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Ealdgyth 'Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of England 1034–1086 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1034

Birth Location: Raby Castle, Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England

Death Date: 1086

Death Location: Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales

Father: Aelfgar Mercia*

Mother: Aelfgifu Wessex*

Spouse(s): Gruffydd Wales), King Godwinsson*

Children(s): Nesta Llewelyn

Ealdgyth 'Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of England was born in 1034 in Raby Castle, Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England, the child of Aelfgar Iii Earl East Anglia Mercia And Aelfgifu Elgiva Princess Of England And Wessex. Ealdgyth 'Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of England married Gruffydd Ap Llywelyn Of Gwynedd Prince Of Wales, King Harold Ii Godwinsson, and had children including Nesta Verch Gruffydd Ap Llewelyn. Ealdgyth 'Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of England passed away in 1086 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales.

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  • Ealdgyth 'Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of England was born in 1034 in Raby Castle, Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England, the child of Aelfgar Iii Earl East Anglia Mercia And Aelfgifu Elgiva Princess Of England And Wessex.
  • Ealdgyth 'Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of England married Gruffydd Ap Llywelyn Of Gwynedd Prince Of Wales, King Harold Ii Godwinsson, and had children including Nesta Verch Gruffydd Ap Llewelyn.
  • Ealdgyth 'Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of England passed away in 1086 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales.

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Ealdgyth England's Ancestors

Self
Ealdgyth England
1034–1086
Birth Place: Raby Castle, Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England
Parents
Aelfgar III Earl East Anglia Mercia*
1002–1059
Mercia, England
Aelfgifu (Elgiva Princess of England and) Wessex*
1015–1098
Wessex, Anglo Saxon Kingdom, England
Grandparents
Leofric (III, Lord of Coventry, Earl of England de) Mercia
–1057
Mercia, England
Godgifu (de Mercia (Lady) Godiva)
–1067
Coventrytown, Coventry, Mercia, England
Ethelred (II The Unready Of) ENGLAND
–1016
Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
Aelfgifu (Elgiva, Queen of England, Gunnarsdottir de York De) Normandie
–1016
Wessex Kingdom, Winchester, Anglo Saxon, England
Great-Grandparents
Thorold DeBuckingham
–1046
Edith DeMallett
–1057
King England
Elfrida England
–1002
Thored Gunnorsson
Gunnora Crepon
–1031
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund England
Aelfgifu Shaftesbury

Ealdgyth England's Descendants

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Ealdgyth ('Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of) England (1034–1086) m. Gruffydd (ap Llywelyn of Gwynedd (Prince of) Wales) (1011–05 AUG 1063) m. King (Harold II) Godwinsson* (1022–14 Oct 1066)
  1. 1. Nesta (Verch Gruffydd ap) Llewelyn 1055–1152 m. Osborn (Fitz) Richard 1055–1100 m. Trahaearn ApCaradog 1030–1081 m. Alan (Fleance DeDol) FitzFlaald 1020–1075
    1. 1. Nestia (Verch) Osborn 1079–1163 m. Bernard Neumarche 1070–1143
      1. 1. Lady (Sybil Brecknock deNeufmarche Countess) Hereford 1093–1143 m. Sir (Miles FitzWalter de Gloucester dePitres) Hereford 1097–1143
        1. 1. Bertha (of Hereford& Glouchester De Pitres) FitzWalter 1130–1204 m. William (II Lord of Bramber, Lord of Abergavenny de) Braose 1106–1192

Ealdgyth England's Timeline

2 Records

1034
1034
Birth of Ealdgyth 'Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of England in Raby Castle, Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England
Raby Castle, Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England
1086
1086
Age 52
Death of Ealdgyth 'Edith' DeMercia, Queen consort of England in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales
Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1034
    Event Place: Raby Castle, Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1086
    Event Place: Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales

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