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• Zij is geboren rond 1034 in Mercia, EnglandMercia.
• Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 8 juni 1994.
• Beroep: .

  {geni:job_title} Princess of Mercia, Queen of England

• Zij is overleden rond 1086 in Rhuddlan Castle,Carnarvan,Wales.
• Zij is begraven rond 1086 in Spalding, Lincoln, England.
• Een kind van Ælfgar Earl of Mercia Earl of Mercia en Ælfgifu
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 2 oktober 2011.

Gezin van Ealdgyth of Mercia

Zij is getrouwd met Gruffydd ap Llewellyn.

Zij zijn getrouwd rond 1050 te Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.

Kind(eren):

1. Nesta verch Gruffydd  ± 1057-± 1161 

Notities over Ealdgyth of Mercia

Weis, p. 151: Source: Complete Peerage, Vol I, p. 22; Vol VI, pp. 452-453; Dictionary of National Biography 23:307; Dictionary of Welsh Biography, p. 312

she married, secondly, c. 1064, Harold, Earl of East Anglia (later Harold II, King of England)

Name Prefix: Duchess Name Suffix: of Mercia "Swan-neck"

Ealdgyth Swan-neck
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Ealdgyth Swan-neck, also known as Edith the Fair, was the mistress (or common-law wife) of King Harold II of England.

She bore him several illegitimate children and was the one who located his body after the Battle of Hastings.
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Battle of Hastings
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Battle of Hastings
Part of the Norman Conquest

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry, chronicling the English/Norman battle in 1066 which led to the Norman Conquest.
Date: October 14, 1066
Location: Hastings, England
Result: Decisive Norman victory
Casus belli:
Territory changes:

Combatants
Normans Anglo-Saxon English
Commanders
William of Normandy, Bishop Odo Harold Godwinson†
Strength
7,000-8,000 7,000-8,000
Casualties
Unknown, thought to be around 2000 killed and wounded Unknown, but significantly more than the Normans
The Battle of Hastings was the most decisive Norman victory in the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

Contents [hide]
1 Prelude
2 The battle
3 Aftermath
4 Links
5 External links

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Prelude
On September 28, 1066, William of Normandy, asserting by arms his claim to the English crown, landed unopposed at Pevensey after being delayed by a storm in the English Channel. Legend has it that upon setting foot on the beach, William tripped and fell on his face. Turning potential embarrassment in front of his troops into a face-saving exercise, he rose with his hands full of sand and shouted "I now take hold of the land of England!" (This bears suspicious resemblance to the story of Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain; and was probably employed by William's biographer to enhance the similarities between Caesar and William.) On hearing the news of the landing of the Duke's forces, the Anglo-Saxon King Harold II, who had just destroyed an invading Norwegian army under King Harald Hardråda at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire, hurried southward, gathering what forces he could on the way.

Harold deployed his force, astride the road from Hastings to London, on Senlac Hill some six miles inland from Hastings. To his back was the great forest of Anderida (the Weald) and in front the ground fell away in a long glacis-like slope, which at the bottom rose again as the opposing slope of Telham Hill. The later town called Battle in the modern county of East Sussex was named to commemorate this event.

The English force is usually estimated at seven to eight thousand strong, and consisted entirely of infantry (the English rode to their battles but did not fight from horseback). It comprised the English men-at-arms of the fyrd, mainly thegns (the English equivalent of a land-holding aristocracy); along with some local peasant levies, lesser thegns and a core of professional warriors, the King's royal troops and bodyguards, the Housecarls. The thegns and housecarls, probably veterans of the recent Stamford Bridge battle, were armed principally with swords, spears, and in some cases the formidable Danish axes, and were protected by coats of chainmail and their long kite-shaped shields. They took the front ranks, forming a 'shield wall' with interlocking shields side by side. Behind the thegns and housecarls, the lesser thegns and peasant levies were armed with whatever weapons they had at hand: the entire army took up position along the ridgeline. (As casualities fell in the front lines the lesser thegns and peasants would move forward and fill the gaps.) However, the English had just come from the Battle of Stamford Bridge, where they had successfully fended of the Vikings but were in no shape to fight again.

