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Ealdgyth of Mercia Queen Consort of England[1]

Female 1034 - 1086  (52 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname Ealdgyth of Mercia Queen Consort of England 
    Birth 1034  Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 1086  Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 52 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Leofwine Ealderman. Of Hwicce,   b. 994, MERCIA, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1028, Chester Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)  (Great Grandfather) 
    Aelfgifu Elgiva ( Princess of Wessex),   b. 1015, Wessex, Anglo Saxon Kingdom, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1050, Mercia, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  (Mother) 
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    Person ID P8398  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors Alfgar ( 4th Earl of Mercia),   b. 12 Aug 1002, Mercia, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Sep 1059, Mercia, England, Buried at church in Coventry, Warwichshire, England' Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Aelfgifu Elgiva ( Princess of Wessex),   b. 1015, Wessex, Anglo Saxon Kingdom, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1050, Mercia, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1027  Wessex, , , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 24 years and 4 months - She : ~ 12 years
    Family ID F3929  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Husband 1 Ancestors Harold II Godwinson King of England,   b. 1022, Wessex, Anglo-Saxon England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1066, Senlac Hill, Battle near Hastings E.Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Other: Edith Swannesha 
    Marriage Jan 1066  Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 32 years and 1 month - He : ~ 44 years and 1 month. 
    Children 
     1. Ulf Haroldsson,   b. 1066   d. 1067 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]
     2. Harold III Haroldsson,   b. 1066   d. 1098 (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F2090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Husband 2 Ancestors Gruffydd (king of Gwynedd) Llywelyn,   b. 1011, Rhuddlan, Flintshire / Denbighshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1064, Murdered by his own men Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 1058 
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 24 years - He : ~ 47 years. 
    Family ID F2336  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=8398