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• Roepnaam is Edith England.
• Zij is geboren in het jaar 986Britain.
• Beroep: Queen consort of England, Queen of England.
• Woonachtig: England.
• Zij is overleden in het jaar 1016 in Tower Hill, zij was toen 30 jaar oudLondon
  Britain.
• Zij is begraven rond 1016Britain.
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Gezin van Ealdgyth "Edith England"

Zij is getrouwd met Edmund.

Zij zijn getrouwd rond augustus 1015London
England.

Kind(eren):

1. Edward  1016-1057 

Notities over Ealdgyth "Edith England"

Source #1: Frederick Lewis Weis, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700" - Seventh Edition, with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., assisted by Davis Faris (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1995), p. 2

first husband, died 1015: Sigeferth, a Danish Thane

Still Living.

Still Living.

daughter of Aelfthryth. Source: Leo van de Pas

Ealgyth was sister of Ealdorman Eadric Streona of Mercia.

!DESCENT: Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Ancestral Roots
of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 7th ed., at 2
(1992). Line 1-20.

sister of Ealdorman Eadric Streona of Mercia.

Edith (Eadgyth) of East Anglia, wife of Edmund II of England (circa 963-1017) was married to Sigeferth, a supporter of Edmund Ironside against his father, Ethelred the Unready. Sigeferth was killed on orders of Ethelred in 1015 by being invited to a feast with Ealdorman Morcar by Eadric Streona and then both were murdered whilst drunk. Edmund II took Edith from the nunnery she had been sent to and married her. They would have two children before Edmund's death in 1016, Edward and Edmund. Edith hanged herself soon after, before her sons were sent to Kiev in 1017.

[alfred_descendants10gen_fromrootsweb_bartont.FTW]

"Lady Algitha, widow of Sigefrith the Dane. (YFT, p. 57).

[2855] COLVER31.TXT file

AUREJAC.GED lists wife of Edmond and mother of Edward as Algithe de Hongrie 1001-1086 and gives her at least 12 generations of ancestors different from those given here which came from the WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) file

"Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists ..." Ealgyth

"Bloodline ...", p 416, Algitha

EDWARD3.TXT Ealdgyth (Algitha) MORCARSON, Queen of ENGLAND (995-)

"Britain's Royal Families ..." by Alison Weir: Edith

Ealdgyth (floruit 1015-1016), modern English Edith, may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Boroughs, and later of King Edmund Ironside . She was probably the mother of Edmund's sons Edward the Exile and Edmund.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Sigeferth and his brother Morcar , described as "foremost thegns of the Seven Burghs" were killed at an assembly of the English nobility at Oxford . Ealdorman Eadric Streona is said to have killed them "dishonourably" after having invited them to his rooms. The Seven Burghs, otherwise unknown, are presumed to have been the Five Burghs and Torksey and York . Following the killings, King Æthelred the Unready had the property of Sigeferth and Morcar seized and ordered that Sigeferth's widow, whose name the Chronicle does not record, should be detained at Malmesbury Abbey . The chronicle of John of Worcester calls her Ealdgyth.[1]
In the late summer of 1015, at some time between 15 August and 8 September, Edmund Ironside raised a revolt against his father King Æthelred. Either then, or perhaps even earlier, he removed Sigeferth's widow from Malmesbury, against his father's wishes, and married her. Sigeferth and Morcar's friends and allies supported Edmund after this.[2] While two charters issued by Edmund which mention his wife survive from about this time, neither of them contain her name in the surviving texts.[3]
It is generally, but not universally, supposed that Ealdgyth, if that was her name, was the mother of Edmund Ironside's sons.[4] These were Edmund, who died young in exile, and Edward the Exile, who returned to England late in the reign of his uncle King Edward the Confessor and died soon afterwards. Whether she went into exile with her children following Edmund's death in 1016 is unknown.
One reason advanced for supposing that John of Worcester may have been mistaken in naming this woman Ealdgyth is that Sigeferth's brother Morcar had also been married to a woman named Ealdgyth. This Ealdgyth was the daughter of Ælfthryth, and niece of Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of York and Wulfric Spot . While Ealdgyth is a common female name in the period, this coincidence has raised the suspicion that the Worcester chronicle has confused Sigeferth's widow with his sister-in-law.[5]

[Kopi av ROYALS.FTW]

