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Edith of Wessex[1]

Female 1020 - 1075  (55 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname Edith of Wessex 
    Birth 1020  Of, , Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 19 Dec 1075  Winchester, Hampshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 55 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Cerdic the Saxon (1st King of Wessex) 1,   b. 467, Ancient Saxony, Northern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 534, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  (19 x Great Grandfather) 
    Gunhild Haraldsdatter,   b. 905, Copenhagen, København, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1029, Longueville, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 124 years)  (Great Grandmother) 
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    Person ID P8371  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors Godwin ( 1st Earl Of Wessex) Wulfnosonn,   b. 986, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1053, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Other: Thyra Sevindottir  m. 1022  
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ancestors Gytha of Skane Thorkelsdottir,   b. 1001, Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1069, Artois, Flanders, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1019  Halland, Jamtland, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 33 years - She : ~ 18 years. 
    Family ID F2085  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband Ancestors Edward ( KING OF WESSEX) ( THE CONFESSOR),   b. 1004, Islip, Oxfordshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1066, London, Middlesex, , England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1045  Winchester, Hampshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 25 years and 1 month - He : ~ 41 years and 1 month. 
    Family ID F2081  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=8371