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I’m beginning an ambitious new series, a gallery of Kings and Queens, beginning here with Alfred the Great, added to each post will be key facts, and a focus on their spouse and their children. I have over a thousand years to cover so here goes 😊👑 . . Alfred the Great 👑 . Reign: King of the Anglo-Saxons: c. 886 – 26 October 899. King of the West Saxons: April 871 – c. 886. . Born: 848–49, Wantage, Berkshire. . Parents: Æthelwulf, King of Wessex & Osburh. . House of: Wessex . Married: Ealhswith or Ealswitha (died 5 December 902) in 868. . Children:

🔹Æthelflæd (died.12 June 918). Married Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians (d.911) c. 886 . 👑 Edward (born. c. 874 - died. 17 July 924) Married (1) Ecgwynn, (2) Ælfflæd, (3) 919 Eadgifu. . 🔹Æthelgifu (Abbess of Shaftesbury). . 🔹Æthelweard (d.16 October 922(?) . 🔹Ælfthryth (d.929) Married Baldwin II d. 918. . Died: 26 October 899 (aged 50 or 51). Burial: c. 1100, Hyde Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, now lost. . Successor: Edward the Elder. (son) . . . #kingsandqueensofgreatbritain #kingsandqueens #Monarchy #RoyalHistory #Royalty #Royals #History #Portraitpainting #historyinpictures #Britishhistory #BritishMonarchy #Art #Painting #Monarch #EnglishHistory #EnglishMonarchy #Heritage #Medievalhistory #Medievaltimes #HistoryFacts #medieval #MedievalEngland #Anglosaxons #Anglosaxon #KingAlfred #AlfredtheGreat #Houseofwessex #Wessex #Westsaxons #Theking (at Winchester, Hampshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRfJH7jsPkC/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Kings and Queens . 👑 Æthelstan (or Athelstan) . (Old English: Æðelstān [ˈæðelstɑ:n]. . King of the Anglo-Saxons: 17 July/2 August 924 – 12 July 927. . King of the English: 12 July 927 – 27 October 939. . Coronation: 4 September 925, Kingston upon Thames. . Born: c. 894, Wessex. . Parents: Edward the Elder & Ecgwynn. . House of: Wessex. . Died: 27 October 939 (aged about 45), Gloucester, England. . Burial: Malmesbury Abbey. . Married: Never married. . Successor: Edmund I (half-brother). . . . #kingsandqueensofgreatbritain #kingsandqueens #Monarchy #RoyalHistory #Royalty #Royals #History #Portraitpainting #historyinpictures #Britishhistory #BritishMonarchy #Art #Painting #Monarch #EnglishHistory #EnglishMonarchy #Heritage #vintageframe #Medievalhistory #Medievaltimes #HistoryFacts #medieval #MedievalEngland #Anglosaxons #Anglosaxon #Athelstan #kingoftheEnglish #kingathelstan #Houseofwessex #Wessex (at England) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRf3eGZMIA1/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Edward the Martyr (Old English: Eadweard, pronounced [ˈæːɑdwæɑrˠd]) . King of the English . Reign: 8 July 975 – 18 March 978 . Born: c. 962 . Parents: Edgar the Peaceful & Æthelflæd or Wulfthryth. . House of: Wessex

Married: No

Died: 18 March 978 (aged 15–16), Corfe Castle, Dorset, England. Murdered. . Burial: Wareham, Dorset; later Shaftesbury; later Woking. . Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar the Peaceful but was not his father’s acknowledged heir. On Edgar’s death, the leadership of England was contested, with some supporting Edward’s claim to be king & others supporting his younger half-brother Æthelred the Unready, recognised as a legitimate son of Edgar. Edward was chosen as king & was crowned by his main clerical supporters, the archbishops Dunstan of Canterbury & Oswald of York. . Edward’s short reign was brought to an end by his murder at Corfe Castle in 978 in circumstances that are not altogether clear. He was hurriedly buried at Wareham, but was reburied with great ceremony at Shaftesbury Abbey early in 979. In 1001 Edward’s remains were moved to a more prominent place in the abbey, probably with the blessing of his half-brother King Æthelred. Edward was already reckoned a saint by this time. . A number of lives of Edward were written in the centuries following his death in which he was portrayed as a martyr, generally seen as a victim of the Queen Dowager Ælfthryth, mother of Æthelred. He is today recognized as a saint in the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, & the Anglican Communion. . Successor: Æthelred the Unready (half Brother) . . . #kingsandqueensofgreatbritain #kingsandqueens #Monarchy #RoyalHistory #Royalty #Royals #History #Portraitpainting #historyinpictures #Britishhistory #BritishMonarchy #Art #Painting #Monarch #EnglishHistory #EnglishMonarchy #Heritage #Medievalhistory #Medievaltimes #HistoryFacts #medieval #MedievalEngland #Anglosaxons #Anglosaxon #KingEdward #EdwardtheMartyr #SaintEdward (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRmKPnKM5gl/?utm_medium=tumblr

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The age of the Anglo-Saxon kings has passed, so now we move on to the Conqueror that I’m sure you’ve heard of? 🙂 . William the Conqueror (or William I) ______________ . Reign: 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation: 25 December 1066.