Widow of Sigeferth, (son of Earngrim)Widow of Sigeferth, (son of Earngrim)
[Todd Farmerie] In order to spur conversation, I am posting the
following corrections/additions/ amplifications to The 7th edition of
Weis. This is not exhaustive, but only represents the lines I have
worked with...edited..
(1-20) Ealdgyth, wife of Edmund Ironside is named sister of Ealdorman
Eadric Streona, citing CCN, DNB, and Ronay. While I do not have access
to CCN, I doubt this is the primary reference. DNB may be the source of
the statement, naming the King and Ealdorman as brothers-in-law. This
comment seems, however, to refer to the marriage of Eadric to Edmund's
sister, since in commenting directly on Edmund's marriage, no mention is
made of a relationship between Ealdgyth and Eadric. Ronay seems to
identify her as illegitimate daughter of King Olaf of Sweden, calling
her half-sister of Jaroslav's (241-5) wife, but does not reference this
comment. This identification is also apparently followed by at least
one fictional work (King Olaf's Kinsman: a Story of the Last Days of
Edmund Ironside, Rev. C.W. Whistler).
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute
to Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).//
[Todd] In a previous article, pboren - at - pnut.rand.org (Pat Boren)
says:
By fictional, do you mean this work by Whistler is a novel, or that it
has a lot of half-truths?
'Fictional' may not be the best descriptor. I din't actually call up
this book, but it is filed under the Children's Literature section, and
thus is not likely to be a scholarly historical work.
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute to
Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).
Maybe I missed it, but what is the solution given by Moriarty? As far as
I am aware, all that is KNOWN about Eadgyth is from the ASC. It
recounts that Eadric betrayed Morcar and Si[ge]ferth, Thanes of the Seven
Boroughs, having them ambushed and killed. It would appear that he had
at least tacet approval from Aethelred II, who immediately confiscated
their property, and placed Eadgyth, Sigeferth's widow at Malmesbury (I
think it was). Edmund went there, released her, married her against his
father's will, and went to the north, where he took possession of all of
Morcar and Sigeferth's property.
Moriarty, follows Robertson. It would seem (I have not had a chance to
dig up a copy of Robertson yet) that Wulfric, Ealdorman of Mercia names
in his will Morcar and wife, and then names granddaughter Eadgyth, and
this association, as well as the close partnership of Morcar and
Sigeferth (same title and always named together in ASC) suggested a
reconstruction in which Wulfric's daughter marries Morcar, and has
Eadgyth, wife first of Sigeferth, and then of Edmund. I prefer this to
the version in this Weis because, since Eadric had Sigeferth murdered, I
would expect some special notice were the wife of Sigeferth Eadric's
sister, which she would thus be. I so wish Ronay had provided a
reference for his statement. Todd.//
[Alan Wilson , qoting Weis 7th ed.,
1992, and others] ..Ealgyth (circa 986 - ).[Todd Farmerie] In order to spur conversation, I am posting the
following corrections/additions/ amplifications to The 7th edition of
Weis. This is not exhaustive, but only represents the lines I have
worked with...edited..
(1-20) Ealdgyth, wife of Edmund Ironside is named sister of Ealdorman
Eadric Streona, citing CCN, DNB, and Ronay. While I do not have access
to CCN, I doubt this is the primary reference. DNB may be the source of
the statement, naming the King and Ealdorman as brothers-in-law. This
comment seems, however, to refer to the marriage of Eadric to Edmund's
sister, since in commenting directly on Edmund's marriage, no mention is
made of a relationship between Ealdgyth and Eadric. Ronay seems to
identify her as illegitimate daughter of King Olaf of Sweden, calling
her half-sister of Jaroslav's (241-5) wife, but does not reference this
comment. This identification is also apparently followed by at least
one fictional work (King Olaf's Kinsman: a Story of the Last Days of
Edmund Ironside, Rev. C.W. Whistler).
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute
to Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).//
[Todd] In a previous article, pboren - at - pnut.rand.org (Pat Boren)
says:
By fictional, do you mean this work by Whistler is a novel, or that it
has a lot of half-truths?
'Fictional' may not be the best descriptor. I din't actually call up
this book, but it is filed under the Children's Literature section, and
thus is not likely to be a scholarly historical work.
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute to
Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).
Maybe I missed it, but what is the solution given by Moriarty? As far as
I am aware, all that is KNOWN about Eadgyth is from the ASC. It
recounts that Eadric betrayed Morcar and Si[ge]ferth, Thanes of the Seven
Boroughs, having them ambushed and killed. It would appear that he had
at least tacet approval from Aethelred II, who immediately confiscated
their property, and placed Eadgyth, Sigeferth's widow at Malmesbury (I
think it was). Edmund went there, released her, married her against his
father's will, and went to the north, where he took possession of all of
Morcar and Sigeferth's property.
Moriarty, follows Robertson. It would seem (I have not had a chance to
dig up a copy of Robertson yet) that Wulfric, Ealdorman of Mercia names
in his will Morcar and wife, and then names granddaughter Eadgyth, and
this association, as well as the close partnership of Morcar and
Sigeferth (same title and always named together in ASC) suggested a
reconstruction in which Wulfric's daughter marries Morcar, and has
Eadgyth, wife first of Sigeferth, and then of Edmund. I prefer this to
the version in this Weis because, since Eadric had Sigeferth murdered, I
would expect some special notice were the wife of Sigeferth Eadric's
sister, which she would thus be. I so wish Ronay had provided a
reference for his statement. Todd.//
[Alan Wilson , qoting Weis 7th ed.,
1992, and others] ..Ealgyth (circa 986 - ).Widow of Sigeferth, (son of Earngrim)
[Todd Farmerie] In order to spur conversation, I am posting the
following corrections/additions/ amplifications to The 7th edition of
Weis. This is not exhaustive, but only represents the lines I have
worked with...edited..
(1-20) Ealdgyth, wife of Edmund Ironside is named sister of Ealdorman
Eadric Streona, citing CCN, DNB, and Ronay. While I do not have access
to CCN, I doubt this is the primary reference. DNB may be the source of
the statement, naming the King and Ealdorman as brothers-in-law. This
comment seems, however, to refer to the marriage of Eadric to Edmund's
sister, since in commenting directly on Edmund's marriage, no mention is
made of a relationship between Ealdgyth and Eadric. Ronay seems to
identify her as illegitimate daughter of King Olaf of Sweden, calling
her half-sister of Jaroslav's (241-5) wife, but does not reference this
comment. This identification is also apparently followed by at least
one fictional work (King Olaf's Kinsman: a Story of the Last Days of
Edmund Ironside, Rev. C.W. Whistler).
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute
to Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).//
[Todd] In a previous article, pboren - at - pnut.rand.org (Pat Boren)
says:
By fictional, do you mean this work by Whistler is a novel, or that it
has a lot of half-truths?
'Fictional' may not be the best descriptor. I din't actually call up
this book, but it is filed under the Children's Literature section, and
thus is not likely to be a scholarly historical work.
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute to
Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).
Maybe I missed it, but what is the solution given by Moriarty? As far as
I am aware, all that is KNOWN about Eadgyth is from the ASC. It
recounts that Eadric betrayed Morcar and Si[ge]ferth, Thanes of the Seven
Boroughs, having them ambushed and killed. It would appear that he had
at least tacet approval from Aethelred II, who immediately confiscated
their property, and placed Eadgyth, Sigeferth's widow at Malmesbury (I
think it was). Edmund went there, released her, married her against his
father's will, and went to the north, where he took possession of all of
Morcar and Sigeferth's property.
Moriarty, follows Robertson. It would seem (I have not had a chance to
dig up a copy of Robertson yet) that Wulfric, Ealdorman of Mercia names
in his will Morcar and wife, and then names granddaughter Eadgyth, and
this association, as well as the close partnership of Morcar and
Sigeferth (same title and always named together in ASC) suggested a
reconstruction in which Wulfric's daughter marries Morcar, and has
Eadgyth, wife first of Sigeferth, and then of Edmund. I prefer this to
the version in this Weis because, since Eadric had Sigeferth murdered, I
would expect some special notice were the wife of Sigeferth Eadric's
sister, which she would thus be. I so wish Ronay had provided a
reference for his statement. Todd.//
[Alan Wilson , qoting Weis 7th ed.,
1992, and others] ..Ealgyth (circa 986 - ).[Todd Farmerie] In order to spur conversation, I am posting the
following corrections/additions/ amplifications to The 7th edition of
Weis. This is not exhaustive, but only represents the lines I have
worked with...edited..
(1-20) Ealdgyth, wife of Edmund Ironside is named sister of Ealdorman
Eadric Streona, citing CCN, DNB, and Ronay. While I do not have access
to CCN, I doubt this is the primary reference. DNB may be the source of
the statement, naming the King and Ealdorman as brothers-in-law. This
comment seems, however, to refer to the marriage of Eadric to Edmund's
sister, since in commenting directly on Edmund's marriage, no mention is
made of a relationship between Ealdgyth and Eadric. Ronay seems to
identify her as illegitimate daughter of King Olaf of Sweden, calling
her half-sister of Jaroslav's (241-5) wife, but does not reference this
comment. This identification is also apparently followed by at least
one fictional work (King Olaf's Kinsman: a Story of the Last Days of
Edmund Ironside, Rev. C.W. Whistler).
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute
to Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).//
[Todd] In a previous article, pboren - at - pnut.rand.org (Pat Boren)
says:
By fictional, do you mean this work by Whistler is a novel, or that it
has a lot of half-truths?
'Fictional' may not be the best descriptor. I din't actually call up
this book, but it is filed under the Children's Literature section, and
thus is not likely to be a scholarly historical work.
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute to
Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).
Maybe I missed it, but what is the solution given by Moriarty? As far as
I am aware, all that is KNOWN about Eadgyth is from the ASC. It
recounts that Eadric betrayed Morcar and Si[ge]ferth, Thanes of the Seven
Boroughs, having them ambushed and killed. It would appear that he had
at least tacet approval from Aethelred II, who immediately confiscated
their property, and placed Eadgyth, Sigeferth's widow at Malmesbury (I
think it was). Edmund went there, released her, married her against his
father's will, and went to the north, where he took possession of all of
Morcar and Sigeferth's property.
Moriarty, follows Robertson. It would seem (I have not had a chance to
dig up a copy of Robertson yet) that Wulfric, Ealdorman of Mercia names
in his will Morcar and wife, and then names granddaughter Eadgyth, and
this association, as well as the close partnership of Morcar and
Sigeferth (same title and always named together in ASC) suggested a
reconstruction in which Wulfric's daughter marries Morcar, and has
Eadgyth, wife first of Sigeferth, and then of Edmund. I prefer this to
the version in this Weis because, since Eadric had Sigeferth murdered, I
would expect some special notice were the wife of Sigeferth Eadric's
sister, which she would thus be. I so wish Ronay had provided a
reference for his statement. Todd.//
[Alan Wilson , qoting Weis 7th ed.,
1992, and others] ..Ealgyth (circa 986 - ).[Todd Farmerie] In order to spur conversation, I am posting the
following corrections/additions/ amplifications to The 7th edition of
Weis. This is not exhaustive, but only represents the lines I have
worked with...edited..
(1-20) Ealdgyth, wife of Edmund Ironside is named sister of Ealdorman
Eadric Streona, citing CCN, DNB, and Ronay. While I do not have access
to CCN, I doubt this is the primary reference. DNB may be the source of
the statement, naming the King and Ealdorman as brothers-in-law. This
comment seems, however, to refer to the marriage of Eadric to Edmund's
sister, since in commenting directly on Edmund's marriage, no mention is
made of a relationship between Ealdgyth and Eadric. Ronay seems to
identify her as illegitimate daughter of King Olaf of Sweden, calling
her half-sister of Jaroslav's (241-5) wife, but does not reference this
comment. This identification is also apparently followed by at least
one fictional work (King Olaf's Kinsman: a Story of the Last Days of
Edmund Ironside, Rev. C.W. Whistler).
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute
to Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).//
[Todd] In a previous article, pboren - at - pnut.rand.org (Pat Boren)
says:
By fictional, do you mean this work by Whistler is a novel, or that it
has a lot of half-truths?
'Fictional' may not be the best descriptor. I din't actually call up
this book, but it is filed under the Children's Literature section, and
thus is not likely to be a scholarly historical work.
Considering the political context of the wedding, which is well
chronicled, I think that the solution given by Moriarty is more likely
than that she was sister of Eadric. However, if she was sister of
Eadric, then according to Kelley ('The House of Aethelred,' in Tribute to
Charles Evans, 63-83) she would thus be daughter of Aethelweard
(1B-18).
Maybe I missed it, but what is the solution given by Moriarty? As far as
I am aware, all that is KNOWN about Eadgyth is from the ASC. It
recounts that Eadric betrayed Morcar and Si[ge]ferth, Thanes of the Seven
Boroughs, having them ambushed and killed. It would appear that he had
at least tacet approval from Aethelred II, who immediately confiscated
their property, and placed Eadgyth, Sigeferth's widow at Malmesbury (I
think it was). Edmund went there, released her, married her against his
father's will, and went to the north, where he took possession of all of
Morcar and Sigeferth's property.
Moriarty, follows Robertson. It would seem (I have not had a chance to
dig up a copy of Robertson yet) that Wulfric, Ealdorman of Mercia names
in his will Morcar and wife, and then names granddaughter Eadgyth, and
this association, as well as the close partnership of Morcar and
Sigeferth (same title and always named together in ASC) suggested a
reconstruction in which Wulfric's daughter marries Morcar, and has
Eadgyth, wife first of Sigeferth, and then of Edmund. I prefer this to
the version in this Weis because, since Eadric had Sigeferth murdered, I
would expect some special notice were the wife of Sigeferth Eadric's
sister, which she would thus be. I so wish Ronay had provided a
reference for his statement. Todd.//
[Alan Wilson , qoting Weis 7th ed.,
1992, and others] ..Ealgyth (circa 986 - ).

