Biography of Christina of Wessex 1057-1093
899 Death of King Alfred the Great
924 Death of King Edward the Elder
973 Coronation of King Edgar Peaceful
975 Death of King Edgar Peaceful
978 Murder of King Edward the Martyr
1014 Death of King Sweyn "Forkbeard"
1016 Death of King Æthelred "Unready"
1016 Coronation of Edmund Ironside
In 802 King Egbert of Wessex (age 29) succeeded King Wessex.
In or before 838 King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Wessex. He the son of King Egbert of Wessex (age 64).
In 839 King Egbert of Wessex (age 66) died. His son King Æthelwulf of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
Around May 853 King Burgred of Mercia and Æthelswith Wessex Queen Consort Mercia (age 15) were married at Chippenham, Wiltshire [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Mercia. She the daughter of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex.
In 856 King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Judith Carolingian Queen Consort Wessex (age 12) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Wessex. She the daughter of Charles "Bald" I King West Francia (age 32) and Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of King Egbert of Wessex.
Around 858 King Æthelbald of Wessex and Judith Carolingian Queen Consort Wessex (age 14) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Wessex. She the daughter of Charles "Bald" I King West Francia (age 34) and Ermentrude Orléans Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex.
On 13 Jan 858 King Æthelwulf of Wessex died. His son King Æthelbald of Wessex succeeded King Wessex.
In 868 King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex (age 19) and Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England were married at Gainsborough [Map]. He the son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex.
Around 870 Judith Carolingian Queen Consort Wessex (age 26) died.
In 871 King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) was buried at Wimborne Minster, Dorset [Map]. King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex (age 22) succeeded King England. Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England by marriage Queen Consort England.
On 04 Jan 871 King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) and Alfred the Great's (age 22) army attacked, but were repulsed by, the Viking army at Battle of Reading at Reading, Berkshire [Map]. Æthelwulf Mercia Earldorman Berkshire (age 46) was killed.
On 08 Jan 871 King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex (age 22) defeated the Viking army led by Halfdan Ragnarsson at the Battle of Ashdown in Berkshire. Bagsecg Viking was killed.
Around 22 Mar 871 Halfdan Ragnarsson defeated the Wessex army led by King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) and King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex (age 22) at the Battle of Merton. The location of 'Marton' is not known; suggestions include Marden, Wiltshire in Wiltshire and Winterborne St Martin, Dorset. Bishop Heahmund of Wessex was killed.
On 23 Apr 871 King Æthelred of Wessex (age 24) died possibly as a result of wounds received at the Battle of Merton which took place a month earlier.
In or before 887 Æthelred Earldorman of Mercia and Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians (age 16) were married. She the daughter of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex (age 37) and Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England.
In 888 Æthelswith Wessex Queen Consort Mercia (age 50) died at Pavia [Map].
Around 893 King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 19) and Ecgwynn Unknown Queen Consort Anglo Saxons were married. He the son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex (age 44) and Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England.
On 26 Oct 899 King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex (age 50) died at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. He was buried at Hyde Abbey. His son King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 25) succeeded King Anglo Saxons. Ecgwynn Unknown Queen Consort Anglo Saxons by marriage Queen Consort Anglo Saxons.
Around 900 King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 26) and Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons (age 30) were married. He the son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex and Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England.
On 05 Dec 902 Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England died.
On 13 Dec 902 Æthelwold Prince Wessex revolted against his cousin King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 28) helped by the Danes.
Sigehelm Earldorman Kent was killed fighting for King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 28).
Brihtsige Wessex, Ysopa Wessex, Oscetel Wessex and Eohric King East Anglia were killed fighting for Æthelwold Prince Wessex.
Around 919 King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 45) and Eadgifu Kent Queen Anglo Saxons were married. She by marriage Queen Anglo Saxons. He the son of King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex and Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England.
