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. Sweyn King Of Norway Birth: 1 Death: 1036
  2. Harold I Harefoot King Of England Birth: Abt 1016 Death: 17 Mar 1040 in Oxford

Marriage:
  • Emma on 2 Jul 1017 .m2
  • Emma Birth: Abt 985 in Normandy Death: 6 Mar 1052 in Winchester
Children:
  1. Hardecnut King Of Denmark And England Birth: Abt 1018 Death: 8 Jun 1042 in Lambeth
  2. Cunegunda Of Denmark Birth: Abt 1020 Death: 18 Jul 1038 in Italy

Bibliography
  1. Brandenburg, Erich, Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen, Faksimile-Nachdruck von 1935 (Facsimile reproduction of 1935), mit Korrekturen und Erganzungen versehen von (with corrections and additions provided by) Manfred Dreiss und Lupold v. Lehsten. Neustadt an der Aisch:Verlag Degener, 1995. NYPL ATH (Charlemagne) 96-4768. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Brandenburg 1995 p[0-9]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. Crouch, David, The Normans - The History of a Dynasty, Hambledon: New York, 2002. Rutgers Newark (Dana Library) DC611.N862C76 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Crouch Normans p[0-9ivx]*].
  5. DeVajay, Szabolcs, La sintesis europea en el abolengo y la politica matrimonial de Alfonso el Casto, in Congreso De Historia De La Corona De Aragon, Vol II Communicaciones, 1-6 Octubre 1962, Barcelona. LDS Film#0962812#4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007942239 images 484-501. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DeVajay Aragon p[0-9]*].
  6. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I: Die Stammesherzoge, Die Weltlichenkurforsten, Die Kaiserlichen, Koniglichen und Grossherzoglichen Familien. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I #[0-9]*].
  7. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I.1: Die frankischen Konige und die Konige und Kaiser, Stammesherzoge, Kurfursten, Markgrafen und Herzoge des Heiligen Romischen Reiches Deutscher Nation. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I.1 #[0-9]*].
  8. 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]*].
  9. 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 .*].
  10. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 2. Corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-descendants-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p[0-9]*].
  11. Kelley, David H, The House of Aethelred, in Brook, Lindsay, ed., Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday. Salt Lake City: Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1989. NYPL APB 91-4605. My copy was from https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/503782 (but it is no longer available there). Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kelley Aethelred p[0-9]*].
  12. Moncreiffe, Sir Ian of that Ilk, Royal Highness: Ancestors of the Royal Child. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1982. NYPL ARF 83-3293. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p[0-9]*].
  13. 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]*].
  14. 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]*].
  15. Searle, Eleanor Predatory kinship and the creation of Norman power, 840-1066. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1988. NYPL JFE 88-2496. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Searle PredatoryKinship p[0-9]*].
  16. 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]*].
  17. 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]*].
  18. 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]*].
  19. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
(995) [Ref: ES II #97]
988 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p135]
abt 995 [Ref: Burke Peerage ccli, Keats-Rohan DD p1101, Paget HRHCharles p8],
parents:
[Ref: ES II #97, Keats-Rohan DD p1101, Paget HRHCharles p7],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage ccli, CMH p383, Kelley Aethelred p83, Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p110, Moriarty Plantagenet p146, Paget HRHCharles p8, Tapsell Dynasties p193]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage ccli, ES II #78, ES II #79, ES II #97, Keats-Rohan DD p1102, Paget HRHCharles p135]
10 Nov 1035 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]
1035 [Ref: CMH p383, HenryII richa000 2/8/2004, Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p110, Searle PredatoryKinship p253, Tapsell Dynasties p193, Wagner PedigreeProgress #45]
1036 [Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p146]
late in 1035 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1098],
place:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1102]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
place:
Shaftesbury [Ref: Burke Peerage ccli]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1102]
Winchester [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]
Sources with Information about marriage to Aelfgyfu
date:
first marriage of Canute [Ref: Burke Peerage ccli, Paget HRHCharles p8]
first marriage of Cnut [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1101],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage ccli, CMH p383, ES II #97, Keats-Rohan DD p1101, Moriarty Plantagenet p249, Paget HRHCharles p8],
note:
repudiated [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]
Sources with Information about marriage to Emma
date:
[Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]
Jul 1017 [Ref: HenryII aethe002 7/4/2010, Paget HRHCharles p135]
VII 1017 [Ref: ES II #78, ES II #79, ES II #97]
second marriage of Emma [Ref: Crouch Normans p5, HenryII richa000 2/8/2004, Keats-Rohan DD p1098, Searle PredatoryKinship p253, Wagner PedigreeProgress #45, Weis AR7 #1]
second marriage of both [Ref: Burke Peerage ccli, CMH p383, Keats-Rohan DD p1101],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage ccli, CMH p383, ES II #97, Keats-Rohan DD p1098, Keats-Rohan DD p1101, Paget HRHCharles p8, Weir RoyalFam p30, Weis AR7 #1]
Research Notes:
King of England [Ref: Searle PredatoryKinship p253, Tapsell Dynasties p175, Tapsell Dynasties p193]
King of Denmark, Norway, and England [Ref: Moncreiffe RoyalAnc p110]
King of Norway [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]

