The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle · Character Index
752 characters extracted from the original text, every relationship traceable to a quoted passage. Start from the major figures, or browse by house.
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Major figures
- Edward son of Ethelred — 95 relationships · etheling; later king
- King Henry — 88 relationships · son of William
- William of Normandy — 55 relationships · earl of Normandy
- Harold son of Godwin — 50 relationships · earl
- Alfred — 45 relationships · king
- King Knute — 45 relationships · son of Sweyne
- William son of William — 43 relationships · king
- Earl Godwin — 35 relationships · earl
- Robert of Normandy — 34 relationships · earl
- Edgar Etheling — 28 relationships · etheling
- Edward son of Alfred — 28 relationships · king
- Earl Sweyne — 26 relationships · earl
- Emma — 24 relationships · lady
- Aldred — 23 relationships · bishop
- King Ethelred — 23 relationships · king
- Edmund son of Edward — 22 relationships · king
- Edwin — 20 relationships · king
- Ethelwulf — 20 relationships · king
- King Stephen — 20 relationships · king
- Ceawlin — 19 relationships · king
- Edgar son of Edmund — 19 relationships · king
- Edmund son of Ethelred — 19 relationships · etheling; later king
- Malcolm — 19 relationships · king
- Wulfhere — 19 relationships · king
By house
Unaffiliated (135)
- King Henry — 88 relationships · son of William
- Earl Godwin — 35 relationships · earl
- Earl Sweyne — 26 relationships · earl
- King Ethelred — 23 relationships · king
- Edmund son of Edward — 22 relationships · king
- Edgar son of Edmund — 19 relationships · king
- Edmund son of Ethelred — 19 relationships · etheling; later king
- Paulinus — 13 relationships · bishop
- Elgar — 11 relationships · alderman
- Woden — 11 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Archbishop Anselm — 10 relationships · Abbot of Bec; archbishop of Canterbury
- Beorn — 10 relationships · earl
- William of Curboil — 10 relationships · archbishop
- Hengest — 9 relationships · leader
- Waltheof — 9 relationships · earl
- Anlaf — 8 relationships · king
- Cynewulf — 8 relationships · etheling
- Everth — 8 relationships · king
- Siward — 8 relationships · earl
- Beorn the earl — 7 relationships · earl
- Ceadwall — 7 relationships
- Earl Ralph — 7 relationships · earl
- Earl Utred — 7 relationships · earl
- Edred — 7 relationships · king
- Edwy — 7 relationships · king
- Archbishop Ralph — 6 relationships · Archbishop of Canterbury; formerly Bishop of Rochester
- Archbishop Robert — 6 relationships · Archbishop of Canterbury
- Cuthred son of Cwichelm — 6 relationships · king
- Earl Baldwin — 6 relationships · earl
- Earl Ralph (A.D. 1075) — 6 relationships · earl
- Edward Etheling — 6 relationships · etheling
- Edward son of Edgar — 6 relationships · king
- King Sweyne — 6 relationships · king
- Arnulf son of Baldwin — 5 relationships · earl
- Athelwold — 5 relationships · bishop
- Bishop Ulf — 5 relationships · bishop
- Cnebba — 5 relationships · alderman
- Cuthred — 5 relationships · king of the West-Saxons
- Earl Roger (A.D. 1075) — 5 relationships · earl
- Eata — 5 relationships · father of Eadbery
- Egbert son of Erkenbert — 5 relationships · venerable
- Harold son of Canute — 5 relationships · king
- Horsa — 5 relationships · leader
- Justus — 5 relationships · archbishop
- Maud — 5 relationships · queen
- Roger of Salisbury — 5 relationships · bishop
- Sebright — 5 relationships · king
- Thurkill — 5 relationships · person with Ethelred at London
- Abbot Wulfric — 4 relationships · abbot of St. Augustine's
- Alfred son of Ethelred — 4 relationships · etheling
- Angelthew — 4 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Augustine — 4 relationships · archbishop
- Birinus — 4 relationships · bishop
- Creoda son of Cynewald — 4 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Cynewald — 4 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Earl Eadulf — 4 relationships
- Earl Robert (A.D. 1071) — 4 relationships · earl
- Eawa — 4 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Edgitha — 4 relationships · wife of Edward
- Elfgiva wife of Edmund — 4 relationships
- Ella (A.D. 477) — 4 relationships · leader
- Eomer — 4 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Ethelnoth — 4 relationships · bishop
- Ethelward — 4 relationships · son of Ethelmar the Great
- Eustace — 4 relationships · Earl of Boulogne
- Finn — 4 relationships · ancestor
- Herbert — 4 relationships
