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- The name Ealdgyth (Old English: Ealdgȳð; sometimes modernized to Aldith, may refer to Ealdgyth, daughter of Uhtred the Bold, Earl of Northumbria (died...
- Ealdgyth (fl. c. 1057–1066), also Aldgyth or Edith in modern English, was a daughter of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, the wife of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1063)...
- Ealdgyth (circa 992 – after 1016), modern English Edith may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Burghs, and...
- killed and their possessions were taken by Æthelred. Sigeferth's widow Ealdgyth was imprisoned within a monastery, but in summer of 1015 Edmund unofficially...
- corrupted form of swann hnesce, "Gentle Swan" . She is sometimes confused with Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar of Mercia, who was queen during Harold's reign...
- and three daughters: Edith of Wes**** (originally named Gytha but renamed Ealdgyth (or Edith) when she married King Edward the Confessor), Gunhild and Ælfgifu...
- also called Edward Ætheling, was the son of King Edmund Ironside and of Ealdgyth. He spent most of his life in exile in the Kingdom of Hungary following...
- Edith of Wes**** (Old English: Ealdgyth; c. 1025 – 18 December 1075) was Queen of England through her marriage to Edward the Confessor from 1045 until Edward's...
- 1016 or 1017, died before 1057) was a son of Edmund Ironside and his wife Ealdgyth. Edmund Ironside briefly ruled as king of England following the death of...
- wife was Ealdgyth, sister of the earls Edwin and Morcar. Historians almost unanimously believe Ealdgyth was Harold's mother, though Ealdgyth's biographer...