Eadgifu Wessex

Abt 910 - Abt 946  (36 years)

• Name	Eadgifu Wessex
  Birth	Abt 910	Wessex, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 946	Picardie, France
  Person ID	I4979	footsteps | Pat
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Charles Carolingian, King Of Western Francia ,   b. 17 Sep 879, Picardie, France d. 7 Oct 929, Somme, France (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	7 Oct 919
  Children	+ 1. Louis Carolingian, King of the Franks ,   b. 1 Sep 920, Picardie, France d. 10 Sep 954, Champagne, France (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Edith of England, also spelt Eadgyth or Ædgyth (Old English: Ēadgȳð, Ge r m a n: Edgitha; 910-946), a member of the House of Wessex, was a German q u e e n from 936, by her marriage to King Otto I. Life Edith was born to the reigning English king Edward the Elder by his sec o n d w ife, Ælfflæd, and hence was a granddaughter of King Alfred the Gre a t . S he had an older sister, Eadgifu. She apparently spent her early ye a r s n ear Winchester in Wessex, moving about frequently with the court,[ 2 ] a n d may have spent her later youth, with her mother, living for a ti m e a t a m onastery.[3]