Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameEaldgyth, 29G Grandmother
Spouses
2Edmund 'Ironside' King Of England, 29G Grandfather
FatherÆthelred II 'the Unready' King Of England (~968-1016)
MotherElfgiva Of Northumbria Queen Of England (-<1002)
ChildrenEdward 'the Exile' (~1016-1057)
Web Notes notes for Ealdgyth
From "Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David Williamson, ISBN 0-86350-101-X, p. 29:
He married in the summer of 1015 Ealdgith, widow of Sigeferth, son of Earngrim, an Anglo-Scandinavian thane, and left two infant sons, possibly twins, who were sent to far off Hungary for safe-keeping after the death of their father in Nov 1016.
The primary reference, the AngloSaxonChronicle reports that Edmund took Ealdgyth, widow of Ealdorman Sigeferth (who with Ealdorman Morcar was killed by the instigation of Eadric Streona) from a convent, married her, and took over the Northumbrian possessions of the Ealdorman, all without his father's permission.
He married in the summer of 1015 Ealdgith, widow of Sigeferth, son of Earngrim, an Anglo-Scandinavian thane, and left two infant sons, possibly twins, who were sent to far off Hungary for safe-keeping after the death of their father in Nov 1016.
The primary reference, the AngloSaxonChronicle reports that Edmund took Ealdgyth, widow of Ealdorman Sigeferth (who with Ealdorman Morcar was killed by the instigation of Eadric Streona) from a convent, married her, and took over the Northumbrian possessions of the Ealdorman, all without his father's permission.