#Générale##Générale#vve de Sigeferth le Danois

{geni:about_me} Ealdgyth, Algitha, unknown parents. NOT MORCAR'S DAUGHTER!!!

Married:

1. Sigeferth (no children) Morcars' brother

2. Edmund II Ironside

Children with Edmund:

a) Edward the Exile/Atheling

b) Edmund

a) SIGEFERTH (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[715]. Ætheling Æthelstan, under his will dated [1014], made a bequest to "Sigeferth, an estate at Hockliffe"[716]. With his brother, he was one of the leading thegns of the northern Danelaw. He was murdered on the orders of Eadric "Streona/the Acquisitor" Ealdorman of Mercia[717].

m as her first husband, ÆLDGYTH, daughter of ---. After her husband was killed, she was arrested, but abducted against the wishes of King Æthelred II by his son Edmund, later Edmund "Ironsides" King of England, whom she married as her second husband. Simeon of Durham records that Edmund married "Algitha widow of Sigeferth" in 1015[718].

b) MORCAR (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). King Æthelred II granted land in Derbyshire to "Morcar minister" under a charter dated 1009[719]. With his brother, a leading thegn of the northern Danelaw. Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[720]. m EALDGYTH, daughter of ÆLFTHRYTH & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. Morcar & his wife had one child:

i) ÆLFGIFU. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m as his first wife, ÆLFGAR Earl of Mercia, son of LEOFRIC Earl of Mercia & his wife Godgifu --- (-1062).

