The Latimers - Person Sheet
The Latimers - Person Sheet
Namedu KENT, Queen Eadgifu 
Birth Dateabt 896
Birth PlaceKent, England
OccupationQueen Of England
Death Date25 Aug 968 Age: 72
Death PlaceEngland
Misc. Notes
Eadgifu of Kent (also Edgiva or Edivawas the third wife of Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons.
Eadgifu was the daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent, who died at the Battle of the Holme in 902.[1] She became the mother of two sons, Edmund I of England, later King Edmund I, and Eadred of England, later King Eadred, and two daughters, Saint Eadburh of Winchester and Eadgifu. She survived Edward by many years, dying in the reign of her grandson Edgar.
Eadgifu was the daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent, who died at the Battle of the Holme in 902.[1] She became the mother of two sons, Edmund I of England, later King Edmund I, and Eadred of England, later King Eadred, and two daughters, Saint Eadburh of Winchester and Eadgifu. She survived Edward by many years, dying in the reign of her grandson Edgar.
Spouses
Birth Date875
Birth PlaceWessex, England
OccupationKing of England, 899-924
Death Date17 Jul 924 Age: 49
Death PlaceFarndon-On-Dee, Chestershire, England
FlagsRoyalty
FatherALFRED-I, King (849-899)
MotherMERCIA, Ealhswith of (~852-902)
Misc. Notes
Edward the Elder (Old English: Eadweard cyningwas an English king. He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great. His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex. He captured the eastern Midlands and East Anglia from the Danes in 917 and became ruler of Mercia in 918 upon the death of Æthelflæd, his sister.
Marr Date919
Marr PlaceBerkshire, England