Ecgwynn or Ecgwynna (Old English Eċġwynn, lit. "sword joy"; fl. 890s), was the first consort of Edward the Elder, later King of the English (reigned 899–924), by whom she bore the future King Æthelstan (r. 924–939), and a daughter who married Sihtric Cáech, Norse king of Dublin, Ireland, and Northumbria. Almost nothing is known about her background and life. Not even her name is given in any sources until after the Norman Conquest. The first to record it is William of Malmesbury, who presents it in Latinised guise as Egwinna and who is in fact the principal source for her existence.[1]
Ecgwynn or Ecgwynna (Old English Eċġwynn, lit. "sword joy"; fl. 890s), was the first consort of Edward the Elder, later King of the English (reigned 899–924)...
displayed his fitness for kingship. In about 893, Edward probably married Ecgwynn, who bore him two children, the future King Æthelstan and a daughter who...
Æthelswith dies in Pavia. c. 893 Edward marries Ecgwynn. c. 894 Alfred becomes a grandfather when Ecgwynn gives birth to Æthelstan, the son of Edward. 899...
17 July 924 (24 years, 266 days) c. 874 Son of Alfred and Ealhswith (1) Ecgwynn c. 893 2 children (2) Ælfflæd c. 900 8 children (3) Eadgifu of Kent c. 919...
Elder reportedly took Ecgwynn as his royal mistress, and she gave birth to his only son and heir, Æthelstan. The suggestion that Ecgwynn was Edward's mistress...
with his own battle-tested men. Lady Aelswith visits Edward’s first wife, Ecgwynn, and her son and expresses remorse for her past behaviour. Uhtred arrives...
Mercians First Daughter of King Alfred the Great and Queen Ealhswith Queen Ecgwynn 890s First wife of Edward the Elder King Edward the Elder First Son of...
blade Y Egbert, Ecgbald, Eggert, Ecgwine, Ekkehart, Ecgric, Eginolf; Ecgwynn, Egon Some names in ag-, eg- may be unrelated in origin; see Förstemann...
Alfred the Great and Ealhswith. 894 Æthelstan the Glorious, the future king of England (r. 927-939), is born to parents Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn....
King of Wessex Æthelstan - eldest son of King Edward by his first wife, Ecgwynn Earl Haesten – A Danish Jarl (earl), who previously broke a life-oath to...
Continental royalty, and five sons. Æthelstan, the son of Edward's first wife, Ecgwynn, was born around 894, but she probably died around the time of Alfred's...
and five sons. Æthelstan was the only known son of Edward's first wife, Ecgwynn. His second wife, Ælfflæd, had two sons: Ælfweard, who may have been acknowledged...
Some medieval chroniclers writing centuries later describe his mother, Ecgwynn, as a concubine or of low social status, while others portray her as a...
17 July 924 (24 years, 266 days) c. 874 Son of Alfred and Ealhswith (1) Ecgwynn c. 893 2 children (2) Ælfflæd c. 900 8 children (3) Eadgifu c. 919 4 children...
and King of Wessex Æthelstan - son of King Edward from his first wife, Ecgwynn Sigtryggr - Danish jarl of Jorvik and Northumbria Æthelhelm - King Edward’s...
and King of Wessex Æthelstan - Son of King Edward with his first wife, Ecgwynn King Hywel - Welsh King fighting Norse invaders. Sigtryggr - Danish jarl...
William of Malmesbury identified her as a daughter of Edward the Elder and Ecgwynn, and therefore a full-blooded sister to Æthelstan, but says that he was...
and King of Wessex Æthelstan - son of King Edward from his first wife, Ecgwynn Earl Haesten – A Danish Jarl (earl), who previously broke a life-oath to...
Wessex at Winchester, while Æthelstan, Edward's son by his first wife Ecgwynn, was elected in Mercia. Ælfweard died within four weeks of his father,...
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