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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)...
- The name
Ealdgyth (Old English: Ealdgȳð;
sometimes modernized to Aldith, may
refer to
Ealdgyth,
daughter of
Uhtred the Bold, Earl of
Northumbria (died...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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killed and
their possessions were
taken by Æthelred. Sigeferth's
widow Ealdgyth was
imprisoned within a monastery, but in
summer of 1015
Edmund unofficially...
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three daughters:
Edith of Wes**** (originally
named Gytha but
renamed Ealdgyth (or Edith) when she
married King
Edward the Confessor),
Gunhild and Ælfgifu...
- 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...
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argued that it was
Ealdgyth.
Frank Barlow was undecided. Ulf's date of
birth is also uncertain. If
Freeman was
correct then
Ealdgyth must have
given birth...
