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Edith Forne (d. after 1129), was an English noblewoman who was the concubine of King Henry I of England and the foundress of Osney Abbey near Oxford. She was the daughter of Forn Sigulfson, Lord of Greystoke, Cumberland. Edith had three children by King Henry: Robert FitzEdith, (1093–1172) who married Maud d'Avranches. They had one daughter ...
Edith Forne, was an English noblewoman who was the concubine of King Henry I of England and the foundress of Osney Abbey near Oxford.
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When second mistress, Edith Forne de Greystroke was born in 1084, in Northumberland, England, her father, Forne Sigulfsson de Greystoke, was 36 and her mother, Alditha Isabel de Broyes, was 26. She married Baron Robert d'Oilly II, Lord Cleydon, Constable Oxford, Baron Hooknorton in 1120, in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England.
Feb 28, 2013 · Her name was Edith Forne Sigulfson, the daughter of Forne, the son of Sigulf. The king with whom she consorted was Henry I, the son of William the Bastard, better known as William the Conqueror. Henry succeeded to the English throne in 1100 on the death of his brother William II (Rufus). Henry the First. All kings have taken mistresses, some ...
Apr 26, 2022 · Edith FitzForne was a mistrees of King Henry I. THey had two children: 1.Robert FitzEdith, Lord Okehampton, (1093–1172) married Dame Maud d'Avranches du Sap. They had one daughter, Mary, who married Renaud, Sire of Courtenay (son of Miles, Sire of Courtenay and Ermengarde of Nevers). 2.Adeliza FitzEdith.
- "Eda of Greystoke;", "Edith /Fitzforne/"
- Greystoke, Cumberland, England
- 1080
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May 18, 2022 · While discussing Edith Forne, medieval historian Horace Round once speculated, ‘if the bearer of so uncommon a name was identical with the Forne Ligulfson (“Forne filius Ligulfi”), who is mentioned by Simeon of Durham, in 1121, as one of the magnates of Northumbria, and if so, whether the latter was son of the wealthy but ill-fated Ligulf ...
