Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Edith Death: Pellesworth Abbey
  2. Ethelwolf King Of England Birth: Abt 795 Death: 13 Jan 858

Bibliography
  1. Baldwin, Stewart, Note on the Ancestry of Ecgberht of Wessex, TAG v78 (2003) pp130-137. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Baldwin Ecgberht p[0-9]*].
  2. Barlow, Lundie W, The Antecedents of Earl Godwine of Wessex, NEHGR v111 (Jan 1957) pp30-38. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Barlow Godwine p[0-9]*].
  3. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  4. Previte-Orton, C. W., The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History, Cambridge: University Press, 1952. Reprinted with corrections 1960. Available at (part 1) http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149173 and (part 2) http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.149602. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CMH p[0-9]*].
  5. Stone, Don, Egbert of Wessex and the Saxon (Carolingian) Egbert. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/5/1998. Subject: Egbert of Wessex and the Saxon (Carolingian) Egbert. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/9N7FFBy5nL0/m/5wgRV-WAA8wJ. Author address: DonStone at plantagenet dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Don Stone SGM 12/5/1998].
  6. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. II: Die Ausserdeutschen Staaten Die Regierenden Hauser der Ubrigen Staaten Europas. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES II #[0-9]*].
  7. The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, An eperiment in a cooperative online database for scholarly medieval genealogy. Contributors and Editors: Stewart Baldwin, Todd Farmerie, Peter Stewart. Available at https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HenryII .*].
  8. Holloway, Naomi D, The Genealogy of Mary Wentworth, Who Became the Wife of William Brewster, Revised Edition, October 1969. LDS Film#1738313 item#5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p[0-9a]*].
  9. Moriarty, G Andrews, Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III And Queen Philippa. Salt Lake: Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society, 1985. LDS Film#0441438. NYPL ARF-86-2555. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007905814?cat=66443. Also available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/66443. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p[0-9]*].
  10. Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1977. Nypl ARF+ 78-835. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p[0-9]*].
  11. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].
  12. Baldwin, Stewart, Re: Ancestors of Egbert?. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 7/24/2000. Subject: Ancestors of Egbert?. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/63i5VvIk2ac/m/iWMsMz5m9uwJ. Author address: sbaldw at mindspring dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 7/24/2000].
  13. Baldwin, Stewart, Egbert's grandmother??. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 7/28/2000. Subject: Egbert's grandmother??. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/sI_7S4GE4fU/m/nqLTLW7GGA8J. Author address: sbaldw at mindspring dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stewart Baldwin SGM 7/28/2000].
  14. Tapsell, R. F., Monarchs, Rulers, Dynasties and Kingdoms of the World. New York: Facts on File Publications, 1983. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p[0-9]*].
  15. Wagner, Anthony, Pedigree and Progress, Essays in the Genealogical Interpretation of History, London, Philmore, 1975. Rutgers Alex CS4.W33. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #[0-9]*].
  16. Watney, Vernon James, The Wallop Family and their Ancestry, Oxford:John Johnson, 1928. LDS Film#1696491 items 6-9. NYPL ARZ+ (Wallop) (Watney, V. J. Wallop family). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/213421. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Watney WALLOP #[0-9]*].
  17. Weir, Alison, Britain's Royal Families, The Complete Genealogy, London: Bodley Head, 1989. Nypl ARF 89-26908 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weir RoyalFam p[0-9]*].
  18. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].
  19. Yorke, Barbara, Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England, Seaby: London, 1990. NYPL JFE 91-7874. Available at http://www.cultorweb.com/eBooks/Storia/ Kings%20and%20Kingdoms%20of%20Early%20Anglo-Saxon%20England.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Yorke AngloSaxonKings p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
770/75 [Ref: ES II #78]
775 [Ref: Weis AR7 #1]
abt 770-5 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p5],
parents:
Eahlmund & dau Ethelbert II [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #29],
father:
[Ref: ES II #77, HenryII ealhm000 6/20/2010, HenryII egber000 12/7/2011, Moriarty Plantagenet p16, Paget HRHCharles p3, Paget HRHCharles p5, Tapsell Dynasties p172, Watney WALLOP #879, Weis AR7 #1, Yorke AngloSaxonKings p134]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: ES II #78, Paget HRHCharles p5]
839 [Ref: Burke Peerage ccli, CMH p382, Wagner PedigreeProgress #29, Watney WALLOP #879]
839, prob middle of the year [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]
Jun 839 [Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p16]
after 19 Nov 838 [Ref: Weis AR7 #1]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Paget HRHCharles p5]
Sources with Information about marriage to Raedburh
names:
[Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #29],
child:
[Ref: ES II #78, HenryII aethe001 6/20/2010, Holloway WENTWORTH p18, Moriarty Plantagenet p16, Paget HRHCharles p5, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p495, Watney WALLOP #879, Weir RoyalFam p4, Weis AR7 #1],
note:
Ecgbeorht & supposed spouse Raedburh [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Athelstan (#14823) [Ref: Weir RoyalFam p4]
Research Notes:
King of the West Saxons (Wessex) [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]
King of Wessex [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p495]
King #18 [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p172, Yorke AngloSaxonKings p134]
Ruler of Britain [Ref: Burke Peerage ccli]

