ECGBERT, 800-836. | AETHELWULF, 836-858. | +---------------+-------+-------+---------------+ | | | | AETHELBALD, AETHELBERT, AETHELRED I., ALFRED, 855-860. 860-866. 866-871. 871-901. | +---------------------------+-------+ | | EDWARD THE ELDER, Aethelflaed, = Aethelred. 901-925. Lady of Mercia. | +----------------+----------------+ | | | AETHELSTAN, EDMUND I., EADRED, 925-940. 940-946. 946-955. | +--------+--------+ | | EADWIG, EADGAR, 955-959. 959-975. | +-------------+-------------+ | | EDWARD THE MARTYR, AETHELRED II., 975-979. 979-1016. | +------------------+-----------+---------+ | | | EDMUND II., Alfred the Etheling, EDWARD III., 1016. slain 1036. the Confessor, | 1042-1066. Edward the Etheling. | +-------+-------+ | | Eadgar the Margaret = Malcolm, King Etheling. of Scots. FOOTNOTE: [7] The Norman historians of a later generation made a very impressive scene of Godwine's death. The king and the earl were dining together, it was said, when Edward spoke out his suspicion that Godwine had been concerned in his brother Alfred's murder. "May the crust that I am eating choke me," cried the earl, "if I had any hand in his death." Forthwith he swallowed it, was seized with a fit, and died on the spot. CHAPTER VI. THE NORMAN CONQUEST.