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Prince Eoppa of Wessex



Preferred Parents:
Father: Ingild of Wessex, b. 19 SEP 672 in Kingdom of Wessex   d. 718 in England
Mother: of Essex,   

Family 1: Edwyna of Kent,    b. 21 SEP 700 in Kent, England    d. 23 MAR 769 in Dorchester, Dorset, England
  1. Eoffa Aelfric of Wessex , b. 11 MAR 720 in Kent Castle, Kingdom of Kent     d. 11 MAR 772 in Kingdom of Essex
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  1. Title: eoppa wessex, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73B5-K62M : 24 August 2022), eoppa wessex, ; Burial, West End, Eastleigh Borough, Hampshire, England, Wessex Vale Crematorium; citing record ID 194170562, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:73B5-K62M;
  2. Title: The chronicle of Æthelweard by Ethelwerd, d. 998
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/chronicleofthelw0000ethe/page/n133/mode/1up;
    Note: A translated version of "Chronicon Æthelweardi" (The Chronicle of Æthelweard) It provides a page for page translation: Æthelweard's original work on one page, shadowed by a translation into modern English on the following page. Page 33 and 34 of the III book provide a pedigree from Alfred and his father Æthelwulf, back to his father King Ecgbyrht, stretching back 32 generations to an ancestor named Sceaf. Alfred >Æthelwulf >Ecgbyrht >Ealhmund >Eafa >Eoppa >Ingild >Cenred >Ceolwald >Cuthwine >Ceawlin >Cynric >Cerdic >Elesa >Esla >Gewis >Wig >Freawine >Frithogar >Brond >Baldr >Woden >Frithowald >Frealaf >Frithowulf >Fin >Godwulf >Geat >Tetwa >Beow >Scyld >Sceaf. "...filius Ecgbyrhti regis, cuius auus Ealhmund, proauus Eafa, atauus Eoppa, abauus Ingild, Ines frater, Occidentalium Anglorum regis, qui Romae finierat uitam, traxemntque supra dicti reges a Genred rege originem. Genred fuit filius Geoluuald. Auus quippe eius Cuthuuine, proauus / Ceaulin, atauus Cynric, abauus Cerdic, qui et primus possessor Brittanniae partis occidentalis superatos exercitus Brittannorum, cuius pater fuit Elesa, auus Esla, proauus Geuuis, atauus Vuig, abauus Freauuine, sextus pater eius Frithogar, Septimus Brond, octauus Balder, nonus Vuothen, decimus Frithouuald, undecimus Frealaf, duodecimus Frithouulf, tertius decimus Fin, quartus decimus Goduulfe, quintus decimus Geat, sextus decimus Tetuua, septimus decimus Beo, octauus decimus Scyld, nonus decimus Scef. Ipse Scef cum uno dromone aduectus est in insula oceani que dicitur Scani, armis circundatus, eratque ualde recens puer, et ab incolis illius terrae ignotus. Attamen ab eis suscipitnr, et ut familmrem diMgenti animo eum custodiexnnt, et post in regem eligunt; de cuius prosapia ordinem trahit Adulf rex. Transmeatusque est tunc numerus annornm. qum.qviagessimus quintus, ex quo Ecgbyrht cepit regnare. Page n134 Winchester. The above-mentioned king was the son of King Ecgbyrht, and his grandfather was Ealhmund, his great-grandfather Eafa, his great-great-grandfather Eoppa, his great-great-great-grandfather Ingild, brother of Ine, king of the West Saxons, who died in Rome, and these kings derived their origin from Cenred. Cenred was the son of Ceolwald. His grandfather was Cuthwine, his great-grandfather Ceawlin, his great-great-grand- father Cynric, his great-great-great-grandfather Cerdic, who was the first possessor of the western area of Britain, after he had overcome the armies of the Britons. And his father was Elesa, his grandfather Esla, his great-grandfather Gewis, his great-great-grandfather Wig, his great-great-great-grandfather Freawine, his sixth father Frithogar, his seventh Brond, his eighth Baldr, his ninth Woden, his tenth Frithowald, his eleventh Frealaf, his twelfth Frithowulf, his thirteenth Fin, his fourteenth Godwulf, his fifteenth Geat, his sixteenth Tetwa, his seventeenth Beow, his eighteenth Scyld, his nineteenth Sceaf. And this Sceaf arrived with one light ship in the island of the ocean which is called Skaney, with arms all round him. He was a very young boy, and unknown to the people of that land, but he was received by them, and they guarded him with diligent attention as one who belonged to them, and elected him king. From his family King Æthelwulf derived his descent. And the number of fifty-five years had passed since Ecgbyrht began to reign."