790-96: Subregulus of Kent [Ref: Weir RoyalFam p3]

802: suceeded Beorhtric as King of Wessex [Ref: Weir RoyalFam p3]

802: after the death of Beorhtric, Ecgbeorht became king of the West Saxons, apparently following a victory by a West Saxon army over a Mercian army on the same day (the years given by AngloSaxonChronicles are two years off during this period) [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]

802-839: King of the West Saxons (Wessex) [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]

802-827: King of Wessex [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p172, Weis AR7 #1]

815: after his accession, he is next heard from in 815 when he raided Cornwall, and then not again until the 820s [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]

825: defeated king Beornwulf of Mercia in battle [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]

825: King of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Essex [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]

827-836: first King of all England [Ref: Weis AR7 #1]

829: conquered Mercia from its king Wiglaf, and received the submission of Northumbria [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]

829-c839: King of England [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p172]

829: succeeded Wiglaf as King of Mercia, but expelled the following year [Ref: Weir RoyalFam p3]

829-830: King of Mercia [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]

19 Nov 838: last appearance in the charters, when he approved a charter of his son Ethelwulf as sub-king in Kent [Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]

succeeded by his son Ethelwulf in Wessex, while his son or grandson Ethelstan became king of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, and Essex[Ref: HenryII egber000 12/7/2011]

half-sister St. Alburga, either daughter of Ealhmund by unknwon wife, or daughter of that wife by another husband. She married Wulfstan, who was perhals Ealdorman of Wiltshire Upon her widowhood, she entered her husband's religious foundation at Wilton, which she is said to have converted into a nunnery. [Ref: Weir RoyalFam p3]

