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Eadgifu (Wessex) de France (aft. 902 - aft. 951)

Eadgifu (Edgiva) "Queen of Western Francia, Abbess of Notre Dame de Laon" de France formerly Wessex aka Carolingian, Vermandois
Born after in Wessex, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married 7 Oct 0919 [location unknown]
Wife of — married 0951 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died after at about age 49 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, Francemap
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Eadgifu of Wessex (b. 902/5 - bur. Saint-Médard de Soissons).[6][1]

Biography

Eadgifu is a half-sister of Aethelstan of Wessex.[7][8][9] Between 917 and 919, (Foot, 2011, p. 46)[10] She was married off to Charles le Simple, king of west Francia and Lotharingia. This act made her the first of at least four of Aethelstan's sisters who married foreigners, (Maclean, 2008).[11]

Charles' unsuccessful reign forced Eadgifu back to England (Cawley, 2006), but she and her only child, Louis the Outremer (b. 10 Sep 920 or 21 - d. 10 Sep 954 Reims),[12][13] returned to France in 936, (MacLean, 2017, p. 35). She was the Abbess of Notre Dame de Laon from that time until 951, when Heribert III "le Viex" de Vermandois, Comte le Viex abducted and married her. They had no children, (Cawley, 2006).

According to Cawley (2006), Eadgifu fled to England in 923.[14] But apparently, this is not based on hard proof.

What is certain is that Charles was captured in 923, (Hartley, 2013, p. 147).[2]

More specifically, it was her son Louis who immediately left Francia to be raised at the court of Athelstan, (Foot, 2011, p. 46; MacLean, 2017, p. 35).

A year after his capture, Charles was transferred and permanently incarcerated at Peronne castle in Somme, (Cawley, 2006).[15][3] Some scholars have entertained the idea that Eadgifu may have remained in Francia until Charles died in 929, (Foot, 2011, p. 46-47).[4]

Religion

  • c. 936 - 951: Abbess of Notre Dame de Laon.[16][5]

Sources

  1. see also: Wikipedia:fr:Edwige de Wessex
    alias: Ēadgifu, Ædgifu, Ogive, Ottobega, (Flodoard of Reims - EN translation by Bachrach, 2004).[1] Ogiva, [Palgrave (1857), calls her Ogiva].[2]
  2. see also: Lappenberg, 1845, p. 99-100.[3]
    Lappenburg (1845), also states that Eadgifu went to England after her husband was captured in 923. But unlike Nelson (DNB), he asserts that she accompanied her son, Louis. But he does *not* cite either claim.
  3. see: Wikipedia: Château de Péronne
  4. Foot (2011), citing Nelson (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).[4]
  5. Palgrave (1857), asserts that her son Louis appointed her Lady Superior.[5]
  • Cawley, (2006). Medieval Lands v.4. Fmg.ac. Web.[17]
  • Foot, S. (2011). AEthelstan: The First King of England, pp. 46. Yale University Press. Google Books.[18]
  • Hartley, C. (2013). "Eadgifu (fl. 919-951)." A Historical Dictionary of British Women, pp. 147. Routledge. Google Books.[19]
  • MacLean, S. (2015). Cross-channel marriage and royal succession in the age of Charles the Simple and Athelstan (c. 916-936). Medieval Worlds 1(2). University of St. Andrews. DOI:10.1553/medievalworlds_no2_2015s26. Web.[20]
  • MacLean, S. (2017). Ottonian Queenship, p. 33-36. Oxford University Press. Google Books.[21]




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TO DO:
  • see if church records exist for role as Abbess (help me look, thx!).
posted by [Living Ogle]
Ogive-1 and Wessex-276 are duplicates...

My suggestion: Merge out the Ogive-1 (wrong LNAB) duplicate, then disconnect or merge out the weird Transmarinus line. Somebody needs to fix that line, so we do not promote bad GEDCOMS that come back to haunt the web.

posted by [Living Ogle]
I've been trying to track alleged son Charles for hours... (besides the decourcy family page) ... still no dice, but will keep an eye out. Current thoughts... the sisters had similar names and William of Malmsbury names them, so... :(

PS: The Ogive/Ogivas are most likely duplicates. Someone should merge Ogive-1 so we can sort of prune the tree.

posted by [Living Ogle]
Ogiva is the name Palgrave used for Eadgifu.
posted by [Living Ogle]
Ogive-1 and Wessex-276 are not ready to be merged because: Not sure if these are the same profiles at all ??
posted by Maggie N.
Wessex-276 and NA-35 appear to represent the same person because: This subtree of NA-35 and all the connected parties are duplicates that need to be merged into Wessex-276 and related parties.
posted by William Foster Jr
Wessex-402 and Wessex-276 appear to represent the same person because: merge.
posted by [Living Ogle]
I can find no evidence in FMG that a daughter of "Edward" married Ebles Poitiers. (His wives are all screwed up.) As there is no source for this marriage, I believe that she should be disconnected as a wife.

See: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20&%20Danish%20Kings.htm#Edwarddied924B

posted by Vic Watt

Rejected matches › Emilienne Normandy (0892-0951)

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