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Edith Queen Consort England WESSEX 1025–1075 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1025

Birth Location: Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England

Death Date: 18 December 1075

Death Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England

Father: Godwin WESSEX

Mother: Gytha THORGILSDOTTIR

Spouse(s): King ENGLAND

Children(s): Aethelreda DUNBAR

In 1025, Edith Queen Consort England WESSEX entered the world in Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England, born to Godwin Earl Of Kent Wessex And Gytha Thorgilsdottir. Edith Queen Consort England WESSEX married King Edward The Confessor England, and had children including Aethelreda Princess Of England Dunbar. Edith Queen Consort England WESSEX passed away in 1075 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1025, Edith Queen Consort England WESSEX entered the world in Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England, born to Godwin Earl Of Kent Wessex And Gytha Thorgilsdottir.
  • Edith Queen Consort England WESSEX married King Edward The Confessor England, and had children including Aethelreda Princess Of England Dunbar.
  • Edith Queen Consort England WESSEX passed away in 1075 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Godwin WESSEX
1001–1053
Birth Location: Wessex Anglo Saxon England
GW
Gytha THORGILSDOTTIR
1001–1069
Birth Location: Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden
GT

Spouses(s)

King ENGLAND
1002–1065
Birth Location: Islip, Oxfordshire, England
KE

Children(s)

Aethelreda DUNBAR
1045–1082
Birth Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
AD

Edith WESSEX's Ancestors

Self
Edith WESSEX
1025–1075
Birth Place: Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
Parents
Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX
1001–1053
Wessex Anglo Saxon England
Gytha THORGILSDOTTIR
1001–1069
Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden
Grandparents
Wulfnoth (Thegn of Sussex) CILD
–1015
Wessex, England
Cyld SVEYNSDOTTIR
–1015
Wessex, England
Great-Grandparents
Aethelmaer SUSSEX
–1015
Aethelthrith WESSEX
–1017
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edith WESSEX's Descendants

1.
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Edith (Queen Consort England) WESSEX (1025–18 December 1075) m. King (Edward The Confessor) ENGLAND (1002–5 Jan 1065)
  1. 1. Aethelreda (Princess of England) DUNBAR 1045–1082 m. Gospatrick (I) DUNBAR 1040–1075
    1. 1. Walthe (DUNBAR) 26GGF 1062–1138 m. Sigrid (DEALLERDALE) 26GGM 1075–1126
      1. 1. Gunnild (DUNBAR) 25GGM 1134–1166 m. Uchtred (Lord DEGALLOWAY) 25GGF 1118–1174
        1. 1. Roland (Fitzuchtred DEGALLOWAY) 24GGF 1164–1200 m. Elena (DEMORVILLE) 24GGM 1172–1217
        2. 2. Eva UCHTRED 1144–1173 m. Walter DEBERKELEY 1136–1190
        3. 3. Roland DEGALLOWAY 1164–1200 m. Elena DEMORVILLE 1172–1217
    2. 2. Gospatrick (Ii Mormear 2Nd Earl of Northumberland) DUNBAR 1062–1138 m. Sybil (Bearly Countess of Dunbar) MORAY 1074–1117
      1. 1. Gospatrick (Iii 2Nd Earl of) DUNBAR 1090–1166 m. Derdere DUNBAR 1094–1149
        1. 1. Juliana (DUNBAR) 23GGM 1124–1154 m. Gillbride (2Nd Earl of Angus DEANGUS) 23GGF 1116–1187
        2. 2. Gospatrick (Iv) DUNBAR 1121–
        3. 3. Waltheof (3Rd Earl of) DUNBAR 1122–1182
        4. 4. Sybil (De) DUNBAR 1124–1154
      2. 2. Walthe (of) DUNBAR 1090–1138

Edith WESSEX's Timeline

2 Records

1025
1025
Birth of Edith Queen Consort England WESSEX in Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England
1075
18 December 1075
Age 50
Death of Edith Queen Consort England WESSEX in Winchester, Hampshire, England
Winchester, Hampshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1025
    Event Place: Wessex Kingdom, Anglo Saxon, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 December 1075
    Event Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
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