On the morning of Saturday, October 14, Duke William gathered his army below the English position. The Norman army was of comparable size to the English force, and composed of William's Norman, Breton and Flemish vassals along with their retainers, and freebooters from as far away as Norman Italy. The nobles had been promised English lands and titles in return for their material support: the common troopers were paid in booty and "cash", and hoped for land when English fiefs were handed out. The army was deployed in the classic medieval fashion of three divisions or "battles" - the Normans taking the centre, the Bretons on the left wing and the Franco-Flemish on right wing. Each battle comprised infantry, cavalry and archers along with crossbowmen. The archers and crossbowmen stood to the front for the start of the battle.

Legend has it that William's minstrel and knight Ivo Taillefer, begged his master for permission to strike the first blows of the battle. Permission was granted, and Taillefer rode before the English alone, tossing his sword and lance in the air and catching them while he sang an early version of The Song of Roland. The earliest account of this tale (in The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio) says that an English champion came from the ranks, and Taillefer quickly slew him, taking his head as a trophy to show that God favored the invaders: later 12th century sources say that Taillefer charged into the English ranks and killed one to three Englishmen before suffering death himself.

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The battle
The battle commenced with an archery barrage from the Norman archers and crossbowmen. However, as the Norman archers drew their bowstrings only to the jaw and their crossbows were loaded by hand without assistance from a windlass, most shots either failed to penetrate the housecarls' shields or sailed over their heads to fall harmlessly beyond. In any event, the archery failed to make any impression on the English lines. Normans relied on picking up enemy arrows shot back at them, and as the Saxons had left their bowmen in York during the rush to meet William.

The Norman infantry and cavalry then advanced, led by the Duke and his half-brothers, Bishop Odo, and Count Robert of Mortain. All along the front the men-at-arms and cavalry came to close quarters with the defenders, but the long and powerful Danish axes were formidable and after a prolonged melee the front of the English line was littered with cut down horses and the dead and dying. The shield wall remained solid, the English shouting their defiance with "Olicrosse!" (holy cross) and "Ut, ut!" (out, out).

View from Battle Abbey to the field where Battle of Hastings took placeHowever, the Bretons on the left wing (where the slope is gentlest), came into contact with the shield wall first. Inexperienced and unprepared for the savage defence of the English, the Bretons broke and fled. Possibly led by one of Harold's brothers, elements of the English right wing broke ranks and pursued the Bretons down the hill in a wild unformed charge. On the flat, without a defensive shield wall formation, the English were charged by the Norman cavalry and slaughtered.

This eagerness of the English to switch to a premature offensive was noted by Norman lords and the tactic of the 'feigned' flights was allegedly used with some success by the Norman horsemen throughout the day. With each subsequent assault later in the day, the Norman cavalry began a series of attacks each time, only to wheel away after a short time in contact with the English line. A group of English would rush out to pursue the apparently defeated enemy, only to be ridden-over and destroyed when the cavalry wheeled about again to force them away from the shield wall.

The Normans retired to rally and re-group, and to begin the assault again on the shield wall. The battle dragged on throughout the remainder of the day, each repeated Norman attack weakening the shield wall and leaving the ground in front littered with English and Norman dead.

Toward the end of the day, the English defensive line was depleted. The repeated Norman infantry assaults and cavalry charges had thinned out the armoured housecarls, the lines now filled by the lower-quality peasant levies. William was also worried, as nightfall would soon force his own depleted army to retire, perhaps even to the ships where they would be prey to the English fleet in the Channel. Preparing for the final assault, William ordered the archers and crossbowmen forward again. This time the archers fired high, the arrows raining upon the English rear ranks and causing heavy casualties. As the Norman infantry and cavalry closed yet again, Harold received a mortal wound. Traditionally he is believed to have been pierced through the eye by an arrow (through interpretation of the Bayeux Tapestry). But The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio describes how Harold was cut to pieces by Norman knights led by William himself: and the Bayeux Tapestry shows him being cut down by a Norman knight, thus agreeing with The Carmen. It is possible that both versions of Harold's end are true: he was first wounded in the face by an arrow, then killed by hand weapons in the final Norman assault. At any rate, Harold was dead and England was ushered into the bloodstained beginning of the Middle Ages.

