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Cenred
1. Ine, King of Wessex (d 728)
  m. Ethelburgh (sister of Ethelheard, King of Wessex)
2. Ingild (d 718)
  A. Eoppa
  i. Eaba
  a. Ealhmund, Under-King of Kent (a 786)
  m. ?? (dau of Aethelbert II, Joint King of Kent)
  (1) Egbert, King of Wessex (b c775, d 839)
  m. Redburh ("sister of King of Franks", possibly Charlemagne so possibly dau of Pepin 'the Short', King of the Franks)
  (A) Aethelwulf, King of Wessex (b c806, d 17.06.857)
  m1. Osburh (d c852, dau of Oslac of the Isle of Wight)
  (i) Aethelstan, King of Kent
  (ii) Aethelbald, King of Wessex (d 860)
  m. (858) Judith (b 844, a 870, dau of Charles II 'the Bald', King of the West Franks, Holy Roman Emperor)
  (iii) Aethelbert, King of Kent (d 866)
  (iv) Aethelred I, King of Wessex (d 871)
  The following is supported by MGH (NS4 vol 4 (1912), 'The Aylmer Family of England and Ireland', p16+) which reports that "King Ethelred left two children, too young to reign, and the crown was given to their uncle Alfred." There was consequent dispute after Alfred died but Alfred's son Edward prevailed.
  (a) Athelme (Ethelhem or Alfred), Earl of Wiltshire (b c1858, d 898)
((1)) Aehelstan, Earl of the East Angles (d 967)
  m. Alfwen (d 983)
  ((A)) Ethelwold
  m. Elfrida
  ((B)) Aethelwine, Earl of East Anglia (d 993)
  m. Wulgiva (d 984, "sister of celebrated Alderman Brichnott")
  ((i)) Aethelward (d 1016, historian)
  m. Aethelfleed
  ((a)) Athelmer, Earl of Cornwall & Devon
  MGH identifies Athelmer as progenitor of the Aylmer family.
  m. Afrida
  (((1))) Athelmer, Earl of Cornwall (d 1043?, 2nd son)
  (((A))) Athelwin, Earl of Cornwall (d 1056?)
(((2)))+ other issue - Athelward, daughter
  ((b)) ??
  (((1))) Stigand, Archbishop of Canterbury (d 1072)
  (((A)))+ issue - Secamen, Athelmer
  (((2))) Athelmer (Bishop of Thetford)
  ((C))+ other issue - Alfwold (d 990), Ethelsine (d 987)
  ((2)) Aelflaed (Elfleda) EGHJRSWY
  m. King Edward @@ just below EGHJRSWY
  (b) Athelwold (Ethelwald) (d 905)
  (v) Alfred 'the Great', King of England (d 899)§A
  m. Ealswith (d 905, dau of Ethelred Mucei, Ealderman of the Gainas)
  (a) Edward 'the Elder', King of England (d 924)
  m1. Ecgwyn of Essex
((1)) Athelstan, King of England (d 940)
  ((2)) Edith (b 897, d 937) HJRY
  m. (30.07.925) Sitric II, King of Dublin and of York (d 927) HJRY
  m2. Elfleda (dau of Ethelhelm, Ealderman) @@ just above
  ((3)) Edgiva or Eadgifu (b c900, d 951/5) EGHJRSWY
  m1. (918/9) Charles III 'the Simple', Holy Roman Emperor (b 17.09.897, d 07.10.929) EGHJRSWY
  m2. Herbert, Count of Meaux
  ((4)) Edhilda (dsp 937)
  m. (926/7) Hugues I, Count of Paris (b c895, d 16.06.956)
  ((5)) Eadgyth (Edith) (d 946) EGHJSWY
  m. (930) Otto 1 'the Great', King of Germany and Italy, Emperor (b 22.11.912, d 07.05.973) EGHJSWY
  ((6)) Elgiva
  m. Boleslaw II, Duke of Bohemia
  ((7))+ other issue - Ethelwerd (d 924), Edwin, Elfleda (nun), Ethelhilda
  m3. Edgiva (dau of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent)
  ((11)) Edmund I 'the elder', King of England (d 946)
  m1. St. Elgiva
  ((A)) Edwy, King of England (d 959)
  m. Elgiva (dau of Ethelgiva)
((B)) Edgar, King of England (d 975)
  m1. Ethelfleda 'the Fair' (dau of Ordmaer, Ealdorman)
  ((i)) Edward 'the Martyr', King of England (d 979)
  m2. Elfrida (d 1000, dau of Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon)
  ((ii)) Edmund (d 970)
  ((iii)) Ethelred (Athelred) II 'the Unready', King of England (b 968, d 23.04.1016)
  m1. Elfleda (dau of Thored, Ealdorman)
  ((a)) Edmund II 'Ironside', King of England (d 1016, 3rd son)
  m. Ealdgyth (dau of Edwin of Mercia)
(((1))) Edmund 'Atheling' (dsp)
  'Atheling' signified that he was a legitimate descendant of King Athelred.