  3. Title: A Wessex Family Tree
    Author: Wikipedia authors, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Wessex#House_of_Wessex_family_tree (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Wessex#House_of_Wessex_family_tree), Names..
    Page: To support viewpoint.
  4. Title: Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_royal_genealogies;
    Note: A number of royal genealogies of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, collectively referred to as the Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies, have been preserved in a manuscript tradition based in the 8th to 10th centuries. The genealogies trace the succession of the early Anglo-Saxon kings, back to the semi-legendary kings of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, notably named as Hengest and Horsa in Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, and further to legendary kings and heroes of the pre-migration period, usually including an eponymous ancestor of the respective lineage and converging on Woden. In their fully elaborated forms as preserved in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles and the Textus Roffensis, they continue the pedigrees back to the biblical patriarchs Noah and Adam. They also served as the basis for pedigrees that would be developed in 13th century Iceland for the Scandinavian royalty. Wessex and Bernicia Further information: List of monarchs of Wessex While excluded from the original pedigree sources, two later copies of the Anglian collection from the 10th century (called CCCC and Tiberius, or simply C and T) include an addition: a pedigree for King Ine of Wessex that traces his ancestry from Cerdic, the semi-legendary founder of the Wessex state, and hence from Woden.[7] This addition probably reflects the growing influence of Wessex under Ecgbert, whose family claimed descent from a brother of Ine.[8] Pedigrees are also preserved in several regnal lists dating from the reign of Æthelwulf and later, but seemingly based on a late-8th or early 9th century source or sources.[9] Finally, later interpolations (which were added by 892) to both Asser's Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Saxonum and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle preserve Wessex pedigrees extended beyond Cerdic and Woden to Adam.[10] Scholars have long noted discrepancies in the Wessex pedigree tradition. The pedigree as it appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is at odds with the earlier Anglian collection in that it contains four additional generations and consists of doublets which when expressed with patronymics would have resulted in the uniform triple alliteration that is common in Anglo-Saxon poetry, but that would have been difficult for a family to maintain over a number of generations and is unlike known Anglo-Saxon naming practices.[27][28] Anglo Saxon Chronicle Anglian Collection C&T Woden Woden Bældæg Bældæg Brond Brand Friðgar Freawine Wig Giwis Giwis Esla Elesa Aluca Cerdic Cerdic Further, when comparing the Chronicle's pedigrees of Cerdic and of Ida of Bernicia several anomalies are evident. While the two peoples had no tradition of common origin, their pedigrees share the generations immediately after Woden, Bældæg whom Snorri equated with the God Baldr, and Brand. One might expect Cerdic to be given descent from a different son of Woden, if not from a different god entirely such as the Saxon patron, Seaxnēat, who once headed the pedigree of the Essex kings before his relegation as another son of Woden. Likewise, while the Chronicle places Ida's reign after Cerdic's death, the pedigrees do not reflect this difference in age.[29][30] Wessex Bernicia Woden Bældæg Brond/Brand Friðgar Benoc Freawine Aloc Wig Angenwit Giwis Ingui Esla Esa Elesa Eoppa Cerdic Ida The name Cerdic, moreover, may actually be an Anglicized form of the Brythonic name Ceredic and several of his successors also have names of possible Brythonic origin, indicating that the Wessex founders may not have been Germanic at all.[31] All of these suggest that the pedigree may not be authentic.