On 07 Oct 919 Charles "Simple" III King West Francia (age 40) and Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort West Francia. She the daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 45) and Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons (age 49). He the son of Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia and Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia.
On 17 Jul 924 King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 50) died. He was buried in St Oswald's Priory [Map]. His son King Æthelstan I of England (age 30) succeeded King Anglo Saxons. His son King Æthelstan I of England (age 30) succeeded I King Anglo Saxons.
In 937 King Æthelstan I of England (age 43) and his son Edmund (age 16) defeated the Scottish, Irish Viking and Strathclyde army at the Battle of Brunanburh. Two of Æthelstan's cousins, Æthelwine Wessex and Aelfwine Wessex were killed.
Archbishop Oda was present although there are no contemporary records of Oda's appearance at the battle. He is said to have miraculously provided a sword to the king when the king's own sword slipped out of its scabbard.
On 27 Oct 939 King Æthelstan I of England (age 45) died in Gloucester [Map]. His half brother King Edmund I of England (age 18) succeeded King England.
In or before 943 King Edmund I of England (age 22) and Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury Queen Consort England were married. She by marriage Queen Consort England. He the son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons and Eadgifu Kent Queen Anglo Saxons.
In 944 Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury Queen Consort England died.
In or after 944 King Edmund I of England (age 23) and Æthelflæd of Damerham Queen Consort of England were married. She by marriage Queen Consort England. He the son of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons and Eadgifu Kent Queen Anglo Saxons.
On 26 May 946 King Edmund I of England (age 25) was murdered by Leofa, an exiled thief, whilst attending mass at Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire. He was buried at Glastonbury Abbey [Map]. His brother King Eadred I of England succeeded I King England.
On 01 Oct 959 King Eadwig I of England died. He was buried at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. His brother King Edgar I of England (age 16) succeeded I King England.
Before 962 Æthelwald Ealdorman of East Anglia and Aelfthryth Queen Consort England (age 16) were married.
Around 962 King Edgar I of England (age 19) and Aelfthryth Queen Consort England (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort England. He the son of King Edmund I of England and Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury Queen Consort England.
In 962 Æthelwald Ealdorman of East Anglia was killed by King Edgar I of England (age 19). King Edgar I of England (age 19) had previously sent Æthelwald Ealdorman of East Anglia to Aelfthryth Queen Consort England (age 17) to offer her marriage to King Edgar I of England (age 19). Æthelwald decided to marry Aelfthryth Queen Consort England (age 17) himself. King Edgar I of England (age 19) sought revenge, killed Æthelwald and married Aelfthryth Queen Consort England (age 17). The story subject to much debate among historians.
In 973 King Edgar I of England (age 30) was crowned In Bath, Somerset [Map]. The service forms the basis of the present English Coronation ceremony.
On 08 Jul 975 King Edgar I of England (age 32) died at Winchester, Hampshire [Map]. He was buried in Glastonbury Abbey [Map]. His son King Edward I of England (age 13) succeeded I King England.
On 18 Mar 978 King Edward I of England (age 16) was murdered at Corfe Castle, Dorset [Map] when visiting his younger half-brother Æthelred (age 12) and his [Æthelred's] mother Aelfthryth (age 33). He was buried in Wareham, Dorset [Map] without ceremony. His half brother King Æthelred II of England (age 12) succeeded II King England.
Around 985 King Æthelred II of England (age 19) and Aelfgifu of York Queen Consort England were married. She by marriage Queen Consort England. He the son of King Edgar I of England and Aelfthryth Queen Consort England (age 40).
In 1002 King Æthelred II of England (age 36) and Emma aka Ælfgyfu of Normandy Queen Consort England (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort England. She the daughter of Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Gunnora Countess Ponthieu. He the son of King Edgar I of England and Aelfthryth Queen Consort England (age 57).
Around 1002 Aelfgifu of York Queen Consort England died.
In 17 Nov 1002 Aelfthryth Queen Consort England (age 57) died.
