EDGIVA OF KENT

'Edgiva of Kent', or also 'Eadgifu' (d. August 25, 968) was the third wife of Edward the Elder, King of England. Edgiva was the daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent. She became the mother of two sons, Edmund, later King Edmund I, and Edred, later King Edred, and two daughters, Saint Edburga of Winchester and Edgiva. Edgiva survived Edward by many years, dying in the reign of her grandson Edgar.

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★ House of Wessex family tree