Eadgifu of Kent

F, (circa 896 - 25 August 968)
Father-Biological*Sigehelm d. 3 Dec 902
Family Lines
Roy Line

Boudreau Line
Last Edited=22 Apr 2023
Picture of Queen Eadgifu from Canterbury Cathedral
     Eadgifu of Kent was born circa 896 at Kingdom of Kent, England.1 She was the daughter of Sigehelm. Eadgifu of Kent was also known as Edgiva.2,1

Eadgifu of Kent married Edward the Elder ~ King of England, son of Alfred the Great , King of England and Ealhswith of Mercia, in 919.3,2,4,1,5,6,7 Eadgifu of Kent died on 25 August 968 at England.2,1,6 She was buried at Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England.6

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Compeller's Notes:
Death: Weis (1982) and Mommaerts-Browne (2005) give her death date as 961.5,8

Child of Eadgifu of Kent and Edward the Elder ~ King of England

Citations

  1. Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa, Fourth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.
  2. Panton, Kenneth J. Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Lanham, United Kingdom: Scarecrow Press, 2011.
  3. Burke, John and John Bernard Burke. The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects. E. Churton: London, 1848.
  4. Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times. N.p.: manuscript, 2008.
  5. Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650, Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.
  6. Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families. London: Vintage Books, 1989.
  7. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Online https://en.wikipedia.org
  8. Mommaerts-Browne, Stanford. "Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy: Tracing Lineages", Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy volume 1, number 6 (July 2005).