Eadgifu, daughter of Edward the Elder

Events

Date of Death: 26 December, after 951.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date (VII Kal. Jan.) is given with the epitaph in Vetera Analecta (p. 377).

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Saint-Médard de Soissons.

The place is given by Nelson and by MacLean.

Relationships

Father: Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons.

This relationship is given by Nelson, by Settipani (p. 325), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Ælfflæd

This relationship is given by Nelson and by Baldwin. Settipani (p. 325) gives Ecgwyn.

Spouse: Charles III “le Simple”, king of the Franks. Married between 917 and 919.

This relationship is given by Nelson, by Settipani (p. 325), and by Baldwin. The date is given by MacLean (p. 28).

Spouse: Héribert “vetulus”, abbot of Saint-Médard de Soissons, count of Omois.

This relationship is given by Nelson, by Settipani (p. 325), and by Baldwin.

Children:

Louis IV “d’Outremer” (died 10 September 954), king of the Franks.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Eadweard (Edward) "the Elder"” in The Henry Project. (2010).

“Eadgifu 3 (Female)” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website. [accessed 21 July 2014]

Mabillon, J. Vetera Analecta. (Paris, 1723).

MacLean, Simon. Ottonian Queenship. (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Nelson, Janet L. “Eadgifu (d. in or after 951)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press: 2004).

Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).