Around 1004 Odo Blois II Count Blois (age 21) and Maud Normandy Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Gunnora Countess Ponthieu. He the son of Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 40).
In 1006 Maud Normandy Countess Blois died.
On 03 Feb 1014 Sweyn "Forkbeard" King Denmark King Norway King England (age 54) died. His son Harald King Denmark succeeded King Denmark. There was a dispute as to who succeeded to the Kingdom of England with some supporting King Æthelred II of England (age 48) and some King Canute of England (age 19).
In 1015 [her grandfather] King Edmund "Ironside" I of England (age 25) and [her grandmother] Ealdgyth Unknown were married. He the son of King Æthelred II of England (age 49) and Aelfgifu of York Queen Consort England.
In 1015 Geoffrey Normandy 1st Count of Eu (age 53) died. His son Gilbert Clare 2nd Count of Eu (age 15) succeeded 2nd Count Eu.
In or before 1016 Ulfcytel Snillingr and Wulfhilda Wessex were married. She the daughter of King Æthelred II of England (age 49) and Aelfgifu of York Queen Consort England.
On 23 Apr 1016 King Æthelred II of England (age 50) died. His son [her grandfather] King Edmund "Ironside" I of England (age 26) succeeded I King England although tthe Witan meeting at Southampton chose King Canute of England (age 21).
After 23 Apr 1016 [her grandfather] King Edmund "Ironside" I of England (age 26) was crowned I King England by Archibishop Ælfstan aka Lyfing. His reign lasted seven months.
On 30 Nov 1016 [her grandfather] King Edmund "Ironside" I of England (age 26) died. The cause of death is unknown. Some chroniclers describe murder, some describe wounds from battle. He was buried near his grandfather King Edgar I of England in Glastonbury Abbey [Map].
In or before 1045 [her father] Edward "The Exile" Wessex (age 29) and [her mother] Agatha were married. He the son of [her grandfather] King Edmund "Ironside" I of England and [her grandmother] Ealdgyth Unknown.
Flowers of History 1057. 1057. Eadward king of England (age 54), being advanced in years, sent Aldred bishop of Worcester into Hungary, and recalled thence [her father] Eadward (age 41), son of [her grandfather] king Eadmund his brother, with the intention of making him his successor. Eadward came accordingly, with his son [her brother] Eadgar (age 6) and his daughters [her sister] Margaret (age 12) and Christina, but died not long after his arrival in the city of London, leaving the king the charge of his son Eadgar and his daughters before mentioned.
Around 1057 Christina of Wessex was born to Edward "The Exile" Wessex (age 41) and Agatha.
On 19 Apr 1057 [her father] Edward "The Exile" Wessex (age 41) died.
Flowers of History. Before 25 Dec 1066. And as they all fled to Malcolm, king of Scotland (age 35), they were all honorably received by him. Then also, [her brother] Edgar Atheling (age 15), the legitimate heir of the kingdom of England, seeing his country plundered and disturbed on all sides, embarked on board ship with his mother [her mother] Agatha, and his sisters [her sister] Margaret (age 21) and Christina (age 9), and endeavoured to return into Hungary, where he had been born; but, a tempest arising, he was compelled to land on the coast of Scotland. And, in consequence of the occasion thus offered, it came to pass that Margaret (age 21) was given as a bride to King Malcolm (age 35), whose exemplary life and virtuous death are plainly set forth in a book specially composed on that subject. But his sister Christina (age 9) became a nun, and deserves our benediction as one who was married for ever to a heavenly bridegroom.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1067. This summer the child [her brother] Edgar (age 16) departed, with his mother [her mother] Agatha, and his two sisters, [her sister] Margaret (age 22) and Christina (age 10), and Merle-Sweyne, and many good men with them; and came to Scotland under the protection of King Malcolm (age 35), who entertained them all. Then began King Malcolm (age 35) to yearn after the child's sister, Margaret (age 22), to wife; but he and all his men long refused; and she also herself was averse, and said that she would neither have him nor any one else, if the Supreme Power would grant, that she in her maidenhood might please the