According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ecgberht was forced into exile among the Franks by King Offa of Mercia and Offa's son-in-law King Beorhtric of Wessex, but he returned on Beorhtric's death in 800 [802] and succeeded to the kingdom of Wessex. From his accession in 802 until 825, though, there is only one mention of Ecgberht in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: in 813 [815] he harried in Cornwall from east to west. Kirby (1991, p. 189) says, "So little is known of Ecgberht's activities between 802 and 825 that it is easy to imagine him reigning unobtrusively in Wessex across those years...." However, in an article written about 100 years ago and not cited (so far as I know) by any modern historian, Howorth (1900, p. 77) argues that during the first quarter of the ninth century Ecgberht was largely abroad at Charlemagne's court, and that when he was in England, he was there not as the king of Wessex but as a dependant of the Mercian king. Howorth believes that Ecgberht of Wessex is identical to the Saxon count Egbert, for whom various activities in this period are documented; for example, in 809 Egbert and other Saxon counts took possession of Esesfelth in the Danish March for Charlemagne, and in 811 Egbert is one of twelve counts who were nominated by Charlemagne to negotiate about the Danish frontier with an equal number of Danes. This Egbert was the husband of St. Ida, according to her biography. Banniza and Muller (1939, p. 27) state that the Saxon duke Liudolf, grandfather of Henry the Fowler, was a son of Egbert and Ida. They also propose that Mathilde (grandmother of Henry's wife Mathilde), who was wife of the Saxon count Immed and abbess of Herford (Hervorden) when she died ca. 915, might be a daughter of Egbert and Ida, but, chronologically, she is more likely to be a granddaughter.
Howorth suggests that Wessex was subject to Mercia until the Battle of Ellandune in 825, and offers as evidence some grants of land in Berkshire to the abbey of Abingdon by the King of Mercia during this period; no mention of Ecgberht or any other independent ruler of Wessex occurs in these grants. However, Berkshire, later a focus of the Wessex Kingdom, seems not to have been part of Wessex during Ecgberht's life; Yorke (1995, p. 95) says that "Berkshire apparently remained a Mercian province and was not united with the other shires of Wessex until the reign of Aethelwulf (839-858)." It is the case, though, that no charter or document granted or conferred by Ecgberht is known until 824 or so. And if we consider Ecgberht's later spectacular military successes, they do seem more likely to follow from Egbert's activities on the continent than from an almost uneventful reign in Wessex from 802 to 825.
Howorth (1900, p. 77) mentions what he views as an enigmatic phrase in three charters of Ecgberht from 826 and in some other documents. The three charters are dated A.D. 826, in the 24th year of Ecgberht's reign and the 14th year of his ducatus. Howorth speculates that Ecgberht may have been a dux (ealdorman or perhaps reeve) under the Mercian king. These charters are included in P. H. Sawyer's Anglo-Saxon Charters: An Annotated Handlist and Bibliography, with the numbers 272, 275, and 276. They are classified by Edwards (1988, p. 315) as "charters preserved only in later copies containing a mixture of authentic and spurious material, with a preponderance of spurious elements." Note, however, that Edwards postulates (pp. 160-1) that there was an authentic charter of 826 in which Ecgberht granted land (probably at Alton Priors, Wiltshire) to Burhheard, and she suggests that the dating clause in S272 and other extant charters probably was copied from this document. In discussing S272, she says (p. 154) that the meaning of the phrase "14th of his Ôducatus'" is obscure and "should probably be interpreted as an elaboration added to a clause probably genuine in itself and originally forming part of an authentic charter;" on the other hand, Kelley's hypothesis below, makes this phrase less obscure and thus less suspicious.
Prof. David H. Kelley believes that Ecgberht was created a dux by Charlemagne, and that a Carolingian dux had a status at least as great as an English kinglet. If Ecgberht considered himself a king in the 24th year of his reign, he would not be particularly likely to style himself also as a dux (ealdorman) under, e.g., the Mercian king, but he might proudly record his status as a dux (military leader) of the Carolingian empire. Prof. Kelley is responsible for directing attention to Howorth's article and the fact that its hypothesis implies that Ecgberht's wife Raedburh might well be the same as St. Ida. There is a brief mention of the Raedburh/St. Ida issue in Kelley (1977-78, p. 5).
SOURCES:
Banniza v. Bazan, Heinrich, and Richard Muller. 1939. Deutsche Geschichte in Ahnentafeln. Berlin: Alfred Metzner Verlag.
Edwards, Heather. 1988. The Charters of the Early West Saxon Kingdom. BAR British Series 198. Oxford: B.A.R.
Howorth, H. H. 1900. "Ecgberht, King of the West Saxons and the Kent Men, and his Coins." The Numismatic Chronicle, and Journal of the Numismatic Society, ser. 3, 20: 66-87.
Kelley, David H. 1977-78. "Who Descends from King David?" Toledot 1 (no. 3, Winter): 3-5.
Kirby, D. P. 1991. The Earliest English Kings. London: Unwin Hyman.
Taylor, Nathaniel L. 1997. "Saint William, King David, and Makhir: A Controversial Medieval Descent." The American Genealogist 72: 205-223.
Yorke, Barbara. 1995. Wessex in the Early Middle Ages. London and New York: Leicester University Press. [Ref: Don Stone SGM 12/5/1998]

