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From: "Chris & Tom Tinney, Sr." <>
Subject: Re: Ancestors of Egbert? [addition]
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 07:49:45 -0700


"The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex had it's
heartland in the area of the modern county of
Hampshire, although by the time of Ine it covered
all of the country south of the river Thames from
the borders of Kent and Sussex to the Tamar
River (by the 10th century even the Kingdom
of Dumnonia, west of the Tamar, was under
West Saxon rule). By the middle of the tenth
century the kings of the royal house of Wessex
became the rulers of the the whole of England."
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2471/wessex.html

Questions: Are there any excavations that have
been made in this region, in which relics of ancient
origins have been uncovered that are assigned to
the Wessex Kingdom, [in such a manner,
(such as burials)], that would suggest in any
way, shape or form, a FEMALE connection
to the pedigree of the Royal Throne?

Secondly, in the known pattern of other
female rulers, are there any that are listed
without identification to another male individual
or ruler, and if so, in what time frame and in
what relationship to the Wessex dynasty?

Thirdly, are there any preserved artifacts
handed down to the present day, that would allow
any consideration to their use primarily by a female
occupant of the Throne, within the time frame and
pedigrees of interest?

Fourth, are there any pertinent records that have
been evaluated at the Frankish court where
"Egbert departed into exile"; and finally,
what is the evidence that "Beorhtric (786-802)"
. . . "who married a daughter of Offa the Great
. . .[was] poisoned by his wife"? What would be
her identifiable "cousin (social)" relationship with
Egbert? [The only explicit information on his
family is that he married Eadburg, daughter of
king Offa of Mercia (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle).]

Why did not Queen Eadburg succeed to the
Throne, as the female authority?

Respectfully yours,

Tom Tinney, Sr.
http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~vctinney/
Who's Who in America, Millennium Edition [54th]
Who's Who In The West, 1998/1999
Who's Who In Genealogy and Heraldry, [both editions]

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