Edith of England, also spelt Eadgyth or Ædgyth (Old English: Ēadgȳð, German: Edgitha; 910–946), a member of the House of Wessex, was a German queen from 936, by her marriage to King Otto I.

Feb 20, 2019 · Tests performed in Germany and the UK revealed that the bones, gently wrapped in silk, were indeed those of the person named on the sarcophagus: Eadgyth (or Edith), an Anglo-Saxon princess, and later Queen of the Germans. Eadgyth was about as royal as they come in …

Edith of Wessex (Old English: Ealdgyth; c. 1025 – 18 December 1075) was Queen of England through her marriage to Edward the Confessor from 1045 until Edward's death in 1066. Unlike most English queens in the 10th and 11th centuries, she was crowned. [1] The principal source on her life is a work she herself commissioned, the Vita Ædwardi Regis or the Life of …

Jan 20, 2010 · Eadgyth is believed to be the oldest member of the English royal family whose remains have survived. The tomb of her brother Athelstan still exists in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, but is believed to be empty.

Saint Edith of Polesworth (also known as Editha or Eadgyth; d. ?c.960s [1]) is an Anglo-Saxon abbess associated with Polesworth (Warwickshire) and Tamworth (Staffordshire) in Mercia. Her historical identity and floruit are uncertain.

Apr 26, 2014 · Eadgyth had an impressive pedigree. She was the grand-daughter of Alfred the Great, daughter of Edward the Elder and half-sister of Aethelstan, all of whom were powerful kings of Wessex in England. It was only by fate she ended up as the wife of Otto I, Duke of Saxony and King of Germany.

Eadgyth had an impressive pedigree. She was the grand-daughter of Alfred the Great, daughter of Edward the Elder and half-sister of Aethelstan, all of whom were powerful kings of Wessex in England. It was only by fate she ended up as the wife of Otto I, …

Eadgyth was the daughter of Æthelred the Unready and his first wife Ælfgifu. Eadgyth married Eadric Streona, possibly in 1009. Eadric Streona was killed on Cnut's orders in 1017.

Athelstan, whose tomb is in Malmesbury Abbey and is now recognised to be the first true king of England, decided to create a powerful union between the kings of England and Germany by sending his half-sisters Eadgyth and Algiva to Saxony as potential brides for Otto 1, the Holy Roman Emperor.

Jun 11, 2018 · Eadgyth (c.1022–75), queen of Edward the Confessor. Eadgyth was the eldest daughter of Earl Godwine , the most powerful nobleman of his day, and sister of Harold II . She married Edward in 1045 soon after his succession.