Edith of Mercia (redirect from Ealdgyth of Mercia)
Ealdgyth (fl. c. 1057–1066), also Aldgyth or Edith in modern English, was a daughter of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, the wife of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1063)...
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The name Ealdgyth (Old English: Ealdgȳð; sometimes modernized to Aldith, may refer to Ealdgyth, daughter of Uhtred the Bold, Earl of Northumbria (died...
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Ealdgyth (circa 992 – after 1016), modern English Edith may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Burghs, and...
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killed and their possessions were taken by Æthelred. Sigeferth's widow Ealdgyth was imprisoned within a monastery, but she had already captured Edmund's...
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Edith the Fair (redirect from Ealdgyth Swan-neck)
corrupted form of swann hnesce, "Gentle Swan" . She is sometimes confused with Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar of Mercia, who was queen during Harold's reign...
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also called Edward Ætheling, was the son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in exile in the Kingdom of Hungary following...
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and three daughters: Edith of Wessex (originally named Gytha but renamed Ealdgyth (or Edith) when she married King Edward the Confessor), Gunhild and Ælfgifu...
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1016 or 1017, died before 1057) was a son of Edmund Ironside and his wife Ealdgyth. Edmund Ironside briefly ruled as king of England following the death of...
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argued that it was Ealdgyth. Frank Barlow was undecided. Ulf's date of birth is also uncertain. If Freeman was correct then Ealdgyth must have given birth...
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wife was Ealdgyth, sister of the earls Edwin and Morcar. Historians almost unanimously believe Ealdgyth was Harold's mother, though Ealdgyth's biographer...
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Edith of Wessex (Old English: Ealdgyth; c. 1025 – 18 December 1075) was Queen of England through her marriage to Edward the Confessor from 1045 until Edward's...
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Robert D'Oyly (redirect from Ealdgyth of Wallingford)
Lisieux in pays d'Auge, present Calvados département in Normandy. He married Ealdgyth, the daughter of Wigod, the Saxon lord of Wallingford. After Wigod's death...
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injure their dam." Following Gruffydd's death, Harold married his widow Ealdgyth, who was to be widowed again three years later. Gruffydd's realm was divided...
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or erroneous by some scholars, such as G. W. S. Barrow. Maldred married Ealdgyth, daughter of Uhtred the Bold and granddaughter of King Æthelred the Unready...
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Bishop's Stortford (redirect from Ealdgyth of Stortford)
Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town in the London commuter belt. Located in Hertfordshire near the border with Essex, just west of the M11 motorway...
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Gospatric, Earl of Northumbria, as maternal grandson, through his mother Ealdgyth, of Northumbrian ealdorman Uchtred the Bold and his third wife, Ælfgifu...
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married Ælfgifu, daughter of King Æthelred the Unready. They had a daughter: Ealdgyth, ancestress of the Earls of Dunbar; she married Maldred, called son of...
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Eadgyth of Aylesbury (redirect from Ealdgyth of Aylesbury)
Eadgyth of Aylesbury also known as Eadridus was a Dark Ages Catholic saint from Anglo-Saxon England. She is known to history mainly through the hagiography...
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of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (1) Edith Swannesha 5 children (2) Ealdgyth c. 1064 2 sons 14 October 1066 Hastings Died in the Battle of Hastings...
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Knutsson Harold Harefoot Gunhilda of Denmark Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex...
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William of Malmesbury. Mason suggests that Nicholas was Harold's son by Ealdgyth, who married Harold in or after 1063. She was a daughter of Ælfgar, Earl...
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of Bamburgh, 11th-century ruler of Bamburgh Aldred Eadred (given name) Ealdgyth Eldred This page or section lists people that share the same given name...
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Knutsson Harold Harefoot Gunhilda of Denmark Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex...
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south. Although Harold Godwinson had married Edwin and Morcar's sister Ealdgyth, the two earls may have distrusted Harold and feared that the king would...
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children, that may have been by Bethóc: Maldred, Lord of Allerdale, married Ealdgyth, daughter of Uhtred the Bold, and ancestor of the Earls of Dunbar; and...
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the murder of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Harold Godwinson married his widow Ealdgyth and divided Gruffydd's realm into the traditional kingdoms of Gwynedd and...
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Hastings, Morcar and his brother arrived at London, sent their sister Ealdgyth, Harold's widow, to Chester, and urged the citizens to raise one or the...
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of their lands and lives, and acting against the law. Edwin's sister, Ealdgyth, had been married to Harold Godwinson until the latter's death at Hastings...
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Earl Ulf Estrid Cnut the Great Sweyn Edyth Swannesha Harold Godwinson Ealdgyth of Mercia Gruffydd ap Llywelyn Tostig Gyrth Leofwine Wulfnoth Edith Edward...
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the last King of South Wales Nest, daughter of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar Nest Family Entertainment, an animation studio...
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