The "orthodox" genealogy of Egbert makes him a son of Ealhmund, son of Eafa, son of Eoppa, son of Ingild, brother of king Ine of Wessex (688-726). The generations prior to Ine are a separate matter.... Some believe that the pedigree back to a brother of Ine has been fabricated. It must be admitted that the evidence for Egbert's pedigree is not so good as we would prefer to have.... The following two conclusions are my main opinions on the matter.
1. The "orthodox" genealogy of Egbert back to Ingild is most likely correct, although it would certainly be nice if we had better evidence to that effect.
2. The suggestion that Egbert was a descendant of the kings of Kent in the female line, while plausible enough, is too weakly supported to be regarded as anything more than one possibility. [Ref: Baldwin Ecgberht p130, Stewart Baldwin SGM 7/24/2000]

(With apologies for shouting:)
IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THAT EGBERT'S GRANDPARENT EABA/EAFA WAS HIS GRANDMOTHER RATHER THAN HIS GRANDFATHER, BUT THAT THE PEDIGREE IS OTHERWISE CORRECT!
Assuming that this hypothesis is correct, let us see where it leads. First, it would mean that Egbert's claim to the throne came through his grandmother. Early in Egbert's reign, what would have mattered most to him would have been his West Saxon ancestry. While he was still consolidating his position in Wessex, it would have made sense for him to underplay his patrilineal (presumably Kentish) ancestry and publicise the ancestry that gave him his current position. In fact, I can even envision a pedigree of the sort Ingild had Eoppa, who had Eaba, who had Ealhmund, who had Egbert (but in Latin or Anglo-Saxon), in a way which gives the line of descent without explicitly mentioning the fact that one of the links was female. If this were the case, the process by which Eaba became male could even have been a mistake rather than a deliberate lie.
The appearance of such a pedigree in Egbert's time (when it would be most needed) would then also explain why the hypothetical Kentish pedigree might not be brought forward in Alfred's time. Even if it was remembered (and there is no guarantee that it would be), it might have been regarded as politically unwise to mess with a pedigree that had been established for more than fifty years, even if it was known to have a minor inaccuracy, so the assumption that the orthodox pedigree was already well established by Egbert's time changes my original objection mentioned above. [Ref: Baldwin Ecgberht p130, Stewart Baldwin SGM 7/28/2000]



Pedigree of Egbert The Great King Of England
                                                                /-----Cuthwine
                                                       /-----Cuthwulf
                                              /-----Ceolwald
                                     /-----Cenred
                            /-----Ingild
                   /-----Eoppa
          /-----Eafa
 /-----Eahlmund King of Kent
Egbert The Great King Of England
|                                                               /-----(Unk Child)
|                                                      /-----Ethelbert I King Of Kent
|                                             /-----Eadbald King Of Kent
|                                            |        |         /-----Charibert I King Of Paris
|                                            |         \-----Bertha (Aldeberga)
|                                            |                  \-----Ingeberga
|                                    /-----Erkinburg King Of Kent
|                                   |        |                  /-----Chilperic I King Of Neustrie, King Of Paris
|                                   |        |         /-----Clotaire II The Grand King Of Franks
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Fredegundis
|                                   |         \-----Emma
|                                   |                 |         /-----Ricomere Patrician Of Burgondie
|                                   |                  \-----Beretrudis Queen Of Franks
|                                   |                           \-----Garitrude Abbess Of Hamage
|                           /-----Egbert I King Of Kent
|                          |        |         /-----Anna King Of East Anglia
|                          |         \-----Sexburga
|                  /-----Wihtred King Of Kent
|         /-----Ethelbert II King Of Kent
|        |         \-----Ethelburga
 \-----(Unk Dau)