Feb 1014: chosen king by the Danish fleet on the death of his father [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1101]

1015: campaigned in England [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1101]

1016: forced the submission of the Northumbrians [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1101]

18 Oct 1016: at battle of Assandun, defeated Edmund Ironside; Edmund was killed 30 Nov, and Cnut assumed the English throne [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1101]

1016: succeeded Edmund Ironsides as King of England [Ref: Burke Peerage ccli, Paget HRHCharles p7]

1016: King of England [Ref: Tapsell Dynasties p175]

1017: King of England [Ref: Searle PredatoryKinship p253]

1019: King of Denmark [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1101, Tapsell Dynasties p193]

1019: succeeded brother Harald as King of Denmark [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]

1028: King of Norway [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1101]

1030: King of Norway [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]



Pedigree of Knut The Great King Of Denmark And England
                                                                /-----Rayner Lodbrok King Of Denmark And Sweden
                                                       /-----Sigurd Snodoye King Of Denmark And Sweden
                                              /-----Horda Knut King Of Denmark
                                     /-----Frotho King Of Denmark
                            /-----Harold Parcus King Of Denmark
                   /-----Gorm Del Gammel King Of Denmark
          /-----Harald Blaatand King Of Denmark
         |        |                                             /-----Eafa
         |        |                                    /-----Eahlmund King of Kent
         |        |                           /-----Egbert The Great King Of England
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Ethelbert II King Of Kent
         |        |                          |         \-----(Unk Dau)
         |        |                  /-----Ethelwolf King Of England
         |        |                 |         \-----Raedburh
         |        |         /-----Ethelred I King Of England
         |        |        |        |         /-----Oslac Great Butler Of England
         |        |        |         \-----Osburh
         |         \-----Thyra
         |                 |         /-----(Unk)
         |                  \-----Wulfrida
 /-----Sven I Forkbeard King Of Denmark And England
|         \-----Gunthilda
Knut The Great King Of Denmark And England
|                  /-----Ziemovitus Duke Of Poland
|         /-----Miesko Prince Of Poland
 \-----Gunhild
         |                           /-----Borzhivoi I Duke Of Bohemia
         |                  /-----Vratislav I Duke Of Bohemia
         |                 |        |         /-----Slavabor Of Alcelnick
         |                 |         \-----Saint Ludomilla Of Alcelnick
         |         /-----Boleslav I Duke Of Bohemia
         |        |         \-----Drahomira Of Stodor
          \-----Dabrowaka Of Bohemia
                   \-----Bosena Of Stochou



Descendants of Knut The Great King Of Denmark And England
1. Knut The Great King Of Denmark And England m1. Aelfgyfu m2. Emma
m. Aelfgyfu father: Aelfreln Ealdorman Of Northumbrian Danes mother: Wulfruna
m. Emma father: Richard I The Fearless Duke Of Normandy mother: Gunnora

2nd generation

5. Cunegunda Of Denmark m. Henry III The Black King Of Germany, Emperor
m. Henry III The Black King Of Germany, Emperor father: Conrad II The Salic King Of Germany mother: Gisele Of Swabia