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Queen Ysaive of West Saxony of Wessex
- Preferred Name: Queen Ysaive of West Saxony of Wessex
- Alternate Name: Esla Mrs. Gewisson
- Gender: F
- FSID: GNHW-RJP
- NFS ID: with note: Description: LCFN-QZJ
NFS
- Death: 465 in Sachsen, Germany at LATI: N1 LONG: E3.25 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 415 in Ancient Saxony, Northern Germany at LATI: N1 LONG: E3.25 with note: GEDCOM data
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen in Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom at LATI: N4.6112 LONG: E6.9317
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Wife of Esla and mother of Elesa. Her name is not known. Neither her birth date, her death date, or her origin are known.
Esla appears in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as the son of Gewis and a descendant of Woden. He is also identified as the father of Elesa, the father of Cerdic of Wessex who invaded Britain in 495 and founded the kingdom of Wessex.
Cerdic, first king of the West Saxons (519–534), is recorded as descended from Woden. This mythical descent is set out in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: "Woden/Bældæg/Brand/Frithugar/Freawine/Wig/Gewis/Esla/Elesa/Cerdic".
Family 1: Esla , b. 411 in Ancient Saxony, Northern, Germany d. 490 in Ancient Saxony, Northern Germany
- m. ABT 434 in Ancient Saxony, Northern Germany
- Elessa of Ƿeſsex II of Þe Elſiens, b. 439 in Ancient, Sachsen, Germany d. 514 in Ancient, Sachsen, Germany
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