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.htm#AelfgifuNorthumbriaMAelfgarMercia

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ARNGRIM. m ---. The name of Arngrim's wife is not known. Arngrim & his wife had two children:

a) SIGEFERTH (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[715]. Ætheling Æthelstan, under his will dated [1014], made a bequest to "Sigeferth, an estate at Hockliffe"[716]. With his brother, he was one of the leading thegns of the northern Danelaw. He was murdered on the orders of Eadric "Streona/the Acquisitor" Ealdorman of Mercia[717].

m as her first husband, ÆLDGYTH, daughter of ---. After her husband was killed, she was arrested, but abducted against the wishes of King Æthelred II by his son Edmund, later Edmund "Ironsides" King of England, whom she married as her second husband. Simeon of Durham records that Edmund married "Algitha widow of Sigeferth" in 1015[718].

b) MORCAR (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). King Æthelred II granted land in Derbyshire to "Morcar minister" under a charter dated 1009[719]. With his brother, a leading thegn of the northern Danelaw. Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[720].

m EALDGYTH, daughter of ÆLFTHRYTH & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified.

Morcar & his wife had one child:

i) ÆLFGIFU. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.

m as his first wife, ÆLFGAR Earl of Mercia, son of LEOFRIC Earl of Mercia & his wife Godgifu --- (-1062).

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.htm#AelfgifuNorthumbriaMAelfgarMercia

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Ealdgyth (1015–1016), modern English Edith, may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Boroughs, and later of King Edmund Ironside. She was probably the mother of Edmund's sons Edward the Exile and Edmund.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Sigeferth and his brother Morcar, described as "foremost thegns of the Seven Burghs" were killed at an assembly of the English nobility at Oxford. Ealdorman Eadric Streona is said to have killed them "dishonourably" after having invited them to his rooms. The Seven Burghs, otherwise unknown, are presumed to have been the Five Burghs and Torksey and York. Following the killings, King Æthelred the Unready had the property of Sigeferth and Morcar seized and ordered that Sigeferth's widow, whose name the Chronicle does not record, should be detained at Malmesbury Abbey. The chronicle of John of Worcester calls her Ealdgyth.[1]

In the late summer of 1015, at some time between 15 August and 8 September, Edmund Ironside raised a revolt against his father King Æthelred. Either then, or perhaps even earlier, he removed Sigeferth's widow from Malmesbury, against his father's wishes, and married her. Sigeferth and Morcar's friends and allies supported Edmund after this.[2] While two charters issued by Edmund which mention his wife survive from about this time, neither of them contain her name in the surviving texts.[3]

It is generally, but not universally, supposed that Ealdgyth, if that was her name, was the mother of Edmund Ironside's sons.[4] These were Edmund, who died young in exile, and Edward the Exile, who returned to England late in the reign of his uncle King Edward the Confessor and died soon afterwards. Whether she went into exile with her children following Edmund's death in 1016 is unknown.

One reason advanced for supposing that John of Worcester may have been mistaken in naming this woman Ealdgyth is that Sigeferth's brother Morcar had also been married to a woman named Ealdgyth. This Ealdgyth was the daughter of Ælfthryth, and niece of Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of York and Wulfric Spot. While Ealdgyth is a common female name in the period, this coincidence has raised the suspicion that the Worcester chronicle has confused Sigeferth's widow with his sister-in-law.[5]

[edit] Notes

^ Stafford, Unification and Conquest, pp. 67–68; Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp. 145–146, Ms. E, s.a. 1015, & p. 146, note 3; Williams, Æthelred, pp. 132–134 & p. 132, note 6.

^ Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, p. 146, Ms. E, s.a. 1015; Higham, Death of Anglo-Saxon England, p. 62; Williams, Æthelred, p. 134.

^ These are charters S 947 and S 948; Williams, Æthelred, p. 134 & note 13.

^ For dissent from the common view, see Howard, Ian (2003), Swein Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England, 991–1017, Woodbridge: Boydell, p. 69, ISBN 0-85115-928-1 .

^ Williams, Æthelred, p. 132, note 6. Insley

[edit] References

Higham, Nick (1997), The Death of Anglo-Saxon England, Stroud: Sutton, ISBN 0-7509-2469-1

Insley, Charles (2000), "Politics, conflict and Kinship in Early Eleventh-Century Mercia", Midland History XXV, http://www.midlandhistory.bham.ac.uk/issues/2000/insleyc.pdf

Stafford, Pauline (1989), Unification and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries, London: Edward Arnold, ISBN 0-7131-6532-4

Stenton, Frank (1971), Anglo-Saxon England (3rd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280139-2

Swanton, Michael (1996), The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, New York: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-92129-5

Williams, Ann (2003), Æthelred the Unready: The Ill-Counselled King, London: Hambeldon & London, ISBN 0-85285-382-4

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Ealdgyth (floruit 1015–1016), modern English Edith, may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Boroughs, and later of King Edmund Ironside. She was probably the mother of Edmund's sons Edward the Exile and Edmund.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Sigeferth and his brother Morcar, described as "foremost thegns of the Seven Burghs" were killed at an assembly of the English nobility at Oxford. Ealdorman Eadric Streona is said to have killed them "dishonourably" after having invited them to his rooms. The Seven Burghs, otherwise unknown, are presumed to have been the Five Burghs and Torksey and York. Following the killings, King Æthelred the Unready had the property of Sigeferth and Morcar seized and ordered that Sigeferth's widow, whose name the Chronicle does not record, should be detained at Malmesbury Abbey. The chronicle of John of Worcester calls her Ealdgyth.[1]

