AthelingEdith Swanneck
Lady of the Godwin household. 1025 to Not recorded.
What is known, and how well
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | 1025 | Year |
| Death | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Parents | Not recorded | |
| House | East Anglian landholders | |
| Realm | England | |
| How sure we are | Not rated | Of this record as a whole |
In brief
Eadgifu the Fair, the richest woman in East Anglia in Domesday, Harold's partner by handfast marriage for twenty years and the mother of at least five of his children. Set aside, in the church's eyes, when Harold married Ealdgyth of Mercia. Tradition has her identifying Harold's body at Hastings.
Family
Children Godwin, Edmund, Gytha.
What is uncertain
- Death is not recorded.
- Parentage is not recorded here.
Sources
Named in the record
- Domesday Book
Reference works
- Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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