The renewed Norman attack reached the top of the hill on the English extreme left and right wing. The Normans then began to roll up the English flanks along the ridgeline. The English line began to waver, and the Norman men-at-arms forced their way in, breaking the shield wall at several points. Fyrdmen and housecarls, learning that their king was dead, began streaming away from the battle; the Normans overran the hilltop in pursuit. Harold's personal guard died fighting to the last as a circle of housecarls around the king's body and his battle standards (the Dragon standard of Wessex and the Fighting man, his personal standard). Harold's corpse (through an interpretation of The Carmen) was probably emasculated by one of his attackers.

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Aftermath
Only a remnant of the defenders made their way back to the forest. Some of the Norman forces pursued the English but were ambushed and destroyed in the semi-darkness when they ran afoul of steep ground, called in later (12th century) sources, "the Malfosse", or "bad ditch."

William, after resting for a night on the hardly-won ground, began the work of the Norman Conquest. He recruited his army for two weeks near Hastings, waiting for the English lords to come and submit to him. Then after he realized his hopes of submission at that point were vain, he began his advance on London. His army was seriously reduced for several weeks in November by dysentery, and William himself was gravely ill. Nevertheless, he directed his forces to continue their approach on the capital: in three columns they made their way to Wallingford on the Thames. After crossing over, William threatened London with a siege.

After a few failed attempts at aggression near London, the fight had gone out of the remaining English nobility. The northern earls, Edwin and Morcar, Esegar the sheriff of London, and Edgar the Atheling (who had even been elected - but not crowned - "king" in a feeble attempt to continue the resistance) all came out and submitted to the Norman Duke. William was crowned as England's third king that year, on Christmas day at Westminster.

Battle Abbey was built at the site of the battle of Hastings, and a plaque marks the place where Harold fell, and where the high altar of the church once stood. The settlement of Battle, East Sussex grew up around the abbey and is now a small market town.

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the events before and at the Battle of Hastings.

The Battle of Hastings is also an excellent example of the application of the theory of combined arms. The Norman archers, cavalry and infantry co-operated together to deny the English the initiative and gave the homogenous English infantry force few tactical options except defence.

[Weis 152] seen at "Doomsday" 1086, death date unknown.

AFN: 91VR-7F

http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=DESC&db=swilliams10&id=I9856

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URL: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:2902060&id=I575156043
ID: I575156043
Name: Gruffydd Ap LLEWELYN
Given Name: Gruffydd Ap
Surname: LLEWELYN
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1011 in Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Death: 5 Aug 1063
Change Date: 29 Oct 2003 1 1 1
Note: Ancestral File Number: 9NR3-RF

Father: Llywelyn Ap SEISYLLT b: Abt 0980 in Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Mother: Angharad Verch MAREDYDD b: Abt 0982 in Of, , Deheubarth, Wales

Marriage 1 Ealdgyth Queen Of ENGLAND b: Abt 1034 in Of, , Mercia, England
Married: Abt. 1058
Note: _UID02F7F757FED37145A06E4659BBB95F5DABEB
Children
Nest Verch GRUFFUDD b: Abt 1061 in Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Idwal Ap GRUFFUDD b: Abt 1057 in Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Maredudd Ap GRUFFUDD b: Abt 1055 in Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales

Sources:
Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Title: Ancestral File (R)
Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
Repository:

Ancestress of the Stuart King of England

She married, second, Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England. See notes for her first husband, Gruffydd Ap Llewelyn.

[Kopi av ROYALS.FTW]

Dau. of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia and widow of Gruffydd, Prince of WalesDau. of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia and widow of Gruffydd, Prince of Wales
Dau. of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia and widow of Gruffydd, Prince of Wales

{geni:occupation} Queen of England, Queen consort of Wales then England., Queen of Wales, Princess of Mercia

{geni:about_me} Ealdgyth of Mercia, not to be confused with Ealdgyth of Northumbria.

