Edith Godwinsdottir^[1]

1025 - 1075  (50 years)

• Name	Edith Godwinsdottir
  Born	1025	Wessex, Anglo-Saxon Britain
  Christened	Isle of Thanet, Kent, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	18 Dec 1075	Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Buried	25 Dec 1075	Saint Peter's Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England
  Person ID	I178280939	Juli2021
  Last Modified	28 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Godwin Earl of Wessex,   b. Abt 978, Sussex, England ,   d. 15 Apr 1053, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Gytha Thorkelsdóttir,   b. 997, Halland, Krokstad, Bohuslän, Sverige ,   d. 1069, St. Omer, Flandern  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1019	Halland, Sweden
  Family ID	F1507438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S1000335] FamilySearch Family Tree, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.dk/research/collection-40001/familysearch-family-tree?itemId=157507112&action=showRecord (Reliability: 4). Edith King of the English of Wessex (født Godwinsdottir)<br>Også kendt som: Eadgyth GodwinsdatterEditha the VirtuousQueen Edith Godwinsdottir<br>Køn: Kvinde<br>Fødsel: 1025 - Wessex, Anglo-Saxon Britain<br>Dåb: Isle of Thanet, Kent, England<br>Ægteskab: 23. jan. 1045 - Wessex<br>Død: 18. dec. 1075 - Winchester, Hampshire, England<br>Gravlagt: 25. dec. 1075 - Saint Peter's Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England<br>Forældre: Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Gytha Earl of Wessex (født Thorkelsdóttir)<br>Ægtemand: Edward the Confessor, King of the English<br>Søskende: Druella Kent OBrien (født Godwinsdottir), Earl Swegen of Mercia, Harold Godwinson, Sweyn Godwinson Earl of Hereford, Gunhild Godwinsdotter, Aelfgifu Godwinssdottir, Tostig Godwinson, Lady Marigard Of Avon and Wessex, Gyrth Godwinsson Earl of East Anglia, Earl Leofwine of Kent Godwinson, Wulfnoth of Wessex Godwinsson, Alfgar Godwineson<br>  Yderligere information: LifeSketch:Consort of Edward the Confessor EADGYTH ([1020/22]-Winchester 18 Dec 1075, bur Westminster Abbey). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 1045 "king Edward took to wife Edith the daughter of Earl Godwin, ten days before Candlemas"[526]. She was educated in Wilton nunnery. Florence of Worcester records that her husband repudiated her in 1051 when he sent the rest of her family into exile and sent her "in disgrace with only a single handmaid" to Wherwell Abbey[527]. She was brought back to court when her father was restored the following year[528]. She commissioned the Vita Ædwardi Regis from a foreign clerk, probably from Saint-Omer, setting out the history of her family. She continued to live around Winchester after the Norman conquest, and appears to have been treated well by King William I[529]. Florence of Worcester records the death "XIV Kal Jan" in [1074] of "Edgitha regis Haroldi germana quondam Anglorum regina" at Winchester and her burial at Westminster[530]. m (23 Jan 1045) EDWARD "the Confessor" King of England, son of ÆTHELRED II King of England & his second wife Emma of Normandy ([1005]-Palace of Westminster 5 Jan 1066, bur Westminster Abbey).TitleOfNobility:Queen of England