  5. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King of Wessex Eoppa Ingildsson - christening: ;
    Author: Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists, Frederick Lewis Weis, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc of Baltimore. 1979. 5th Edition. Weld County Library Ged 929.2 Greeley, Colorado. (Cente, Page number: Weis line 9 page 1. and line 10 page 2.
    Note: christening: ;
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2737222978
  6. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King of Wessex Eoppa Ingildsson -
    Author: Family History Library archive record (family group sheet)
    Note: Source: Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings & Nobles, Eng. 104, p. 339; The Royal Line of Succession, A16A225, p. 5; Keiser and Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt. 1, p. 35 Submitter: Sanford A. Johnson
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3244547632
  7. Title: Peerage, The
    Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe(http://thepeerage.com : accessed 27 May 2019), Eoppa. Cit. Date: 31 Jan 2019;
    Note: Eoppa (?) was born in 706. He was the son of Ingild (?).1Child of Eoppa (?) Eafa (?)+1 b. c 732, d. 790Citations [S52] G. S. P. Freeman-Grenville, The Queen\'s Lineage: from A.D. 495 to the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (London , U.K.: Rex Collings, 1977), page 2. Hereinafter cited as The Queen\'s Lineage.
  8. Title: Asser's life of King Alfred by Asser, John, d. 909; Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927
    Author: https://archive.org/details/asserslifeofking00asseiala/page/1/mode/1up
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/asserslifeofking00asseiala/page/1/mode/1up;
    Note: Biography of the Life of King Alfred, written during his lifetime by Alfred's own court biographer, Asser. Page 1 1. Alfred's Birth and Genealogy. — In the year of our Lord's incarnation 849, Alfred, King of the Anglo-Saxons, was born at the royal vill of Wantage, in Berkshire (which receives its name from Berroc Wood, where the box- tree grows very abundantly). His genealogy is traced in the following order: King Alfred was the son of King Æthelwulf; he of Egbert; he of Ealhmund; he of Eafa; he of Eoppa; he of Ingild. Ingild and Ine, the famous king of the West Saxons, were two brothers. Ine went to Rome, and there ending the present life honorably, entered into the heavenly fatherland to reign with Christ. Ingild and Ine were the sons of Coenred; he of Ceolwald; he of Cutha; he of Cuthwine; he of Ceawlin; he of Cynric; he of Creoda; he of Cerdic; he of Elesa; he of Gewis, from whom the Welsh name all that people Gegwis ; he of Wig; he of Freawine; he of Freothegar; Page 2 he of Brond; he of Beldeag; he of Woden; he of Frithowald; he of Frealaf; he of Frithuwulf; he of Finn; he of Godwulf; he of Geata, which Geta the heathen long worshiped as a god. This Geata was the son of Tætwa; he of Beaw; he of Sceldwea; he of Heremod; he of Itermod; he of Hathra; he of Hwala; he of Bedwig; he of Sceaf; he of Noah; he of Lamech; he of Methuselah; he of Enoch; he of Jared; he of Mahalalel; he of Kenan; he of Enosh; he of Seth; he of Adam.