Father: Ælfgar, son of Leofric and Godgifu (Lady Godiva)
Mother: Ælfgifu, daughter of Morcar & Ealdgyth

Married:
1. Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, three children:
* Maredudd,
* Idwal,
* Nest (Nesta)
2. Harold Godwinson, one son together:
* Harold

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/WALES.htm#Gruffydddied1063

EALDGYTH. Florence of Worcester´s genealogies name "regina Aldgitha, comitis Ælfgari filia" as mother of King Harold´s son "Haroldum"[256]. Orderic Vitalis records that "Edwinus…et Morcarus comites, filii Algari…Edgivam sororem eorum" married firstly "Gritfridi…regis Guallorum" and secondly "Heraldo"[257]. Her parentage and marriage to King Harold are confirmed by Florence of Worcester who records that "earls Edwin and Morcar…sent off their sister Queen Elgitha to Chester" after the battle of Hastings[258].

m firstly as his second wife, GRUFFYDD ap Llywellyn Prince of Gwynedd and Powys, son of LLYWELLYN ap Seisyll King of Gwynedd & his wife Angharad of Gwynedd (-killed Snowdonia 5 Aug 1063).

Gruffydd & his second wife had three children:

ii) MAREDUDD (-1070). The Annales Cambriæ record war in 1068 betweeen "filios Kenwin, scilicet Bledin et Ruallo" and "filios Grifini, scilicet Maredut et Idwal" in which the latter were defeated[133].

iii) IDWAL (-1070). The Annales Cambriæ record war in 1068 betweeen "filios Kenwin, scilicet Bledin et Ruallo" and "filios Grifini, scilicet Maredut et Idwal" in which the latter were defeated[134].

iv) NESTA .
m OSBERN FitzRichard of Richard's Castle on the Herefordshire/Shropshire border.

(a) NESTA [Agnes] . A manuscript narrating the history of Brecknock priory records that the founder “Bernard de Nefmarche, Norman” married “Neste qe fut apele Agnes, la file Griffin le fiz Lewelin…cruel tyrant de Gales” by whom he fathered “Mael…noble chevalier” whom it was claimed was not his son and who was deprived of Brecknock in favour of “la file [de] Neste, Sibile” wife of “Miles…fiz Watir le conestable de Gloucestre e de Hereford”[135].
m BERNARD de Neufmarché, son of GEOFFROY de Neufmarché & his wife Ada --- (-1125). “Bernardus de Novo-mercato” donated property to Breckon priory, for the soul of “Philippi filii mei”, by charter dated to the reign of King Henry I[136].
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Ealdgyth
m secondly ([1064/early 1066][259]) HAROLD Godwinson, son of GODWIN Earl of Wessex & his wife Gytha of Denmark ([1022/25]-killed in battle Hastings 14 Oct 1066, bur [Waltham Abbey]). He succeeded in 1066 as HAROLD II King of England.

Ealdgyth of Mercia's parents:
ÆLFGAR (-[1062]). The Genealogia Fundatoris of Coventry Monastery names “Algarus tertius” as son of “Leofricus tertius”[236]. Florence of Worcester records that he was created Earl of the East Angles in 1053, in succession to Harold Godwinson who had succeeded his father as Earl of Wessex[237].

Florence of Worcester also records that Ælfgar was banished in 1055 by King Edward "without any just cause of offence"[238]. He went to Ireland, then to Wales where he allied himself with Gruffydd ap Llywellyn King of Gwynedd and Powys, and invaded England, sacking Hereford in Oct 1055[239]. He was reinstated in 1056 when Gruffydd accepted Edward's overlordship. Florence of Worcester records that Ælfgar was appointed to succeed his father in 1057 as Earl of Mercia[240], the earldom of the East Angles passing to Gyrth Godwinsson.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 1057 he was banished again[241], but Florence of Worcester states that he forced his restoration in 1058 with the help of Gruffydd and a Norwegian fleet[242]. His death removed from the scene the only potential challenger to Harold Godwinson Earl of Wessex.

