Aethelhelm or Æþelhelm was the younger son of Ethelred of Wessex (Æþelræd). King Ethelred I (c. ...

Both he and his brother were too young to inherit the throne in 871 and it passed to their uncle King Alfred the Great (Ælfred) who granted them both lands. On Alfred's death in 899 his elder brother Aethelwald contested the succession and was killed. However, Aethelhelm did not and seemed content to remain Earlderman of Wiltshire. Alfred (849? – 26 October 899) (sometimes spelt Ælfred) was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899. ... Aethelwald was the son of Ethelred of Wessex. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ...

His daughter Elfleda of Wessex (c.890-918) became Queen consort to King Edward the Elder (c.871-924). His son (and her brother) Aethelfrith of Wessex (c.900-927) lived the life of a common landlord. His son Eadric of Wessex was granted possession of Washington in the South Downs of west Sussex. His own son Aethelwerd of Wessex (c.930-998) is known as "the Historian". Aethelmar Cild (c.960-1015), son of the later, was a benefactor of Eynsham Abbey. His son was Wulfnoth Cild (c.983-1015) who was Thegn of Sussex but is otherwise obscure. Godwin was son to Wulfnoth and Harold (Harold II) was the son of Godwin. Edward the Elder (871? – July 17, 924) was King of England (899 – 924). ... Near Beachy Head The South Downs is one of the two areas of chalk downland in southern England. ... Sussex as a traditional county. ... Sussex as a traditional county. ... The name Godwin is an Angleo-Saxon name most famously carried by Godwin, Earl of Wessex. ... Harold II (or Harald II) can refer to several people: Harald II of Norway Harold II of Denmark Harold II of England This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Harold Godwinson, who later became King Harold II, was according to this geneology of the House of Wessex - a fact which may have been hidden by the Normans. Indeed, after Harold's death, the death of his brothers, and the death of Edgar Ætheling the other sons of the Aethelhelm branch of the Wessex family may be the only source of an extant heir to the House of Wessex. The Normans (adapted from the name Northmen or Norsemen) were a mixture of the indigenous Gauls of France and the Viking invaders under the leadership of Rollo (Gange Rolf). ... Edgar Ætheling (c. ...

With reference to: Godwine Biography