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‎Between 751 and 768;

Pepin 'the Short' of the Franks was recorded as "King of the Franks"

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man Edward 'the Elder' of Wessex, King of Wessex, King of Mercia‏‎ 1) 2) 3)
Born ‎± 872‎ 1)
Died ‎17 Jul 924 Farndon, Cheshire, England‎, approximately 52 years 1)
Buried ‎ Winchester, Hampshire, England 1)

Married ‎before 901 1) (at least 17 years married)
to:

woman Ælfflæd of Wiltshire‏‎ 1)
Died ‎918 1)

Children:

1.
woman Eadgifu of Wessex‏ 2) 4)
Died ‎after 951 1)

Notes: Eadgifu or Edgifu, also known as Edgiva or Ogive (Old English: Ēadgifu; 902 - after 955) was a daughter[1] of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife Ælfflæd. She was born in Wessex.

Named Otgiva in the Genealoga comitum Bulonensium.
2.
woman Eadgyth of England‏
Died ‎26 Jan 946 1) 5) 6)

Notes: Eadgyth is identified as the daughter of Edmund, King of England, by Thietmar: "Otto, greatest of the sceptre bearers, ordered the consecration of his wife, Edith, the God-fearing daughter of King Edmund of England whom he had married during his father’s
lifetime." This is a mistake, given earlier correct identifications in other sources.


2nd marriage/ relation
man Edward 'the Elder' of Wessex, King of Wessex, King of Mercia‏‎ 1) 2) 3)


Married/ Related
to:

woman Eadgifu of Kent‏‎ 7)
Died ‎after 966 7)

Child:

1.
man Edmund I of Wessex, King of Wessex and Mercia‏ 8)
Born ‎± 922‎ 8)
Died ‎26 May 946 Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England‎, approximately 24 years 8)
Buried ‎ Glastonbury, Somerset, England 8)

Sources

1) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/edwar001.htm. Reference: Eadweard (Edward) "the Elder" (Questionable reliability of evidence)
2) Source: The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328 "Charles' son, the young Lous (IV), escaped rolled in a bundle of fodder. Charles' wife Eadgifu, daughter of Edward the Elder of England, took Louis to exile in England.". Reference: Page 35 (Data from secondary evidence)
3) Source: Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs "After Spytihněv’s death, the duchy was obtained by Vratislav, who married Drahomíra of the hardiest tribe of the Lutici from a province called Stodor... She gave birth to twosons: Wenceslas... and Boleslav" (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: Genealogia comitum Bulonensium A short genealogy connecting the early Merovingians to the later counts of Boulogne, written circa the 11th century. The earliest generations are almost certainly fictional. Considered a reliable secondary source for generations from Arnulf of Metz onwards. Considered a "primary" source for events from the year 1000 onwards.. External Link
https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_ss_9/index.htm#page/300/ (Data from secondary evidence)
5) Source: Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs "In the year of the Lord’s incarnation 947, the lady Queen Edith died." (Questionable reliability of evidence)
6) Source: Ottonian Germany: The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg " She was with her husband for nineteen years and died in the eleventh year of his reign on 26 January,". Reference: Book 2, Chapter 3 (Data from secondary evidence)
7) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/eadgi000.htm. Reference: Eadgifu (Questionable reliability of evidence)
8) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/edmun001.htm. Reference: Eadmund I (Questionable reliability of evidence)