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Eadgifu or Edgifu (d. in or after 951), also known as Edgiva or Ogive (Old English: Ēadgifu), was Queen of the West Franks as the wife of King Charles the Simple. She was a daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife Ælfflæd.
Apr 27, 2010 · Eadgifu (b. 902, d. after 955) or Edgifu, was a daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife Aelffaed. She was born in Wessex. She was the second wife of King Charles III of France, whom she married in 919 after the death of his first wife, Frederonne; she was mother to Louis IV of France.
Jul 4, 2015 · Eadgifu appears to have gained sudden prominence in the 940’s after a long period where West Saxon queens remained in obscurity. Her power derived from her status as a widow and the mother of the king. She had more power during her son Edmund’s reign that she ever had before.
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. Biography. Eadgifu was the daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent, who died at the Battle of the Holme in 902. [2] .
Louis IV. House. Wessex. Father. Edward the Elder. Mother. Ælfflæd. Eadgifu or Edgifu (902 – after 955) also known as Edgiva or Ogive ( Old English: Ēadgifu) was a daughter [1] of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife Ælfflæd. She was born in Wessex .
Apr 9, 2021 · Biography. Eadgifu was the daughter of Edward Wessex and his third wife Eadgifu Kent. They married by 921 so she may have been born about then. She is said to have married Louis of Aquitaine, whose identity is uncertain. [1] [2] Sources.
When Eadgifu of Wessex was born on 17 September 0902, in Durham, Durham, England, her father, King Edward I " The Elder" of the Anglo-Saxons, was 28 and her mother, Æflaeda of Wiltshire, was 25. She married Charles III le Simple Roi de France occidentale on 7 October 0919, in Clermont, Oise, Picardie, France. They were the parents of at least ...
