Ęthelweard 23 was composing the present passage to remind Matilda 1 of their common family ancestry.
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Persons associated with this Event:
Agent:
Ęthelweard 23
(Ealdorman of the Western Provinces, c.975-c.998; author of a chronicle) : Having stirred Matilda 1's memory in the prefatory passages of this little book, Ęthelweard 23 was doing this now on a larger scale concerning the stock of their family. He had given attention to the history of their family as far as these two kings [sc. Ęthelred 15 and Alfred 8] from whom they had descended.
Recipient:
Matilda 1
(Abbess of Essen and granddaughter of Otto I)
(Other):
Ęthelred 15
(King of the West Saxons, 865-871)
(Other):
Alfred 8
(the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxons, 871-899)