Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Online Library Catalogue FND - Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy Source ID: S-00002703 Full Title: Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy: Tracing Lineages Author(s): T S M Mommaerts-Browne (Mommaerts-Browne, T S M) Series Volume: 1 Series Number: 6 Pages: 404-413 Publication Date: Jul 2005 Source Type: Article Periodical: Foundations (FND) Language: English (Engl) Keywords: Ælfgar, Ælfred, Ælfweald, Beorhthelm, Ceonwulf, Eadgifu, Eadwulf, Osric, Sigehelm, Sigewulf Order copies of pages from this source Write a review or abstract for this source Suggest keywords for this source Foundation for Medieval Genealogy homepage Abstract by T S M Mommaerts-Browne - 01 Jul 2005 The article traces the origins and peregrinations of fate of several Anglo-Saxon noble lineages. Some families were branches of the Gewissæ, (the royal house of Wessex); while others were continuations of other royal families, sovereign, prior to the unification of Egbert, Æthelwulf, and sons. It is a study in the comparative vicissitudes of the various dynasties of the 'heptarchy'. The study links more lines to the earlier dynasties, some of which hitherto lacked descents beyond their losses of sovereignty.