In the late summer of 1015, at some time between 15 August and 8 September, Edmund Ironside raised a revolt against his father King Æthelred. Either then, or perhaps even earlier, he removed Sigeferth's widow from Malmesbury, against his father's wishes, and married her. Sigeferth and Morcar's friends and allies supported Edmund after this.[2] While two charters issued by Edmund which mention his wife survive from about this time, neither of them contain her name in the surviving texts.[3]

It is generally, but not universally, supposed that Ealdgyth, if that was her name, was the mother of Edmund Ironside's sons.[4] These were Edmund, who died young in exile, and Edward the Exile, who returned to England late in the reign of his uncle King Edward the Confessor and died soon afterwards. Whether she went into exile with her children following Edmund's death in 1016 is unknown.

One reason advanced for supposing that John of Worcester may have been mistaken in naming this woman Ealdgyth is that Sigeferth's brother Morcar had also been married to a woman named Ealdgyth. This Ealdgyth was the daughter of Ælfthryth, and niece of Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of York and Wulfric Spot. While Ealdgyth is a common female name in the period, this coincidence has raised the suspicion that the Worcester chronicle has confused Sigeferth's widow with his sister-in-law.[5]

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Ealdgyth (floruit 1015–1016), modern English Edith, may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Burghs, and later of King Edmund Ironside. She was probably the mother of Edmund's sons Edward the Exile and Edmund.

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Edith of East Anglia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edith (Eadgyth) of East Anglia, wife of Edmund II of England (circa 963-1017) was married to Sigeferth, a supporter of Edmund Ironside against his father, Ethelred the Unready. Sigeferth was killed on orders of Ethelred in 1015 by being invited to a feast with Ealdorman Morcar by Eadric Streona and then both were murdered whilst drunk. Edmund II took Edith from the nunnery she had been sent to and married her. They would have two children before Edmund's death in 1016, Edward the Exile and Edmund. Edith hanged herself soon after, before her sons were sent to Kiev in 1017.

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Ealdgyth married Edmund II "Ironside" King Of England, son of Ethelred II "The Unready" King Of England and Alfgifu (Aelflaed) Queen Of England, about Aug 1015 in Of, London, Middlesex, England. (Edmund II "Ironside" King Of England was born about 988 in Of, , Wessex, England, died on 30 Nov 1016 in , London, Middlesex, England and was buried in Of, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.)

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Ealdgyth married, firstly, Sigeferth, Thane in East Anglia, son of Earngrim, before 1015.2 She married, secondly, Edmund II 'Ironside', King of England, son of Æthelred II 'the Unready', King of England and Ælgifu, circa August 1015 in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.3

Ealdgyth was also known as Eldgith. She was also known as Edith.3

Family 1 Sigeferth, Thane in East Anglia d. 1015

Family 2 Edmund II 'Ironside', King of England b. between 988 and 993, d. 30 November 1016

Children Edward 'Atheling'+ b. c 1016, d. 10574

Edmund b. bt 1016 - 10174

Citations [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online , Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 27. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 26.

[S52] G. S. P. Freeman-Grencville, The Queen's Lineage: from A.D. 495 to the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (London , U.K.: Rex Collings, 1977), page 6. Hereinafter cited as The Queen's Lineage.

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[Royal Genealogy Data Base]

Says she was the daughter of Sigeferth, a Danish Thane killed in 1015, son of Earnfrim father of Sigeferth and Morcar

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Ealdgyth, Algitha, unknown parents. NOT MORCAR'S DAUGHTER!!!

Married:

1. Sigeferth (no children) Morcars' brother

2. Edmund II Ironside

Children with Edmund:

a) Edward the Exile/Atheling

b) Edmund

a) SIGEFERTH (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[715]. Ætheling Æthelstan, under his will dated [1014], made a bequest to "Sigeferth, an estate at Hockliffe"[716]. With his brother, he was one of the leading thegns of the northern Danelaw. He was murdered on the orders of Eadric "Streona/the Acquisitor" Ealdorman of Mercia[717].

m as her first husband, ÆLDGYTH, daughter of ---. After her husband was killed, she was arrested, but abducted against the wishes of King Æthelred II by his son Edmund, later Edmund "Ironsides" King of England, whom she married as her second husband. Simeon of Durham records that Edmund married "Algitha widow of Sigeferth" in 1015[718].

b) MORCAR (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). King Æthelred II granted land in Derbyshire to "Morcar minister" under a charter dated 1009[719]. With his brother, a leading thegn of the northern Danelaw. Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[720]. m EALDGYTH, daughter of ÆLFTHRYTH & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. Morcar & his wife had one child:

i) ÆLFGIFU. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m as his first wife, ÆLFGAR Earl of Mercia, son of LEOFRIC Earl of Mercia & his wife Godgifu --- (-1062).

