Eadgifu of Kent

896 - 968  (~ 72 years)

• Name	Eadgifu of Kent
  	Her name was also spelt Edgiva. [3, 5]
  Born	About 896	Kingdom of Kent   [5]
  Died	25 Aug 968	England   [3, 5, 6]
  Buried	—	Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England   [6]
  Person ID	I2845	| Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent,   d. 3 Dec 902
  Family ID	F2240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward "the Elder", King of England ,   b. 875, Kingdom of Wessex, England ,   d. 17 Jul 924, Farndon, Cheshire, England  (Age 49 years)
  Married	919	Berkshire, England   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Age at Marriage	Eadgifu was est 23 years - Edward was est 44 years. (Were Married est 5 years).
  Children	4 children
  1. Edmund "the Magnificent", King of England ,   b. Abt 922,   d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England  (Age ~ 24 years)   2. Eadred, King of England ,   b. Abt 924,   d. 23 Nov 955, England  (Age ~ 31 years)   3. Saint Edburga,   d. 15 Jun 960, St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England   4. Gregory, Abbot of Einsiedlen
  Last Modified	24 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F2236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Weis (1982) and Mommaerts-Browne (2005) give her death date as 961. [2, 7]

  
  

• Event Map		Born - About 896 - Kingdom of Kent Married - 919 - Berkshire, England Died - 25 Aug 968 - England Buried - — - Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Picture of Queen Eadgifu from Canterbury Cathedral.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1461] Burke, John and John Bernard Burke. The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects , (London: E. Churton, 1848). [S1498] Mommaerts-Browne, Stanford. "Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy: Tracing Lineages" , (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 6, July 2005). [S1940] Panton, Kenneth J. Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy, (Lanham, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2011). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S1682] Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families, (London: Vintage Books, 1989). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Eadgifu of Kent.