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Edith Of Wessex 1030–1075 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 JAN 1030

Birth Location: Islip, Oxfordshire, England

Death Date: 25 DEC 1075

Death Location: Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Father: Gōdwine Wessex

Mother: Gytha Thorgilsdatter

Spouse(s): Edward English

Children(s): Athelreda Northumberland

Edith / Of Wessex was born in 1030 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Godwine Wulfnothsson Earl Of Wessex And Gytha Thorgilsdatter. Edith Of Wessex married Edward The Confessor King Of The English, and had children including Athelreda Wessex Canmor Northumberland. Edith / Of Wessex passed away in 1075 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

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Biography

  • Edith // Of Wessex was born in 1030 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England, the child of Godwine Wulfnothsson Earl Of Wessex And Gytha Thorgilsdatter.
  • Edith // Of Wessex married Edward The Confessor King Of The English, and had children including Athelreda Wessex Canmor Northumberland.
  • Edith // Of Wessex passed away in 1075 in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England.

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Edith Wessex's Ancestors

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Edith Wessex
1030–1075
Birth Place: Islip, Oxfordshire, England
Parents
Gōdwine Wulfnothsson Earl of Wessex
–1053
Gytha Thorgilsdatter
–1069
Grandparents
Wulfnoth (Cild of South) Sussex
–1015
Great-Grandparents
Æthelcild Sussex
–1015
Æthelthrith Wessex
–1017
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Æthelweard Historian"
Æthelflæda Shaftesbury

Edith Wessex's Descendants

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Edith (Of) Wessex (23 JAN 1030–25 DEC 1075) m. Edward (the Confessor King of the) English (1003–6 JAN 1066)
  1. 1. Athelreda (Wessex Canmor) Northumberland 1047–1084 m. Maldred (Dolfin) Offerton 1045–
    1. 1. Pere (Arkil Offerton) Fitzmaldred 1075– m. Gravelda (of) Dunbar 1075–1106
      1. 1. Deirdre (of) Dunbar 1094–1128 m. Gospatric (III Of Dunbar 2nd Earl Of) Lothian 1092–1166
        1. 1. Sybil (de) Dunbar 1124–1154 m. Gille (Brigte Angus 2nd Earl of) Angus 1118–1187

Edith Wessex's Timeline

3 Records

1030
23 JAN 1030
Birth of Edith // Of Wessex in Islip, Oxfordshire, England
Islip, Oxfordshire, England
1075
18 DEC 1075
Age 45
Death of Edith // Of Wessex in Winchester, Hampshire, England
Winchester, Hampshire, England
1075
25 DEC 1075
Age 45
Burial of Edith // Of Wessex in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 JAN 1030
    Event Place: Islip, Oxfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Place: Thanet, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 DEC 1075
    Event Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 25 DEC 1075
    Event Place: Westminster Abbey, Westminster, Middlesex, England

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