List of English Monarchs - House of Wessex

House of Wessex

For earlier monarchs of Wessex see List of monarchs of Wessex

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Æthelstan

927–939		 895
Son of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn		 Unmarried 27 October 939
Aged about 44
Edmund I

28 October
939–946		 c. 921
Son of Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent		 (1) Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
two children
(2) Æthelflæd of Damerham
no children		 26 May 946
Pucklechurch
Aged about 25
(Killed in a brawl)
Eadred

27 May
946–955		 c. 923
Son of Edward the Elder and Eadgifu of Kent		 Unmarried 23 November 955
Frome
Aged about 32
Eadwig

24 November
955–959		 c. 940
Son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury		 Ælfgifu 1 October 959
Aged about 19
Edgar the Peaceful

2 October
959–975		 c. 943
Wessex
Son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury		 (1) Æthelflæd
c. 960
1 son
(2) Ælfthryth
c. 964
2 sons		 8 July 975
Winchester
Aged about 32
Edward the Martyr

9 July
975–978		 c. 962
Son of Edgar the Peaceful and Æthelflæd		 Unmarried 18 March 978
Corfe Castle
Aged about 16
(Assassinated)
Æthelred the Unready

19 March
978–1013 (first reign)		 c. 968
Son of Edgar the Peaceful and Ælfthryth		 (1) Ælfgifu of York
991
nine children
(2) Emma of Normandy
1002
three children		 23 April 1016
London
Aged about 48

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