Eadgifu

Events

Date of Birth:. unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: in or after 966.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Stafford.

Relationships

Father: Sigehelm (killed at the battle of the Holme in 903), ealdorman of Kent.

This relationship is given by Stafford. It is recorded in Anglo-Saxon charters S1211 and S1212.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Edward the Elder (died 924), king of the West Saxons.

This relationship is given by Stafford and by Williams.

Children:

(Complete source citations for the children on this page are currently outside the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography articles and Baldwin.)

Eadburh (born between 921 and 924 - died between 951 and 953), a nun at Winchester. Later known as Saint Eadburh.

Edmund I (about 922 - 26 May 946), king of the English 939-946. Married (1) Ælfgifu; married (2) Æthelflæd.

Eadred (died 23 November 955), king of the English 946-955.

References

Anglo-Saxons.net [Gives transcriptions of Old English charters]

Baldwin, Stewart. “Eadgifu” in The Henry Project. [accessed 8 June 2014]

British Library Digitised Manuscripts.

“Eadgifu 4” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website. [accessed 9 June 2014]

Miller, Sean. “Edward [Edward the Elder] (870s?-924)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Plummer, Charles (ed.) Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: A Revised Text (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1892-1899).

Stafford, Pauline. “Eadgifu (b. in or before 904, d. in or before 966)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Stafford, Pauline. “Eadgyth (c.911-946)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Williams, Ann. “Edmund I (920/1-946)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Yorke, Barbara. “Eadburh (921x4-951x3)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).