m firstly ÆLFGIFU, daughter of MORCAR & his wife Ealdgyth ---. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified.

m secondly ([1058]) --- of Gwynedd, daughter of GRUFFYDD ap Llywellyn Prince of Gwynedd and Powys & his first wife ---. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. Earl Ælfgar & his first wife had three children:

EALDGYTH of Mercia, widow of GRUFFYDD ap Llywellyn Prince of Gwynedd and Powys, daughter of ÆLFGAR Earl of Mercia & his first wife Ælfgifu. Florence of Worcester´s genealogies name "regina Aldgitha, comitis Ælfgari filia" as mother of King Harold´s son "Haroldum"[2049]. Orderic Vitalis records that "Edwinus…et Morcarus comites, filii Algari…Edgivam sororem eorum" married firstly "Gritfridi…regis Guallorum" and secondly "Heraldo"[2050]. Her parentage and marriage with King Harold is confirmed by Florence of Worcester who records that "earls Edwin and Morcar…sent off their sister Queen Elgitha to Chester" after the battle of Hastings[2051].

King Harold II & his wife had one son:

1. HAROLD (posthumously Chester Dec 1066-after 1098). Florence of Worcester´s genealogies name "regina Aldgitha, comitis Ælfgari filia" as mother of King Harold´s son "Haroldum"[2059]. He settled at the court of Magnus II Haraldsen King of Norway. William of Malmesbury records that "Harold the son of Harold" accompanied Magnus III King of Norway when the latter invaded Orkney in 1098, captured the Isle of Man and Anglesey, forced the flight of Hugh Earl of Chester and killed Hugh Earl of Shrewsbury[2060].

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20&%20Danish%20Kings.htm#_Toc214769434

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.htm#Leofricdied1057A

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Is mentioned as a widow even prior to her supposed 2nd marriage.

Sources:
The book, 'Kings & Queens of Great Britain'
The book, 'The Oxford History of the British Monarchy'
The book, 'Wales'
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dith Swannesha (Old English: Ealdgȳð Swann hnesce, "Edith [the] Gentle Swan"; c.1025 – c. 1086), also known as Edith Swanneschals or Edith the Fair,[1] is best known as the unwedded consort of King Harold II of England. Her common name comes from a historical misinterpretation that her nickname represented Old English swann hnecca, "swan neck"[citation needed]. She is sometimes confused with Ældgyth, daughter of Ealdorman Ælfgar of Mercia, and Harold's wife.

She bore Harold several children and was his common law wife (according to Danish law, by a civil "handfast" marriage) for over 20 years. Though she was not considered Harold's wife by the Church, there is no indication that the children she bore by Harold were treated as illegitimate by the culture at the time. In fact, one of Harold Godwinesson and Edith Swan-Neck's daughters, Gyda Haraldsdatter, (also known as Gytha of Wessex), was addressed as "princess" and was married to the Grand Duke Of Kiev, Vladimir Monomakh.

Though King Harold II is said to have lawfully married Edith of Mercia, the widow of the Welsh ruler Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, (whom he defeated in battle), in 1064, this is seen by most modern scholars as a marriage of political means, or even dismissed as misunderstanding or propaganda.[citation needed] Since at the time Mercia and Wales were allied against England, the political marriage would give the English claim in two very troublesome regions, as well as give Harold Godwinesson a marriage deemed "legitimate" by the clergy of the Church, something his longtime common law wife, Edith Swan-Neck unfortunately could not provide.

Edith Swan-Neck would be remembered in history and folklore for one very important thing: it was she who identified Harold after his defeat at The Battle of Hastings. Harold's body was horrifically mutilated after the battle by the Norman army of William the Conqueror and despite the pleas by Harold's own mother for William to surrender Harold's body for burial, the Norman army refused even though Harold's mother offered William Harold's weight in gold. It was then that Edith Swan-Neck walked through the carnage of battle so that she may identify Harold by markings on his chest known only to her. It was because of Edith Swan-Neck's identification of Harold's body that Harold was given a Christian burial by the monks at Waltham. This legend was recounted in the well-known poem by Heinrich Heine, "The Battlefield of Hastings" (1855), which features Edith Swan-neck as the main character and claims that the 'marks known only to her' were in fact love bites.