  m. Hedwig (dau of Stephen, King of Hungary)
  (((2))) Edward 'Atheling' (b c1016, d 1057)
  m. Agatha (dau of Stephen, King of Hungary)
  (((A))) Edgar Atheling, 'King of England' (b c1051, d c1126?)
  (((B))) Margaret 'the Saint' (d 16.11.1093) EGHJRSWY
m. (1068-9) Malcolm III 'Canmore', King of Scots (b c1031, d Alnwick 13.11.1093) EGHJRSWY
  (((C))) Christina (nun)
  ((b)) Edith
  m1. (c1008) Edric Streona, Ealdorman of Mercia
  m2. Thurkil Havi 'the tall' (d 1039)
  ((c)) Elgiva or Aelfgifu GHJRSY
m. Uchtred, 5th lord of Bamburgh, Earl of Bernicia, Earl of Northumbria (d 1016) GHJRSY
  ((d)) Wulfhilda
  m. Ulfcytel, Ealdorman of East Anglia
  ((e)) daughter
  m. Athelstan
  ((f))+ other issue - Athelstan, Egbert (d 1005), Edred, Edwy (d 1017), Edward, Edgar
  m2. (1002) Emma (b c982, d 21.02.1052, dau of Richard I, Duke of Normandy)
  ((l)) Godgifu (Goda) HY
  m1. Dreux or Drogo, Count of Amiens, Valois and the Vexin (d 1035) HY
  m2. (c1036, sp) Eustache II, Count of Boulogne and Lens (d c1080)
  ((m)) Alfred Ateling (d 1036)
  ((n)) Edward 'the Confessor', King of England (dsp 1066)
  m. Eadgyth (d 1075, dau of Godwin, Earl of Wessex)
  m2. Ethelfleda Domerham (dau of Alfgar, Ealdorman of Wiltshire)
  ((12)) Edred, King of England (d 955)
  ((13)) Edburh (nun)
  ((14)) Edgiva
  m. Louis, King of Provence
(b) Ethelwerd (d 922)
  ((1))+ issue (d Brunaburh 937) - Elfwine, Ethelwine
  (c) Ethelfleda, Lady of Mercia (d 918)
  m. Ethelred, Ealderman of Mercia (d 910)
  ((1)) Elfwina EGHJRSWY
  m. Edulph EGHJRSWY
  (d) Ethelgiva, Abbess of Shaftesbury
  (e) Elfrida (b c877, d 07.06.929) EGHJRSWY
  m. (884) Baldwin II 'the bald', Count of Flanders and Artois (b 863/5, d 10.09.918) EGHJRSWY
  (vi) Aethelswith
  m. Burhred, King of Mercia
  m2. (01.10.856) Judith (b 844, a 870, dau of Charles II 'the Bald', King of the West Franks, Holy Roman Emperor)
  (B) Athelstan, Under-King of Kent (d 850)
3. Cwenburh, Abbess of Wimborne
4. Cuthburth of Wessex
  m. Alfrid, King of Northumbria (d 705)

Main source(s):
(1) 'The Royal Line of Succession', published by Pitkin Pictorials in 1975, SBN 85372-091-6 and repeated in the 1996 edition of that publication (by Pitkin Guides Ltd), ISBN 0-85372-404-0
(2) 'Genealogical and Historical Diagrams illustrative of The History of Scotland, England, France, and Germany from the Ninth Century to the Present Time' by William Graham, published in 1862
(3) 'A History of England before the Norman Conquest' by Sir Charles Oman, published in 1993 by Bracken Books, ISBN 1-85891-073-0
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