the charter, which is now
preserved in Guildhall Library, London.

DESCENT OF THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS FROM EGBERT TO GEORGE V*

1. Egbert (descended from Cerdic, 495), first "King of the English,"
H 828-837
2. Ethelwulf, 837-858
H
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H H H H
3. Ethelbald, 4. Ethelbert, 5. Ethelred I, 6. Alfred,
858-860 860-866 866-871 871-901
H
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H * *
7. Edward I, 901-925 15. Sweyn, the Dane, 1013
H |
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H H H \
8.Ethelstan 9. Edmund 10. Edred, 17. Canute,
925-940 940-946 946-955 1017-1035
H |
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H H | * |
11. Edwin, 12. Edgar 18. Harold * * 19. Hardicanute
955-959 959-975 1035-1040 Richard I 1040-1042
H Duke of Normandy
H H
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H * * H H H
13.Edward II Elgiva, ? m. 14. Ethelred II, m. (2) Emma Richard II,
975-979 H 979-1016 H * Duke of
16. Edmund II =================H* * Normandy
(Ironside), H Godwin, Earl H
1016-1016 20. Edward III, of Kent H
H the Confessor, H H
Edgar Atheling, 1042-1066, second ______H H
grandson of Edward II cousin of William | H H
[should have succeeded the Conqueror, m. Edith H H
Harold II (No. 21)] H H
21. Harold II, H
----------------------------- 1066-1066, slain H
* This sign shows that the| at Hastings, 10