Born: about 1028, Falaise, Duchy of Normandy. Parents: Robert the Magnificent (1000 – 1035), Duke of Normandy & Herleva of Falaise. House of: Normandy. _______________ . Marriage & children; . William married Matilda of Flanders in 1051/52. Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 – 2 November 1083). Matilda was born into the House of Flanders, the second daughter of Count Baldwin V of Flanders & Adela of France. . They had at least nine children. The birth order of the sons is clear, but no source gives the relative order of birth of the daughters. . Robert Curthouse was born between 1051 & 1054, died in 1134. Duke of Normandy, married Sybilla, daughter of Geoffrey, Count of Conversano. . Richard was born before 1056, died around 1075. . William was born between 1056 & 1060, died 2 August 1100. King of England. . Henry was born in late 1068, died 1 December 1135. King of England, married Edith, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland. His second wife was Adeliza of Louvain. . Adeliza (or Adelida, Adelaide) died before 1113, reportedly betrothed to Harold Godwinson, probably a nun of Saint Léger at Préaux. . Cecilia (or Cecily) was born before 1066, died 1127, Abbess of Holy Trinity, Caen. . Matilda was born around 1061, died perhaps about 1086. Mentioned in Domesday Book as a daughter of William. . Constance died 1090, married Alan IV, Duke of Brittany.

Adela died 1137, married Stephen, Count of Blois. (Possibly) Agatha, the betrothed of Alfonso VI of León & Castile ____________________ . Died: 9 September 1087 (aged about 59), Priory of Saint Gervase, Rouen, Duchy of Normandy. Burial: Saint-Étienne de Caen, Normandy. . Successor: William II (son) . Use the following hashtag to view the full set posted so far #kingsandqueensofgreatbritain 👍 . Swipe to see what’s new in our British Monarchy Blog Shop 👀 . . . #WilliamI #WilliamtheConqueror #Royalhistory #Britishmonarchy #Normans (at Normandy, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRrk43BMzcA/?utm_medium=tumblr

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King Stephen . Reign: 22 December 1135 – 25 October 1154. . Coronation: 22 December 1135. . Born: 1092 or 1096, Blois, Kingdom of France. . Parents: Stephen Henry (c. 1045 – 19 May 1102), Count of Blois & Count of Chartres & Adela of Normandy, of Blois, or of England (c. 1067 – 8 March 1137), also known as Saint Adela in Roman Catholicism. Stephen Henry was the son of Theobald III, count of Blois, & Gersent of Le Man’s. Adela was a daughter of William the Conqueror & Matilda of Flanders. . House of: Blois. . ______________________ . Married: Matilda I, Countess of Boulogne (c.1105 – 3 May 1152) in 1125. Her father was Count Eustace III of Boulogne. Her mother, Mary, was the daughter of King Malcolm III of Scotland & Saint Margaret of Scotland. Through her maternal grandmother, Matilda was descended from the Anglo-Saxon kings of England. . They had five children: . Baldwin (died in or before 1135) . Matilda (died before 1141), married in infancy to Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan

Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (c. 1130 – 1153), ruled Boulogne 1146–1153 . William I, Count of Boulogne (c. 1135 – 1159), ruled Boulogne 1153–1159 . Marie I, Countess of Boulogne (c. 1136 – 1182), ruled Boulogne 1159–1182 . King Stephen’s illegitimate children by his mistress Damette included: . Gervase, Abbot of Westminster; Ralph & Amalric. . ________________________ . Died: 25 October 1154 (aged c. 57–62), Dover, Kent, Kingdom of England. . Burial : Faversham Abbey, Kent, England. . Successor: Henry II (First cousin, once removed) . His reign was marked by the Anarchy, a civil war with his cousin & rival, the Empress Matilda, whose son, Henry II, succeeded Stephen as the first of the Angevin kings of England. . ⬅️ Swipe to see what’s new in our online store 👀 . . . #kingsandqueensofgreatbritain #kingsandqueens #Monarchy #RoyalHistory #Royalty #Royals #History #Portraitpainting #historyinpictures #Britishhistory #BritishMonarchy #Art #Painting #Monarch #EnglishHistory #EnglishMonarchy #Heritage #Medievalhistory #Medievaltimes #HistoryFacts #medieval #MedievalEngland #KingofEngland #EnglishMonarch #KingStephen #Blois #Stephenofblois #Theking #Hoyseofblois (at London, Unιted Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRujYLgM3bB/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Kings and Queens of England . Edward the Elder 👑 . King of the Anglo-Saxons . Reign: 26 October 899 – 17 July 924 Coronation: 8 June 900, Kingston upon Thames. . Born: c. 874 Parents: Alfred the Great & Ealhswith. House of: Wessex. . Marriages & children: . (1.) Ecgwynn around 893. Their children were: . 👑 Æthelstan, King of England 924–939. 🔹A daughter, perhaps called Edith, married Sihtric, Viking King of York in 926, who died in 927. Possibly Saint Edith of Polesworth. . (2.) In c. 900, Edward married Ælfflæd, daughter of Ealdorman Æthelhelm, probably of Wiltshire. Their children were: . 🔹Ælfweard, died August 924, a month after his father; possibly King of Wessex for that month. 🔹Edwin, drowned at sea 933. 🔹Æthelhild, lay sister at Wilton Abbey. 🔹Eadgifu (died in or after 951), married Charles the Simple, King of the West Franks, c. 918. 🔹Eadflæd, nun at Wilton Abbey. 🔹Eadhild, married Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks in 926. 🔹Eadgyth (died 946), in 929/30 married Otto I, future King of the East Franks, & (after Eadgyth’s death) Holy Roman Emperor. 🔹Ælfgifu or Edgiva, married “a prince near the Alps”, perhaps Louis, brother of King Rudolph II of Burgundy. . (3.) Edward married for a third time, about 919, Eadgifu (born. in or before 903 – died. in or after 966), the daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent. Their children were: . 👑 Edmund I, King of England 939–946 👑 Eadred, King of England 946–955 🔹Eadburh (died c. 952), Benedictine nun at Nunnaminster, Winchester, & saint 🔹Eadgifu, existence uncertain, possibly the same person as Ælfgifu . Died:17 July 924, Farndon, Cheshire, Mercia. Burial: New Minster, Winchester, later translated to Hyde Abbey. . Successor: Æthelstan (son) . . . #kingsandqueensofgreatbritain #kingsandqueens #Monarchy #RoyalHistory #Royalty #Royals #History #Portraitpainting #historyinpictures #Britishhistory #BritishMonarchy #Art #Painting #Monarch #EnglishHistory #EnglishMonarchy #Heritage #Medievalhistory #Medievaltimes #HistoryFacts #medieval #MedievalEngland #Anglosaxons #Anglosaxon #EdwardtheElder #KingEdward #Houseofwessex #Wessex #Theking (at Winchester, Hampshire) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRf11HRMfxI/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Harthacnut . (Danish: Hardeknud;[a] “Tough-knot”, traditionally Hardicanute, sometimes referred to as Canute III. . King of England: Reign: 1035 – 8 June 1042. . Born: c. 1018, England Parents: Cnut the Great & Emma of Normandy House of: Jelling dynasty. . Married: No Children: None . Died: 8 June 1042 (aged 23–24), Lambeth, England. Harthacnut was the last Dane to rule England. . Successor: Edward the Confessor . . ## Use this hash tag #kingsandqueensofgreatbritain to view the full set of monarchs covered so far 👍 . Swipe to see what’s new in our new British Monarchy Blog Shop 👑 . . . . #kingsandqueens #Monarchy #RoyalHistory #Royalty #Royals #History #Portraitpainting #historyinpictures #Britishhistory #BritishMonarchy #Art #Painting #Monarch #EnglishHistory #EnglishMonarchy #Heritage #Medievalhistory #Medievaltimes #HistoryFacts #medieval #MedievalEngland #Anglosaxons #Anglosaxon #kingoftheEnglish (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRriOtCMx3n/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Cnut the Great . (Old English: Cnut cyning; Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki; also known as Canute. . King of Denmark: 1018–1035. King of the English: 1016–1035. King of Norway: 1028–1035. . English Coronation: 1017 in London. . Born: c. 990. . Parents: Sweyn Forkbeard & ? House of: Jelling . Married: . 1.) – Ælfgifu of Northampton. Ælfgifu (c. 990 – after 1036) was a daughter of Ælfhelm, ealdorman of southern Northumbria, & his wife Wulfrun. . Children; . Sweyn Knutsson (c. 1016–1035), king of Norway. . Harold Harefoot, King of England. . 2.) – Emma of Normandy (c. 984 – 6 March 1052), previously married to Æthelred the Unready, twice Queen of England. . Children;

Harthacnut, King of Denmark and England . Gunhilda of Denmark, (c. 1020 – 18 July 1038). She wed Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. . Died: 12 November 1035 (aged around 45), Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Burial: Old Minster, Winchester, England. Bones now in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. . Successor: Harold Harefoot (son) . . . #kingsandqueensofgreatbritain #kingsandqueens #Monarchy #RoyalHistory #Royalty #Royals #History #Portraitpainting #historyinpictures #Britishhistory #BritishMonarchy #Art #Painting #Monarch #EnglishHistory #EnglishMonarchy #Medievalhistory #Medievaltimes #HistoryFacts #medieval #MedievalEngland #Viking #Vikings #Cnut #canute #Cnutthegreat #Danes #kingofdenmark #Kingofnorway #kingoftheEnglish (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRpUJ9jMtyI/?utm_medium=tumblr