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The name Eadgifu, sometimes Latinized as Ediva or Edgiva, may refer to:

  • Eadgifu of Kent (died c. 966), third wife of king Edward the Elder, King of Wessex
  • Eadgifu of Wessex (902 – after 955), wife of King Charles the Simple
  • Eadgifu, Abbess of Leominster
  • Eadgifu the Fair (c. 1025 – c. 1086), a wealthy pre-Conquest landowner, first wife of Harold Godwinson

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Eadgifu of Kent

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Eadgifu of Kent (also Edgiva or Ediva; in or before 903 – in or after 966) was the third wife of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex. Eadgifu was the daughter...

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Eadgifu

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The name Eadgifu, sometimes Latinized as Ediva or Edgiva, may refer to: Eadgifu of Kent (died c. 966), third wife of king Edward the Elder, King of Wessex...

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Eadred

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in 955. He was the younger son of Edward the Elder and his third wife Eadgifu, and a grandson of Alfred the Great. His elder brother, Edmund, was killed...

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Edmund I

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He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great. After Edward died in 924, he...

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Louis IV of France

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dynasty, he was the only son of king Charles the Simple and his second wife Eadgifu of Wessex, daughter of King Edward the Elder of Wessex. His reign is mostly...

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Edward the Elder

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included Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent and father of Edward's third wife, Eadgifu. Æthelwold's death ended the threat to Edward's throne. In London in 886...

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Charles the Simple

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His son by Eadgifu would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France. In the initial aftermath of Charles's defeat, Queen Eadgifu and their children...

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Battle of the Holme

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Kentish losses included Sigehelm, father of Edward the Elder's third wife, Eadgifu of Kent. The West Saxon chronicler who gave the fullest account of the...

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Elaine Cassidy

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she starred in the film The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die, playing Eadgifu of Kent, the role was previously played by Sonya Cassidy in the TV series...

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Frederuna

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Hildegarde. Frederuna died in 917 and she was succeeded as queen consort by Eadgifu of England, a daughter of Edward the Elder in 919. Palgrave, Sir Francis;...

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Sonya Cassidy

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Earth, a television adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel. The role of Eadgifu of Kent is played by Sonya Cassidy in the TV series The Last Kingdom, but...

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Sword of Kings

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believe he is illegitimate); and Edmund, Edward's infant son by Queen Eadgifu of Mercia. Uhtred has raised Æthelstan and trained him to be king, so Æthelhelm...

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Edith the Fair

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sometimes appears as Ēadgȳð and Ēadgifu. (Compare Godgifu which was modified to Godiva in Latin texts.) Williams, Ann (2004). "Eadgifu [Eddeua] the Fair [the Rich]...

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Eadhild

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Eadgifu, was the wife of the deposed king of the West Franks, Charles the Simple. Hugh was a potential rival for the Frankish throne, and Eadgifu may...

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Sweyn Godwinson

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invasion of Deheubarth. On his return from this campaign Sweyn abducted Eadgifu, the Abbess of Leominster, apparently intending to marry her and gain control...

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Queen mother

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Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1559–1571) Denmark and Norway Eadgifu of Kent (939–955) Wessex Eadgifu of Wessex (936–951) West Francia Ealhswith (899–902) Wessex...

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Eadwig

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in his last years, and he relied on key advisers, including his mother Eadgifu, Archbishop Oda, Abbot Dunstan of Glastonbury, Ælfsige, whom he appointed...

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Alfred the Great

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issue Edward c. 874 17 July 924 Married (1) Ecgwynn, (2) Ælfflæd, (3) 919 Eadgifu Æthelgifu Abbess of Shaftesbury Æthelweard c. 880 16 October 922(?) Married...

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Beatrice of Vermandois

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Royal titles Preceded by Eadgifu of Wessex Queen of Western Francia 922–923 Succeeded by Emma of France...

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List of English monarchs

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and Ealhswith (1) Ecgwynn c. 893 2 children (2) Ælfflæd c. 900 8 children (3) Eadgifu of Kent c. 919 4 children 17 July 924 Aged about 50 Son of Alfred...

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