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Jun 14, 2024 · Ealdgith Swannesha (Old English: Ealdgȳð Swann hnesce, "Edith [the] Gentle Swan"; c.1025 – c. 1086), also known as Edith Swanneschals or Edith the Fair,[1] is best known as the unwedded consort of King Harold II of England.
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Princess Goda of England was born about 1004, lived in...
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Jun 24, 2024 · The House of Wessex family tree precedes this family tree and the family tree of the British royal family follows it. (see List_of_monarchs_of_Wessex) As to the medieval histories of Scotland and Wales:
3 days ago · Noble houses were regularly denominated by a territory or place of birth, eg., House of Normandy, House of Wessex. "Angevin" can also refer to the period of history in which they reigned. Many historians identify the Angevins as a distinct English royal house.
Jun 10, 2024 · Princess Goda of England was born about 1004, lived in Wessex, England and died about 1055 in England . Princess Goda married Count Dreux of Vexin in 1025. Count Dreux was born about 1000, lived in Vexin, France.
5 days ago · Edith of Wessex was the wife of King Edward the Confessor, one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England. The couple had no children, but unusually it was her brother that succeeded to the throne on Edward's death in January 1066.
Jun 28, 2024 · Unlike heroes such as Winston Churchill and Edith Cavell, Alfred the Great had no single defining moment but emerges from the pre-Norman mist as a wise, judicial royal leader called by some among the best kings ever to rule mankind.
Jun 29, 2024 · Edith of Wessex. What was the reason people married in Anglo-Saxon England? For family alliances. What did Edward realise early on in his reign about ...