Descendants of Egbert The Great King Of England
1. Egbert The Great King Of England m. Raedburh
m. Raedburh

2nd generation

3. Ethelwolf King Of England m1. Osburh m2. Judith
m. Osburh father: Oslac Great Butler Of England
m. Judith father: Charles II The Bald King Of Franks, Emperor mother: Ermentrude Of Orleans

3rd generation

7. Ethelred I King Of England m. Wulfrida
m. Wulfrida father: (Unk)
8. Alfred The Great King Of England m. Ealhswith
m. Ealhswith father: Aethelred Earl Of Mercia mother: Eadburgh Of Mercia
10. Judith m. Eticho Count In The Breis And Affagau
m. Eticho Count In The Breis And Affagau father: Welf Count In The Argenand Linzgaus

4th generation

11. Thyra m. Gorm Del Gammel King Of Denmark
m. Gorm Del Gammel King Of Denmark father: Harold Parcus King Of Denmark
12. Aethelhelm Ealdorman Of Wiltshire m. Aethelgyth
m. Aethelgyth father: Aethelwulf Ealdorman
14. Ethelfleda m. Ethelred Earl Of Mercia
m. Ethelred Earl Of Mercia
16. Edward The Elder King Of England m1. Egwina m2. Alfflaed m3. Eadgifu
m. Egwina father: Burcher
m. Alfflaed father: Aethelhelm Ealdorman Of Wiltshire mother: Aethelgyth
m. Eadgifu father: Sigehelm Earl Of Kent
17. Alfthryth Of England m. Baldwin II The Bald Count Of Flanders
m. Baldwin II The Bald Count Of Flanders father: Baldwin I Bras De Fer Count Of Flanders mother: Judith
18. Ethelweard m.
21. Henry Count In The Ammergau m. Atha Countess Of Hohenwart
m. Atha Countess Of Hohenwart father: Rapoto Count Of Andech

5th generation

22. Gunhild m. Eric Bloodage
m. Eric Bloodage father: Harold I Haarfager (Fair Haired) King Of Norway mother: Ragnhild
23. Harald Blaatand King Of Denmark m1. Gunthilda m2. Tofa m3. Gyrith
m. Gunthilda
m. Tofa father: Mistawoi Prince Of Wenden
m. Gyrith father: Olaf III SKOTKONUNG, King Of Sweden
24. Aethelfrith Ealdorman m.
25. Alfflaed m. Edward The Elder King Of England
m. Edward The Elder King Of England father: Alfred The Great King Of England mother: Ealhswith
26. Eadric Thegn m.
32. Edgiva m1. Charles III The Simple King Of Franks m2. Herbert III De Vermandois, Count Of Meaux
m. Charles III The Simple King Of Franks father: Louis II The Stammerer King Of France mother: Adelaide
m. Herbert III De Vermandois, Count Of Meaux father: Herbert II Count Of Vermandois mother: Hildebrante/Liegarde/Adela
35. Eadgyth m. Otto I The Great Holy Roman Emperor
m. Otto I The Great Holy Roman Emperor father: Henry I The Fowler King Of The Saxons mother: Mechtilde Of Westfalen
42. Edmund The Magnificent King Of England m1. Saint Alfgifu m2. Ethelfled Of Damerham
m. Saint Alfgifu mother: Wynflaed
m. Ethelfled Of Damerham father: Alfgar Ealdorman Of Damerham
44. Arnold I The Old Count Of Flanders m. Alix De Vermandois
m. Alix De Vermandois father: Herbert II Count Of Vermandois mother: Hildebrante/Liegarde/Adela
45. Adelulf Count Of Boulogne m.
46. Ealswid Of Flanders m.
52. Rudolph I Count Of Altdorf m.