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Personal data Ealdgyth (Edith) 'Swan Neck' of Mercia dau.of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia 

Sources 1, 2
  • Alternative names: Swan Neck, Swanneshals, Swan Neck
  • She was born about 1030 in Mercia, England, Great Britain.
  • Baptized (at 8 years of age or later) by the priesthood authority of the LDS church on March 3, 1931.
  • She died in the year 1078.
  • A child of Alfgar III of Mercia and Elfgifu of Wessex
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Ealdgyth (Edith) 'Swan Neck' of Mercia dau.of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia

(1) She is married to Harold II Godwinsson of England.

They got married about March 1066 at Not Married.


Child(ren):

  1. Godwine  ± 1050-????
  2. Harold of Wessex  1066-> 1098
  3. Gythia of Wessex  ± 1050-1107 
  4. Ulf of Wessex  ± 1059-????
  5. Eadmund  ± 1055-????
  6. Magnus  ± 1057-????
  7. Gunhilda of Wessex  ± 1061-????


(2) She is married to Gruffydd I ap Llywelyn of Gwyned.

They got married about 1058.


Child(ren):

  2. Nesta Verch Gruffydd  ± 1059-1125 
  4. Llewellyn ap Gruffydd  ± 1040-???? 


Notes about Ealdgyth (Edith) 'Swan Neck' of Mercia dau.of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia

SOURCES: LDS FHL Ancestal File #     (familysearch.org)
WEB:
"Ancestors/Descendants of Royal Lines" (Contributors: F. L. Jacquier (History of Charlemagne by Christian Settipani); L. Orlandini,  Manuel Abranches de Soveral, Reynaud de Paysac, F.L.  J P de Palmas (Aurejac et Tournemire; Frankish line; The Complete Peerage, Jacquier (Genealogy of Lewis Carroll, Justin Swanstrom, The Royal Families of England Scotland & Wales by Burkes Peerage; Debrett's Peerage & Baronage; Table of descendants French Canadian Genealogical Society; Families of Monfort-sur-Risle & Bertrand de Bricquebec; The Dukes of Normandy, XXXXI), A. Brabant ("Dynastie Montmorency, Michel d'Herbigny), Paul Leportier, Claude Barret, H.R. Moser (Burke Peerage), O.Guionneau, L.B. de Rouge, E. Polti, N. Danican (Britain's Royal Families; Buthlaw, Succession of Strathclyde, the Armorial 1961-62) A.Terlinden (Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, 1842), L. Gustavsson, C. Cheneaux, E. Lodge, S. Bontron (Brian Tompsett), R. Dewkinandan, H. de la Villarmois, C. Donadello; Scevole de Livonniere, H. de la Villarmois, I. Flatmoen, P. Ract Madoux (History of Morhange; Leon Maujean; Annuaire de Lorraine, 1926; La Galissonniere: Elections d'Arques et Rouen), Jean de Villoutreys (ref: Georges Poull), E. Wilkerson-Theaux (Laura Little), O. Auffray, A. Brabant (Genealogy of Chauvigny of Blot from "Chanoine Prevost Archiviste du Diocese de Troyes Union Typographique Domois Cote-d'Or 1925), Emmanuel Arminjon (E Levi-Provencal Histoire de l'Espagne Andalouse),  Y. Gazagnes-Gazanhe, R. Sekulovich and J.P. de Palmas ("notes pierfit et iconographie Insecula", Tournemire), H de Riberolles (Base Tournemire), Franck Veillon; ,(Histoire Généalogique de la Maison de Hornes, Bruxelles 1848; Notice Historique Sur L'Ancien Comté de Hornes, Gand 1850; Europäische Stammtafeln, Marburg 1978); E.Driant / "La Maison de Damas" par Hubert Lamant, 1977 (Bibliothèque municipale d'Eaubonne)
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Ealdgyth (Edith) 'Swan Neck' of Mercia

Leofric III Earl of Mercia
975-1057
Godiva of Lincoln
± 980-1057
Ethelread II 'Le Mal Conseillé' of Wessex
± 968-1016
Aelflida (Alfgifu) van Thored
± 968-± 993

Ealdgyth (Edith) 'Swan Neck' of Mercia
± 1030-1078

(1) ± 1066

Harold II Godwinsson of England
± 1022-1066

Godwine
± 1050-????
Harold of Wessex
1066-> 1098
Gythia of Wessex
± 1050-1107
Ulf of Wessex
± 1059-????
Eadmund
± 1055-????
Magnus
± 1057-????
Gunhilda of Wessex
± 1061-????
(2) ± 1058

Gruffydd I ap Llywelyn of Gwyned
± 1011-1063

King Maredudd of Powys
1068-????
Nesta Verch Gruffydd
± 1059-1125
Prince Ithel of Deheubarth
1072-????
Llewellyn ap Gruffydd
± 1040-????

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Sources

  1. bright.ged, Brower, Maitland Dirk
  2. royal_lineage.ged, June 2006

Historical events

Christening day March 3, 1931

  • The temperature on March 3, 1931 was between -2.1 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
    • March 5 » The British Raj: Gandhi–Irwin Pact is signed.
    • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
    • June 23 » Wiley Post and Harold Gatty take off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island in an attempt to circumnavigate the world in a single-engine plane.
    • October 1 » Clara Campoamor persuades the Constituent Cortes to enfranchise women in Spain's new constitution.
    • December 5 » Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow was destroyed on orders from Joseph Stalin.
    • December 11 » Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament establishes legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland.

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