LC control no. | n 2024008407 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Eadgifu, Queen, consort of Edward, King of England, approximately 904-approximately 966 |
Variant(s) | Edgiva, Queen, consort of Edward, King of England, approximately 904-approximately 966 Ediva, Queen, consort of Edward, King of England, approximately 904-approximately 966 Eadgifu, of Kent, approximately 904-approximately 966 |
Associated country | Great Britain England |
Birth date | 0904~ |
Death date | 0966~ |
Profession or occupation | Queens |
Found in | Early English queens, 850-1000, 2024: ECIP galley (Eadgifu: Queen Consort, Queen Mother, Queen Grandmother, c.904-c.966) Wikipedia, Feb 13, 2024 (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 of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent, who died at the Battle of the Holme in 902. She married Edward in about 919 and 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.) |