  9. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Eoppa -
    Author: Royalty for Commoners, 2nd Ed; Roderick W Stuart {1988}, Page number: 233-44
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2736742394
  10. Title: "Eoppa, son of Ingeld…brother of Ine king of Wessex" - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20&%20Danish%20Kings.htm#IngeldWessexdied718A;
    Note: E. FAMILY of INE KING of WESSEX 688-728 1. CENRED . The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle names Cenred as son of Ceolwald[1367]. Under-King in Wessex, possibly in Dorset. He was one of the chief advisers in putting together his son's code of law in 694. Cenred had four children: a) INE (-Rome [728]). Ine was allegedly descended from Cuthwine, supposedly son of Ceawlin King of Wessex: manuscript A of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that "Ine succeeded to the kingdom of Wessex" in 688 and ruled thirty-seven years, adding that he was "the son of Cenred, son of Ceolwald…brother of Cynegils…sons of Cuthwine, son of Ceawlin, son of Cynric, son of Cerdic"[1368]. However, a later source states that Ine was descended from Cuthbald, supposedly brother of King Cynegils: according to William of Malmesbury, King Ine was the great nephew of King Cynegils, descended from the king's brother Cuthbald[1369]. He succeeded King Cædwalla in 688 as INE King of Wessex. "Ini rex Westsaxonum" granted land in Berkshire to abbot Hean by charter dated 687 which was subscribed by "Ethelridi regis Merciorum"[1370]. According to Stenton, "Ine was a statesman with ideas beyond the grasp of any of his predecessors"[1371]. The conquest of Devon was probably completed during his reign, starting with the establishment of a monastery at Exeter in 690 or shortly before. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 694 "the Kentishmen came to terms with Ine" and gave him "thirty thousands" as compensation for the death of Mul[1372]. Ine promulgated a new code of laws in 694, more detailed than any of its predecessors, including the establishment of the annual payment of church-scot by all free men, which was paid in kind at Martinmas at a rate in proportion to land held and generally consisted of a number of measures of grain[1373]. The bishopric of Shelborne was established in 705, with Aldhelm (abbot of Malmesbury) as its first bishop, its diocese being the more recently conquered lands of Dorset, Somerset and Devon[1374]. The first West Saxon synods met under his presidency. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 715 "Ine and Ceolred" [King of Mercia" fought "at Adam’s grave"[1375]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 721 "Ine killed Cynewulf"[1376]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Ine fought "against the South Saxons" in 722, and in 725 when he killed "Ealdberht" there[1377]. Bede records that "Ini", successor of Cædwalla, reigned for 38 years before abdicating and leaving for Rome[1378]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that "Ine went to Rome" in 728[1379]. m ÆTHELBURG, sister of ÆTHELHEARD, later King of Wessex, maybe a descendant of Cynebald (-Rome [728]). The primary source which records that she was sister of Æthelheard has not yet been identified. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that "queen Æthelburh destroyed Taunton, which Ine had built" in 722[1380]. William of Malmesbury records that she encouraged her husband to undertake his pilgrimage to Rome in 726 and accompanied him[1381]. b) INGELD (-718). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that "Ingeld brother of Ine" died in 718[1382]. According to the generally accepted ancestry of the 9th century kings of Wessex, Ingeld was the direct ancestor of Ealhmund King of Kent, who was the father of Ecgberht King of Wessex. This supposed ancestry is set out in a passage of the Chronicle dated 855, which lists the ancestors of Æthelwulf King of Wessex, and states that Ealhmund was "son of Eafa, son of Eoppa, son of Ingeld…brother of Ine king of Wessex", adds their alleged direct line of ancestors back to Cerdic, first King of Wessex, Cerdic’s mythical ancestry back to Woden, and even Woden’s alleged descent from Noah and "Adam the first man"[1383]. This is clearly one of the dubious lines of descent of the kings of Wessex which are discussed in the introduction to the Chapter. c) CWENBURH. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle names "Cwenburh and Cuthburh" as sisters of Ingeld and Ine[1384]. She and her sister founded Wimborne Abbey, where Cwenburh became Abbess. d) CUTHBURH. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle names "Cwenburh and Cuthburh" as sisters of Ingeld and Ine, adding that Cuthburh married Aldfrith king of Northumbria "but they parted during their lifetime" and founded the monastic community at Wimborne[1385]. After her repudiation, she became a nun at Barking. She was canonised, her feast day is 3 Sep[1386]. m (separated before [696/97][1387]) as his first wife, ALDFRITH King of Northumbria, illegitimate son of OSWIU King of Northumbria & his mistress --- ([650]-Driffield 14 Dec 704).