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.htm#AelfgifuNorthumbriaMAelfgarMercia

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ARNGRIM. m ---. The name of Arngrim's wife is not known. Arngrim & his wife had two children:
a) SIGEFERTH (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[715]. Ætheling Æthelstan, under his will dated [1014], made a bequest to "Sigeferth, an estate at Hockliffe"[716]. With his brother, he was one of the leading thegns of the northern Danelaw. He was murdered on the orders of Eadric "Streona/the Acquisitor" Ealdorman of Mercia[717].

m as her first husband, ÆLDGYTH, daughter of ---. After her husband was killed, she was arrested, but abducted against the wishes of King Æthelred II by his son Edmund, later Edmund "Ironsides" King of England, whom she married as her second husband. Simeon of Durham records that Edmund married "Algitha widow of Sigeferth" in 1015[718].

b) MORCAR (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). King Æthelred II granted land in Derbyshire to "Morcar minister" under a charter dated 1009[719]. With his brother, a leading thegn of the northern Danelaw. Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[720].

m EALDGYTH, daughter of ÆLFTHRYTH & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified.

Morcar & his wife had one child:

i) ÆLFGIFU. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.

m as his first wife, ÆLFGAR Earl of Mercia, son of LEOFRIC Earl of Mercia & his wife Godgifu --- (-1062).

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.htm#AelfgifuNorthumbriaMAelfgarMercia

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Ealdgyth (1015–1016), modern English Edith, may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Boroughs, and later of King Edmund Ironside. She was probably the mother of Edmund's sons Edward the Exile and Edmund.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Sigeferth and his brother Morcar, described as "foremost thegns of the Seven Burghs" were killed at an assembly of the English nobility at Oxford. Ealdorman Eadric Streona is said to have killed them "dishonourably" after having invited them to his rooms. The Seven Burghs, otherwise unknown, are presumed to have been the Five Burghs and Torksey and York. Following the killings, King Æthelred the Unready had the property of Sigeferth and Morcar seized and ordered that Sigeferth's widow, whose name the Chronicle does not record, should be detained at Malmesbury Abbey. The chronicle of John of Worcester calls her Ealdgyth.[1]

In the late summer of 1015, at some time between 15 August and 8 September, Edmund Ironside raised a revolt against his father King Æthelred. Either then, or perhaps even earlier, he removed Sigeferth's widow from Malmesbury, against his father's wishes, and married her. Sigeferth and Morcar's friends and allies supported Edmund after this.[2] While two charters issued by Edmund which mention his wife survive from about this time, neither of them contain her name in the surviving texts.[3]

It is generally, but not universally, supposed that Ealdgyth, if that was her name, was the mother of Edmund Ironside's sons.[4] These were Edmund, who died young in exile, and Edward the Exile, who returned to England late in the reign of his uncle King Edward the Confessor and died soon afterwards. Whether she went into exile with her children following Edmund's death in 1016 is unknown.

One reason advanced for supposing that John of Worcester may have been mistaken in naming this woman Ealdgyth is that Sigeferth's brother Morcar had also been married to a woman named Ealdgyth. This Ealdgyth was the daughter of Ælfthryth, and niece of Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of York and Wulfric Spot. While Ealdgyth is a common female name in the period, this coincidence has raised the suspicion that the Worcester chronicle has confused Sigeferth's widow with his sister-in-law.[5]

[edit] Notes

^ Stafford, Unification and Conquest, pp. 67–68; Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp. 145–146, Ms. E, s.a. 1015, & p. 146, note 3; Williams, Æthelred, pp. 132–134 & p. 132, note 6.

^ Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, p. 146, Ms. E, s.a. 1015; Higham, Death of Anglo-Saxon England, p. 62; Williams, Æthelred, p. 134.

^ These are charters S 947 and S 948; Williams, Æthelred, p. 134 & note 13.

^ For dissent from the common view, see Howard, Ian (2003), Swein Forkbeard's Invasions and the Danish Conquest of England, 991–1017, Woodbridge: Boydell, p. 69, ISBN 0-85115-928-1 .

^ Williams, Æthelred, p. 132, note 6. Insley

[edit] References

Higham, Nick (1997), The Death of Anglo-Saxon England, Stroud: Sutton, ISBN 0-7509-2469-1

Insley, Charles (2000), "Politics, conflict and Kinship in Early Eleventh-Century Mercia", Midland History XXV, http://www.midlandhistory.bham.ac.uk/issues/2000/insleyc.pdf

Stafford, Pauline (1989), Unification and Conquest: A Political and Social History of England in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries, London: Edward Arnold, ISBN 0-7131-6532-4

Stenton, Frank (1971), Anglo-Saxon England (3rd ed.), Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280139-2

Swanton, Michael (1996), The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, New York: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-92129-5

Williams, Ann (2003), Æthelred the Unready: The Ill-Counselled King, London: Hambeldon & London, ISBN 0-85285-382-4

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealdgyth_(floruit_1015%E2%80%931016)"

