Collateral blood relative
Edith of England
Also recorded as Eadgyth · Editha
West Saxon princess, daughter of Edward the Elder; first wife of Otto the Great and mother of Liutgarde of Saxony. Her remains are preserved at Magdeburg Cathedral.
- Dates
- c. 910 to 26 January 946
- Titles and offices
- Queen consort of Germany
- House or family
- House of Wessex
- Father
- Edward the Elder
- Mother
- Ælfflæd
- Children in this pedigree
- Liutgarde of SaxonyCollateral
- Relationship to Brandon
- Recorded in the archive as part of the withdrawn Mengen and Bauffremont reconstruction. Not a direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire.
- Evidence status
- Contemporary Record
Collateral blood relative. Recorded in the archive as part of the withdrawn Mengen and Bauffremont reconstruction. Not a direct ancestor of Brandon Noble LeClaire.
Portraits, seals and monuments
Tomb or grave monument
Her tomb and identified remains survive at Magdeburg Cathedral; no lifetime portrait exists.
Line to Brandon Noble LeClaire
This person is a collateral blood relative. No line of descent runs through them.
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All 6 recorded ancestors of Edith of England
- Edward the Elderc. 874 to 17 July 924
- ÆlfflædDied after 920
- Alfred the Greatc. 849 to 26 October 899
- EalhswithDied 5 December 902
- Æthelwulf, King of WessexDied 13 January 858
- Ecgberht, King of WessexDied 839
Further references
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon (contemporary record, 1012 to 1018)
- Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33
Edith of England is recorded in the ancestry of the House of LeClaire alongside 176 other identified individuals.