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Edith of England, also spelt Eadgyth or Ædgyth (Old English: Ēadgȳð, German: Edgitha; 910–946), a member of the House of Wessex, was a German queen from 936, by her marriage to King Otto I.
Jul 26, 2010 · Birthplace: Wessex, England (United Kingdom) Death: January 26, 946 (35-36) Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Place of Burial: Cathedral of Saints Catherine and Maurice (Magdeburger Dom), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. Immediate Family: Daughter of Edward I "the Elder", king of The Anglo-Saxons and Ælfflæd.
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- Wessex, England (United Kingdom)
Feb 20, 2019 · Tests performed in Germany and the UK revealed that the bones, gently wrapped in silk, were indeed those of the person named on the sarcophagus: Eadgyth (or Edith), an Anglo-Saxon princess, and later Queen of the Germans. Eadgyth was about as royal as they come in British history.
May 19, 2022 · Eadgyth was the eldest daughter of Earl Godwine, the most powerful nobleman of his day, and sister of Harold II. She married Edward in 1045 soon after his succession. There were rumours that the marriage was never consummated and certainly there were no children.
Jun 11, 2018 · Eadgyth ( c. 1022–75), queen of Edward the Confessor. Eadgyth was the eldest daughter of Earl Godwine, the most powerful nobleman of his day, and sister of Harold II.
Nov 26, 2010 · The region where a person grew up can be traced in the tooth enamel laid down in their first 14 years because strontium and oxygen isotope ratios in the teeth reflect the food a person ate and the...
Eadgyth had an impressive pedigree. She was the grand-daughter of Alfred the Great, daughter of Edward the Elder and half-sister of Aethelstan, all of whom were powerful kings of Wessex in England. It was only by fate she ended up as the wife of Otto I, Duke of Saxony and King of Germany.