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Ealdgyth (floruit 1015–1016), modern English Edith, may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Boroughs, and later of King Edmund Ironside. She was probably the mother of Edmund's sons Edward the Exile and Edmund.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Sigeferth and his brother Morcar, described as "foremost thegns of the Seven Burghs" were killed at an assembly of the English nobility at Oxford. Ealdorman Eadric Streona is said to have killed them "dishonourably" after having invited them to his rooms. The Seven Burghs, otherwise unknown, are presumed to have been the Five Burghs and Torksey and York. Following the killings, King Æthelred the Unready had the property of Sigeferth and Morcar seized and ordered that Sigeferth's widow, whose name the Chronicle does not record, should be detained at Malmesbury Abbey. The chronicle of John of Worcester calls her Ealdgyth.[1]

In the late summer of 1015, at some time between 15 August and 8 September, Edmund Ironside raised a revolt against his father King Æthelred. Either then, or perhaps even earlier, he removed Sigeferth's widow from Malmesbury, against his father's wishes, and married her. Sigeferth and Morcar's friends and allies supported Edmund after this.[2] While two charters issued by Edmund which mention his wife survive from about this time, neither of them contain her name in the surviving texts.[3]

It is generally, but not universally, supposed that Ealdgyth, if that was her name, was the mother of Edmund Ironside's sons.[4] These were Edmund, who died young in exile, and Edward the Exile, who returned to England late in the reign of his uncle King Edward the Confessor and died soon afterwards. Whether she went into exile with her children following Edmund's death in 1016 is unknown.

One reason advanced for supposing that John of Worcester may have been mistaken in naming this woman Ealdgyth is that Sigeferth's brother Morcar had also been married to a woman named Ealdgyth. This Ealdgyth was the daughter of Ælfthryth, and niece of Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of York and Wulfric Spot. While Ealdgyth is a common female name in the period, this coincidence has raised the suspicion that the Worcester chronicle has confused Sigeferth's widow with his sister-in-law.[5]

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Ealdgyth (floruit 1015–1016), modern English Edith, may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Burghs, and later of King Edmund Ironside. She was probably the mother of Edmund's sons Edward the Exile and Edmund.

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Edith of East Anglia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edith (Eadgyth) of East Anglia, wife of Edmund II of England (circa 963-1017) was married to Sigeferth, a supporter of Edmund Ironside against his father, Ethelred the Unready. Sigeferth was killed on orders of Ethelred in 1015 by being invited to a feast with Ealdorman Morcar by Eadric Streona and then both were murdered whilst drunk. Edmund II took Edith from the nunnery she had been sent to and married her. They would have two children before Edmund's death in 1016, Edward the Exile and Edmund. Edith hanged herself soon after, before her sons were sent to Kiev in 1017.

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Ealdgyth married Edmund II "Ironside" King Of England, son of Ethelred II "The Unready" King Of England and Alfgifu (Aelflaed) Queen Of England, about Aug 1015 in Of, London, Middlesex, England. (Edmund II "Ironside" King Of England was born about 988 in Of, , Wessex, England, died on 30 Nov 1016 in , London, Middlesex, England and was buried in Of, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.)

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Ealdgyth married, firstly, Sigeferth, Thane in East Anglia, son of Earngrim, before 1015.2 She married, secondly, Edmund II 'Ironside', King of England, son of Æthelred II 'the Unready', King of England and Ælgifu, circa August 1015 in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England.3

Ealdgyth was also known as Eldgith. She was also known as Edith.3
Family 1 Sigeferth, Thane in East Anglia d. 1015

Family 2 Edmund II 'Ironside', King of England b. between 988 and 993, d. 30 November 1016

Children Edward 'Atheling'+ b. c 1016, d. 10574

Edmund b. bt 1016 - 10174

Citations [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online , Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 27. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.

[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 26.

[S52] G. S. P. Freeman-Grencville, The Queen's Lineage: from A.D. 495 to the Silver Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (London , U.K.: Rex Collings, 1977), page 6. Hereinafter cited as The Queen's Lineage.

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[Royal Genealogy Data Base]

Says she was the daughter of Sigeferth, a Danish Thane killed in 1015, son of Earnfrim father of Sigeferth and Morcar

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* Reference: [https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/110326636/person/120125956547 Ancestry Genealogy] - [https://www.geni.com/projects/SmartCopy/18783 SmartCopy]: ''Aug 23 2017, 13:38:56 UTC''

Emma was forced to marry her stepson, Edmund Ironsides after Ethelred died.
Source:
Stuart Roderick, W.
Royalty for Commoners, 3rd Edit. Published, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. Baltomore, MD. 1998,
ISBN-0-8063-1561-X Text 324-40

Edith (Eadgyth) of East Anglia, wife of Edmund II of England (circa 963-1017) was married to Sigeferth, a supporter of Edmund Ironside against his father, Ethelred the Unready. Sigeferth was killed on orders of Ethelred in 1015 by being invited to a feast with Ealdorman Morcar by Eadric Streona and then both were murdered whilst drunk. Edmund II took Edith from the nunnery she had been sent to and married her. They would have two children before Edmund's death in 1016, Edward the Exile and Edmund. Edith hanged herself soon after, before her sons were sent to Kiev in 1017.

WIDOW OF SYGEFYRTH; ALSO LISTED AS "ALGUIA"

1 NAME Ealdgyth Of /Mercia/
2 GIVN Ealdgyth Of
2 SURN Mercia

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