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Facts and Features of English History, a Series of Alternating Reading and Memory Exercises
Facts and Features of English History a Series of Alternating Reading and Memory Exercises Author:John Hill General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1873 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST. SAXON LINE. Egbert. (827-836) Edward the Elder. (901 -- 925) Athelstau. Edmund. Edred. (925 -- 94) (94 -- 946) (946-955) Edwy. Edgar i. Ethelfleda. (955 -- 958) (958 -- 975) I 2 Elfrida. i. By Ethelfleda. | 2. by Elfrida. Edward the Martyr. Ethelred the Unready.=i. Elfleda. 2. Emma of Normandy (975 -- 979) (979 -- I i. By Elfleda. 2, By Emma. Edmund Ironside. Alfred, said to have Edward (April to Nov., 1016) been murdered by tjio Confessor. j Godwin, 1036. (1042 -- 1066) Edmund. Edward (died 1057) Edgar Atheling (in whom the male Margaret=Malcom, king Christina Saxon line became extinct). | of Scotland. (a nun) MatiIda=Henry I., king of England. [Saxon and Norman lines thus united.] The succession is here interrupted by the DANISH LINE. Sweyn (died 1014) Canute=i. Elgiva. (1016 -- 1035) I 2. Emma, the widow of Ethelred. 1. By Elgiva. I 2. By Emma. ild . . .. Sweyn, King of Norway. Harold Harefoot. Hardicanute. (died 1036) (1035 -- 1040) (1040 -- 1049) IV. % little of % 0f | iwp. (a. d. 1066-1154.) IV. ENGLAND UNDER THE RULE OF THE NORMAN LINE OF KINGS. § 1. William I., surnamed the Conqueror. Born A. d. 1027; Reigned 21 years (1066-1087). MEMORY EXERCISE VI. A. D. 1066. Edgar Atheling proclaimed king -- William cap tures Dover and advances upon London. -- Submission of Edgar and his supporters. William's coronation at Westminster (Dec. 25). 1067. The king visits Normandy. -- Odo administers the govern ment. -- Conspiracies and tumults during the king's absence. -- William returns ...« less