- Icel — 4 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Magnus — 4 relationships · king of the Norwegians
- Martin — 4 relationships · prior of St. Neot's; abbot of Peterborough
- Odda — 4 relationships · earl
- Offa son of Wearmund — 4 relationships
- Pope Leo (A.D. 1049) — 4 relationships · pope
- Prince Ethelwald — 4 relationships · Prince; son of Edward's paternal uncle
- Rodulf — 4 relationships · Bishop
- Saxulf — 4 relationships · monk
- Theodore — 4 relationships · archbishop
- Thurkytel (A.D. 1016) — 4 relationships · son of Nafan
- Vitalianus — 4 relationships · pope
- Wearmund — 4 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Whitley — 4 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Wilfrid — 4 relationships
- William of Ou — 4 relationships · the king's relative
- Abbot Anselm — 3 relationships · abbot
- Archbishop Elfeah — 3 relationships · archbishop
- Axa — 3 relationships
- Baldulf — 3 relationships · Bishop of Whitern
- Bertwald — 3 relationships · archbishop
- Bishop Elfun — 3 relationships · bishop
- Camlac — 3 relationships · bishop
- Celestinus — 3 relationships · Pope
- Christina — 3 relationships · Edgar's sister
- Cuthburga — 3 relationships
- Cyneard — 3 relationships · etheling
- Eadbert — 3 relationships · king
- Eadbery — 3 relationships · king of Northumbria
- Eamer — 3 relationships
- Eanbald — 3 relationships · Archbishop
- Eldulf — 3 relationships · high-sheriff
- Elswitha — 3 relationships · mother of King Edward
- Esc — 3 relationships · king of the men of Kent
- Ethelbald — 3 relationships · king
- Ethelbald (A.D. 778) — 3 relationships
- Ethelferth — 3 relationships · the king's neat-herd
- Ethelhard — 3 relationships · king
- Frithowulf — 3 relationships
- Gospatric — 3 relationships · earl
- Hasten — 3 relationships
- Henry III — 3 relationships · emperor
- Henry of Glastonbury — 3 relationships · abbot; bishop
- Herman — 3 relationships · bishop
- Honorius — 3 relationships · Archbishop of Canterbury
- Hugh the son of Gervase — 3 relationships · knight
- Kyneburga — 3 relationships · sister of Wulfhere
- Kyneswitha — 3 relationships · sister of Wulfhere
- Leodwald — 3 relationships · Ceolwulf's ancestor
- Mellitus — 3 relationships · bishop
- Merle-Sweyne — 3 relationships
- Mull — 3 relationships
- Osfrid — 3 relationships · son of Edwin
- Oskytel — 3 relationships · archbishop
- Ostritha — 3 relationships · queen
- Oswald the etheling — 3 relationships · etheling
- Ricola — 3 relationships · sister of Ethelbert
- Robert Bloet of Lincoln — 3 relationships · bishop
- Sideman — 3 relationships · bishop
- Sparhafoc — 3 relationships · Abbot of Abingdon
- Stuff — 3 relationships · leader
- Swaddy — 3 relationships
- Theobald de Blois — 3 relationships
- Webba — 3 relationships · Offa's ancestor
- Wihtgar — 3 relationships · leader
- Wihtgils — 3 relationships
- William the king's priest — 3 relationships · the king's priest
- Wurtgern — 3 relationships · king of the Britons
west saxons (36)
- Alfred — 45 relationships · king
- Edward son of Alfred — 28 relationships · king
- Ethelwulf — 20 relationships · king
- Ceawlin — 19 relationships · king
- Cynric — 18 relationships · king of the West-Saxons
- Cynegils — 14 relationships · king
- Cerdic — 13 relationships · king of the West-Saxons
- Egbert — 12 relationships · king
- Eoppa — 12 relationships · priest
- Ina — 12 relationships · king
- Cuthwin — 11 relationships · Oswald's ancestor
- Kenwal — 10 relationships · king
- Ethered — 9 relationships · king
- Cwichelm — 8 relationships · king
- Ingild — 8 relationships · ancestor
- Balday — 7 relationships · ancestor
- Cenred — 7 relationships · ancestor
- Ceolwald — 7 relationships · ancestor
- Ceolwulf — 7 relationships · king
- Cutha — 7 relationships · brother of Ceawlin
- Ethelbald son of Ethelwulf — 7 relationships · king
- Ethelbert son of Ethelwulf — 7 relationships · king
- Ealhmund — 6 relationships · Bishop of Hexham
- Elesa — 6 relationships · ancestor
- Gewis — 6 relationships · ancestor
- Brand — 5 relationships
- Ethered, lord of the Mercians — 5 relationships · alderman
- Ceol — 4 relationships · king
- Creoda — 4 relationships · ancestor
- Eafa — 4 relationships · ancestor
- Esla — 4 relationships · ancestor
- Freawine — 4 relationships · ancestor
- Frewin — 4 relationships
- Frithgar — 4 relationships
- Wye — 4 relationships
- Bertric — 3 relationships · king
english (22)
- Edward son of Ethelred — 95 relationships · etheling; later king
- Harold son of Godwin — 50 relationships · earl
- King Knute — 45 relationships · son of Sweyne
