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Ealdgyth Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England, Mercia 1034–1086 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1034

Birth Location: Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England

Death Date: 1086

Death Location: Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales

Father: Aelfgar Mercia

Mother: Princess WESSEX

Spouse(s): Harold England, Gruffydd Llewelyn

Children(s): Gyda Wessex

In 1034, Ealdgyth Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England, Mercia entered the world in Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England, born to Aelfgar Alfgar Iii The Saxon Earl Mercia And Princess Elfgifu Aelfgifu Elgiva England And Wessex. Ealdgyth Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England, Mercia married Gruffydd Prince Of Wales Ap Llewelyn, Harold Ii Godwinson King Of England, and had children including Gyda Gytha Queen Haraldsdatter Wessex. Ealdgyth Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England, Mercia passed away in 1086 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.

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  • In 1034, Ealdgyth Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England, Mercia entered the world in Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England, born to Aelfgar Alfgar Iii The Saxon Earl Mercia And Princess Elfgifu Aelfgifu Elgiva England And Wessex.
  • Ealdgyth Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England, Mercia married Gruffydd Prince Of Wales Ap Llewelyn, Harold Ii Godwinson King Of England, and had children including Gyda Gytha Queen Haraldsdatter Wessex.
  • Ealdgyth Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England, Mercia passed away in 1086 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.

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Ealdgyth Mercia's Ancestors

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Ealdgyth Mercia
1034–1086
Birth Place: Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England
Parents
Aelfgar "Alfgar" III "The Saxon" Earl Mercia
1002–1059
Mercia, , , England
Princess (Elfgifu 'Aelfgifu Elgiva' England and) WESSEX
1015–1098
Wessex, Anglo Saxon Kingdom, , England
Grandparents
Leofric (III Lord Coventry Earl of England and) Mercia
–1057
Mercia, Saxony, England
Lady (Godiva 'Godgifu Gift of God' Countess of Conventry and) Mercia
–1067
Mercia, Heptarchy, England
Ethelred (II The Unready King of England, Kent,) Wessex
–1016
Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
Emma ('Queen of England,' 'The Flower Princess') Normandy
–1052
Normandel, Orne, Basse-Normandie, France
Great-Grandparents
Leofwine, III
–1028
Alwara Athelstansdottir
–1044
Thorold Buckingham
–1046
Edith Malet
–1057
KING Wessex
Aelfthryth England
–1002
Richard Normandy
Gunnora Crepon
–1031
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Malet
1014–1070
KING Wessex
William NORMANDY
Sprota Senlis
–1003
Herbastus Crepon
Cyrid Olafsdottir
–1002

Ealdgyth Mercia's Descendants

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Ealdgyth (Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England,) Mercia (1034–1086) m. Harold (II 'Godwinson' King of) England (1022–10/14/1066) m. Gruffydd ("Prince of Wales" Ap) Llewelyn (1011–5 Aug 1063)
  1. 1. Gyda ("Gytha" Queen Haraldsdatter) Wessex 1053–1107 m. Vladimir (II Monomakh Grand Prince) Kiev 1053–1125
    1. 1. Mstislav (I Vladimirovich\Harald "The Great" Grand Prince of) Kiev 1076–1132 m. Christina (Ingesdotter, Princess of) Kiev 1078–1122
      1. 1. Izyaslav (II, Grand Duke of) Kiev 1096–1154 m. Agnes (of Hohenstaufen, Grand Duchess of) Kiev 1115–1151
        1. 1. Mstislav Izaslavich 1124–1172 m. Agnieszka Poland 1137–1181
        2. 2. Yaropolk (of Kiev, Prince of) Shumsk 1129–1170
        3. 3. Mstislav (II 'The Brave', Grand Prince of) Kiev 1134–1172
        4. 4. Eudoxia (of) Kiev 1131–1187
        5. 5. Yaroslav (II, Grand Duke of) Kiev 1133–1180
      2. 2. Xenia (of) Kiev 1098–1129
      3. 3. Rogneda (of) Kiev 1106–1168
      4. 4. Ingeborg (Mstislavna, Princess of) Kiev 1099–1137
      5. 5. Malmfrida (of Kiev, Queen consort of Denmark and) Norway 1100–1137
      6. 6. Eupraxia (of) Kiev 1097–1136
      7. 7. Vsevolod (Gavriil, Prince of Novgorod and) Pskov 1102–1136
      8. 8. Mariya ('Maria' Agafiya Mstislavna, Princess of) Kiev 1101–1179
      9. 9. Rostislav (I Mikhail Grand Duke of) Kiev 1110–1168
      10. 10. Svyatopolk (of) Pskov 1108–1154
    2. 2. Yaropolk (II Vladimirovich) Kiev 1082–1139
    3. 3. Yurij (I Vladimirovich "Long Hands") Suzdal 1085–1157
    4. 4. Marina (Vladimirovna of) Kiev 1087–1146
    5. 5. Euphemia (of) Kiev 1088–1139

Ealdgyth Mercia's Timeline

2 Records

1034
1034
Birth of Ealdgyth Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England, Mercia in Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England
Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern, England
1086
1086
Age 52
Death of Ealdgyth Edith 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck' Queen of England, Mercia in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales

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

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

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