🔹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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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