mighty Lord with a carnal heart, in this short life, in pure continence. The king (age 35), however, earnestly urged her brother (age 16), until he answered Yea. And indeed he durst not otherwise; for they were come into his kingdom. So that then it was fulfilled, as God had long ere foreshowed; and else it could not be; as he himself saith in his gospel: that "not even a sparrow on the ground may fall, without his foreshowing." The prescient Creator wist long before what he of her would have done; for that she should increase the glory of God in this land, lead the king aright from the path of error, bend him and his people together to a better way, and suppress the bad customs which the nation formerly followed: all which she afterwards did. The king (age 35) therefore received her, though it was against her will, and was pleased with her manners, and thanked God, who in his might had given him such a match. He wisely bethought himself, as he was a prudent man, and turned himself to God, and renounced all impurity; accordingly, as the apostle Paul, the teacher of all the gentries, saith: "Salvabitur vir infidelis per mulierem fidelem; sic et mulier infidelis per virum fidelem," etc.: that is in our language, "Full oft the unbelieving husband is sanctified and healed through the believing wife, and so belike the wife through the believing husband." This queen (age 22) aforesaid performed afterwards many useful deeds in this land to the glory of God, and also in her royal estate she well conducted herself, as her nature was. Of a faithful and noble kin was she sprung. Her father was [her father] Edward Etheling, son of [her grandfather] King Edmund. Edmund was the son of Ethelred; Ethelred the son of Edgar; Edgar the son of Edred; and so forth in that royal line: and her maternal kindred goeth to the Emperor Henry, who had the sovereignty over Rome. This year went out Githa, Harold's mother, and the wives of many good men with her, to the Flat-Holm, and there abode some time; and so departed thence over sea to St. Omer's.
John of Worcester. 1068. After Easter [23rd March], the countess Matilda (age 37) came to England from Normandy, and was crowned queen by Aldred, archbishop of York, on Whitsunday [1lth May]. After this, Mariesweyn and Cospatric, and some of the most noble of the Northumbrian nation, in order to escape the king's tyranny, and fearing that, like others, they might be thrown into prison, took with them [her brother] Edgar (age 17) the etheling, with his mother [her mother] Agatha and his two sisters, [her sister] Margaret (age 23) and Christina (age 11), and, embarking for Scotland, wintered there under favour of Malcolm (age 36), king of Scots. Meanwhile, king William (age 40) marched his army to Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [Map], and, having fortified the castle there, proceeded to York [Map], where he erected two strong forts, and having stationed in them five hundred men, he gave orders that strong castles should be built at Lincoln, Lincolnshire [Map] and other places.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. 1086. Then he went into Normandy; and [her brother] Edgar Etheling (age 35), the relation of King Edward, revolted from him, for he received not much honour from him; but may the Almighty God give him honour hereafter. And Christina (age 29), the sister of the etheling (age 35), went into the monastery of Rumsey [Map], and received the holy veil.
Around 1093 Christina of Wessex (age 36) died.
Christina of Wessex was appointed Abbot Romsey.
Kings Wessex: Grand Daughter of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons
Great x 3 Grandfather: King Edmund I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eadgifu Kent Queen Anglo Saxons
Great x 2 Grandfather: King Edgar I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Aelfgifu of Shaftesbury Queen Consort England
Great x 1 Grandfather: King Æthelred II of England
Great x 3 Grandfather: Ordgar Earldorman Devon
Great x 2 Grandmother: Aelfthryth Queen Consort England
GrandFather: King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Great x 2 Grandfather: Thored Northumbria
Great x 1 Grandmother: Aelfgifu of York Queen Consort England
Father: Edward "The Exile" Wessex
GrandMother: Ealdgyth Unknown
Mother: Agatha