Eadgyth (Edith) OF WESSEX
- Born: 910, Wessex, England
- Marriage (1): Otton "Le Grand" DE SAXE Empereur du Saint-Empire in 930
- Died: 26 Jan 946, Magdeburg, Germany aged 36
General Notes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadgyth
Edith was born to the reigning English king Edward the Elder by his second wife, Ælfflæd, and hence was a granddaughter of King Alfred the Great. She had an older sister, Eadgifu.
At the request of the East Frankish king Henry the Fowler, who wished to stake a claim to equality and to seal the alliance between the two Saxon kingdoms, her half-brother King Æthelstan sent his sisters Edith and Edgiva to Germany. Henry's eldest son and heir to the throne Otto was instructed to choose whichever one pleased him best. Otto chose Edith, according to Hrotsvitha a woman "of pure noble countenance, graceful character and truly royal appearance", and married her in 930.
Eadgyth married Otton "Le Grand" DE SAXE Empereur du Saint-Empire, son of 54160850574 Henri Ier "L'Oiseleur" DE GERMANIE . Duc de Saxe and 54160850575 Mathilde (Sainte Maud) VON RINGELHEIM, in 930. (Otton "Le Grand" DE SAXE Empereur du Saint-Empire was born in 912 and died in 973.)
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