Historical fiction

The relationship between Harold Godwinson and Edith Swan-neck is the subject of the novel Harold the King by Helen Hollick.

Ealdgyth was portrayed by Janet Suzman in the two-part BBC TV play Conquest (1966), part of the series Theatre 625.

References

^ Her first name is also spelled Ealdgyth, Aldgyth, or Eddeva, and sometimes appears as Ēadgȳð and Ēadgifu.
Sources

A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World, 3500 BC - 1603 AD by Simon Schama, BBC/Miramax, 2000 ISBN 0-7868-6675-6
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06: Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/12473
Great Tales from English History: The Truth About King Arthur, Lady Godiva, Richard the Lionheart, and More by Robert Lacey, 2004 ISBN 031610910X
House of Godwine: The History of Dynasty by Emma Mason, 2004 ISBN 1852853891
Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 176-2, 176A-4, 177-1
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Swanneck"
Categories: 1080s deaths | House of Godwin | Anglo-Saxon women | 11th century in England | Women in Medieval warfare | 11th-century English people
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Ealdgyth was also called Algatha of Mercia. She married Gruffyd ap Llywelyn, Brenin Cymru, son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Gwynedd and Deheubarth and Angharad verch Maredudd o Deheubarth; later she married Harald II Godwinesson, King of England, son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, in 1066--and she was made a widow during that year (as a result of the Battle of Hastings)..

See "My Lines"

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p59.htm#i7151 )

from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )
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died after 1066 Flanders

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_of_Mercia

Source: "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists" by Frederick Lewis Weis.

Page 150, Line: (176 A-4):

4. Edith (or Aldgyth), seen at "Doomsday" 1086, death date unknown, m (1) ca. 1057 Griffith ap Llwellyn (176-2) slain 5 Aug. 1062; m. (2) prob. 1064 Harold (1B-23) Earl of Wessex,as Harlod II, King of England. By Griffith she had a dau. Nesta (see 176-3 and 177-2). By Harold she had a son Harold, seen at domesday 1086, later life unknown, and possibly King Harold's son Ulf. (NGSQ, Vol. 50, pp. 74-78 and cited references).

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mistress or common law wife of King Harold ll

Cousin to Earl of Chester.[Custer February 1, 2002 Family Tree.FTW]

[merge G675.FTW]

Cousin to Earl of Chester.

Ancestral File Number: 91VR-7F

SOURCE NOTES:
Royals http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~churchh/edw3chrt.html
http://home.att.net/~a.junkins/kiev.html#V11

RESEARCH NOTES:
Gjenkjente Haralds lik after slaget, and fikk begravd ham.

Edgyth var Harold's frille.

REFN: 5383

OR "EDITH""ALDGYTH" OF MERCIA

Also have birth as 1025. [Our Family Museum]

28th great grandmother

Bio
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=298a2ccd-1cff-434b-8391-ffb72574ba7c&tid=10145763&pid=-269456346

Bio
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=document&guid=298a2ccd-1cff-434b-8391-ffb72574ba7c&tid=10145763&pid=-269456346

Harold, still in his early twenties, met and fell in love with Edith Swan Neck, who he met in Nazeing in Essex. She became his loyal mistress and he would visit her whenever he could. Harold suffered paralysis soon after their meeting, but managed to recover. To give thanks to God, he built an abbey at Waltham Cross. He would later be laid to rest there after his final battle.

Harold, still in his early twenties, met and fell in love with Edith Swan Neck, who he met in Nazeing in Essex. She became his loyal mistress and he would visit her whenever he could. Harold suffered paralysis soon after their meeting, but managed to recover. To give thanks to God, he built an abbey at Waltham Cross. He would later be laid to rest there after his final battle.

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