Martyn Family History

Scott H. Martyn
Glen Ellyn, IL  60137
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Egbert Le Grand D'ANGLETERRE DE WESSEX
(775-839)
Redburge DE HERSTAL CAROLINGIEN
(785-839)
Ęthelwulf King of Wessex
(795-858)
Queen Osburh
(810-876)
Ęthelswith OF WESSEX Queen of Mercia
(833-888)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. King Burghred OF MERCIA

Ęthelswith OF WESSEX Queen of Mercia 1743

  • Born: 833, , , Kingdom of Wessex, Anglo Saxon England 1743
  • Christened: Wantage, , Berkshire, England 1743
  • Marriage (1): King Burghred OF MERCIA in 853 in Chippenham
  • Died: 888, Germany alt. Paris, Īl-de-France, France at age 55 1743
  • Buried: 888, Pavia, Lombardy, Italy 1743

   FamilySearch ID: 9H25-V5K

  Noted events in her life were:

1. MARR: in 853, in Chippenham. 1745

2. Title Of Nobility: Queen of Mercia,,.

3. Exiled: To Italy, in 874, in Rome, , Lazio, Italy. 1745 Driven from their kingdom in 874 by Vikings; Ęthelswith and Burgred fled to Rome. He died shortly after. Ęthelswith lived on in Italy, to be buried at Pavia in 888.


Ęthelswith married King Burghred OF MERCIA, son of King Beorhtwulf of Mercia and Sędryš of Essex, in 853 in Chippenham. (King Burghred OF MERCIA was born in 830,1743 died in 874 in Rome, , Lazio, Italy 1743 and was buried in 874 in Sancta Maria (now Santo Spirito in Sassia), Rome, Italy 1743.)