    Page: "Eoppa, son of Ingeld…brother of Ine king of Wessex" Identifies Eoppa as the son of Ingeld, born before 718 when Ingeld is believed to have died. Identifies him as the nephew of Ine, King of Wessex, and the grandson of Cenred
  11. Title: Legacy NFS Source: King of Wessex Eoppa Ingildsson -
    Author: Magna Charta, Part V, John S. Wurts, Brookfield Publishing Co., Phila. 1946, Page number: p. 1390
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:2033102612
  12. Title: Eoppa of Wessex - Familypedia
    Publication: Name: https://familypedia.wikia.org/wiki/Eoppa_of_Wessex;
    Note: Eoppa of Wessex was born on an unknown date to Ingild of Wessex (-718) . House of Wessex He was of the royal English dynasty called House of Wessex, a family originating in the southwest corner of England and gradually increased in power and prestiege. The House became rulers of all the country with the reign of Alfred the Great in 871 and lasting until Edmund Ironside in 1016. This period of the English monarchy is known as the Saxon period. Royal Lineage The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles compiled at the time of Alfred the Great generally agree as to the royal lineage of the early English kings through the House of Wessex. Approximate life span of Eoppa of Wessex: (706? - 770?). Those chronicles show that lineage as follows: Cenred of Wessex, King of Wessex and son of Ceolwald of Wessex, a desendant of Cerdic of Wessex, the first Wessex King. Ingild of Wessex, royal prince and son of Cenred of Wessex Eoppa of Wessex, son of Ingild of Wessex. Eafa of Wessex, son of Eoppa. Ealhmund of Kent, son of Eafa, ruled briefly as King of Kent in the year 784. Egbert, King of Wessex (c769-839) son of Ealhmund of Kent, he was able to wrest control of both Wessex and Kent from the King of Mercia (c 790-839) and back to the royal family of Wessex. Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (c795-858), helped his father conquer the Kingdom of Kent in 825 and inherited his fathers throne in 839. While king he repelled several Viking invasions and undertook a pilgrimage to Rome in 855. Several of his sons succeeded to his thone in turn until the youngest, thru which the royal line continued. Alfred the Great, King of Anglo-Saxons (ruled 871-899), son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburga. Children Offspring of Eoppa of Wessex and unknown parent Name Birth Death Joined with Eafa of Wessex Siblings References Ealhmund of Kent - Wikipedia Eoppa of Wessex - Wikipedia House of Wessex - Family Tree Chart on Wikipedia Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - Pt 2 A.D. 750-919 - Online Medieval & Classical Library Bierbrier, M.L., "Genealogical Flights of Fancy. Old Assumptions, New Sources", Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, 2:379–87. Edwards, Heather (2004). "Ecgberht [Egbert] (d. 839), king of the West Saxons". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/8581. Retrieved 14 May 2014. (subscription or UK public library membership required) Garmonsway, G.N. ed., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. Kelley, David H., "The House of Aethelred", in Brooks, Lindsay L., ed., Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans. Salt Lake City: The Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, Occasional Publication, No. 2, pp. 63–93.
    Page: Identifies Eoppa of Wessex as the son of Ingild of Wessex, and father of Eafa of Wesses lived from about 0706 to 0770
  13. Title: House of Wessex
    Author: Wikipedia authors, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wessex (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Wessex), Names..
    Page: To support viewpoint.
  14. Title: Weis, Frederick Lewis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1950
    Publication: Name: http://interactive.ancestry.com/49030/FLHG_AncestralRoots-0070/10489?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dFLHG-AncestralRoots%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26msT%3d1%26gsfn%3dfergus%26gsfn_x%3d0%26gsln%3dde%2bgalloway%26gsln_x%3d0%26MSAV%3d0%26uidh%3dqup&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&rc=1248,2656,1425,2698;199,2709,330,2752;525,2711,700,2753;740,2819,915,2860;
    Page: Line 1, no. 10

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