Eadgifu
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Name Eadgifu [1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Female Died 25 Aug 968 [1, 2, 3] Notes - Eadgifu of Kent (also Edgiva or Ediva) (died August 25, 968) was the third wife of Edward the Elder, King of England.
Eadgifu was the daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent (died 903). She became the mother of two sons, Edmund I of England, later King Edmund I, and Eadred of England, later King Eadred, and a daughter, Saint Eadburh of Winchester. Eadgifu survived Edward by many years, dying in the reign of her grandson Edgar. As queen dowager, her position seem to have been higher than that of her daughter-in-law; In a Kentish charter datable between 942 and 944, her daughter-in-law Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury subscribes herself as the king's concubine (concubina regis), with a place assigned to her between the bishops and ealdormen. By comparison, Eadgifu subscribes higher up in the witness list as mater regis, after her sons Edmund and Eadred but before the archbishops and bishops. [Wikipedia]
Person ID I1236 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent, d. 905 Relationship Natural Family ID F1473 Group Sheet
Family Edward The Elder King Of England, b. Between 871 and 875, Wantage, Dorset, England 
, d. 17 Jul 924, Farndon-on-Dee, England (Age ~ 53 years) Married 919 [2, 3, 4] Children 1. Saint Edburga, d. 15 Jun 960 2. Eadræd, King of England, b. Between 923 and 925, d. 23 Nov 955, Frome, Somerset, England (Age ~ 32 years)3. Edmund The Magnificent King Of England, b. Between 920 and 922, Wessex, England , d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England (Age ~ 26 years)4. Eadgifu Family ID F255 Group Sheet
- Eadgifu of Kent (also Edgiva or Ediva) (died August 25, 968) was the third wife of Edward the Elder, King of England.
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