoffrey were known as the Plantagenets