- William son of William — 43 relationships · king
- Edgar Etheling — 28 relationships · etheling
- Emma — 24 relationships · lady
- Aldred — 23 relationships · bishop
- King Stephen — 20 relationships · king
- Tosty — 17 relationships · son of Godwin
- Hardacnute — 15 relationships · king
- Earl Leofric — 13 relationships · earl
- Morkar — 13 relationships · earl
- Earl Edwin — 12 relationships · earl
- Alderman Edric — 10 relationships · alderman
- Stigand — 7 relationships · priest
- Leofric the Abbot — 6 relationships · monk, later abbot
- Earl Robert of Northumberland — 4 relationships · earl
- Leofwine son of Godwin — 4 relationships · brother of Harold
- William son of King Henry — 4 relationships · son of King Henry
- Abbot Brand — 3 relationships · provost
- Athelicia — 3 relationships · daughter of King Henry
- Girth — 3 relationships · earl
northumbrians (12)
- Edwin — 20 relationships · king
- Oswy — 12 relationships · Etheling
- Ida — 9 relationships · king of the Northumbrians
- Ethelfrith — 8 relationships · king
- Ethelric — 7 relationships · king
- Ethelred son of Mull — 5 relationships · king
- Oswald — 5 relationships · Etheling
- Ella — 4 relationships · king
- Erdulf — 4 relationships · king
- Morel of Barnborough — 4 relationships · steward of the Earl of Northumberland
- Osric — 4 relationships · king
- Elwald — 3 relationships · king
normans (8)
- William of Normandy — 55 relationships · earl of Normandy
- Robert of Normandy — 34 relationships · earl
- Robert of Belesme — 10 relationships · brother and heir of Earl Hugh
- Odo — 6 relationships · bishop
- William son of Robert — 5 relationships · son of the Earl Robert of Normandy
- Waleram — 4 relationships · Earl of Mellent
- Earl Richard — 3 relationships · father of Ethelred's widow
- William, Earl of Moreton — 3 relationships · earl
scots (7)
- Malcolm — 19 relationships · king
- Margaret — 11 relationships · Edgar's sister
- Duncan — 6 relationships · son of Malcolm; king of Scots
- Edgar son of Malcolm — 6 relationships · son of King Malcolm and Queen Margaret
- David — 5 relationships · King
- Dufenal — 4 relationships · brother of Malcolm; king of Scots
- Alexander king of Scotland — 3 relationships · king
mercians (7)
- Wulfhere — 19 relationships · king
- Athelstan — 16 relationships · king
- Penda — 12 relationships · king
- Ethelred son of Penda — 11 relationships · brother of Wulfhere
- Offa — 11 relationships · king of the Mercians
- Peada — 6 relationships · king
- Burhred — 5 relationships · king
france (5)
- Louis — 7 relationships · king
- Philip — 6 relationships · king
- Judith — 4 relationships · queen
- Charles father of Judith — 3 relationships · king
- Philip, the King of France — 3 relationships · king
kent (4)
- Ethelbert — 9 relationships · king
- Eadbald — 6 relationships · king
- Erkenbert — 5 relationships · king
- Archbishop Ethelbert — 3 relationships · bishop
romans (3)
- Pope Honorius — 6 relationships · Pope
- John of Crema — 3 relationships · cardinal
- Maximus — 3 relationships · Caesar
danes (2)
- Sweyne, King of Denmark (d. 1076) — 7 relationships · earl
- Cnute Swainson — 3 relationships · captain
norway (2)
- Harald — 5 relationships · king
- Harald, King of Norway — 4 relationships · king
canterbury (2)
- Ernulf — 4 relationships · prior and abbot
- William of Canterbury — 4 relationships · Archbishop
welsh (1)
- Griffin — 16 relationships · king
glocester (1)
- Robert, Earl of Gloucester — 8 relationships · Earl
lincoln (1)
- Alexander of Lincoln — 4 relationships · clerk
east angles (1)
- Edmund king of the East-Angles — 4 relationships · king
anjou (1)
- Henry, Earl of Anjou — 4 relationships · earl
flanders (1)
- Earl of Flanders — 3 relationships · earl
winchester (1)
- Henry, Bishop of Winchester — 3 relationships · bishop
chester (1)
- Randolph, Earl of Chester — 3 relationships · earl
Minor figures
Characters who appear only briefly are gathered here — each still has their own page.
- Other Figures — Minor Figures (390)
- West Saxons — Minor Figures (17)
- Romans — Minor Figures (15)
- France — Minor Figures (11)
- Danes — Minor Figures (11)
- Northumbrians — Minor Figures (10)
- English — Minor Figures (8)
- Scots — Minor Figures (8)
- Mercians — Minor Figures (5)
- Norway — Minor Figures (4)
- Normans — Minor Figures (4)
- Welsh — Minor Figures (4)
- East Angles — Minor Figures (3)
- Canterbury — Minor Figures (3)
- Judea — Minor Figures (3)
- Kent — Minor Figures (3)
Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.