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Ealdgyth

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wessex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1017 (56-58)
Winchester, England (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: England
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ælfthryth
Wife of Morcar, High Reeve of Northumbria
Mother of Ælfgifu

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About Ealdgyth

Ealdgyth, wife of Morcar.

Father: Ælftryth.

Child: Ælfgifu, who married Ælfgar, son of Leofric and Godgifu (Lady Godiva)

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/Contents.htm

b) MORCAR (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). King Æthelred II granted land in Derbyshire to "Morcar minister" under a charter dated 1009[719]. With his brother, a leading thegn of the northern Danelaw. Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[720].

m EALDGYTH, daughter of ÆLFTHRYTH & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. Morcar & his wife had one child:

i) ÆLFGIFU. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m as his first wife, ÆLFGAR Earl of Mercia, son of LEOFRIC Earl of Mercia & his wife Godgifu --- (-1062).

[Please search here before merging her with others with a similar name - there are many different Ealdgyths, Aelgifus and Ælfgifus out there. Check ALL parents, spouses and children, please!]



OF ENGLAND

Edgitha Or Ealdgytha

Date of birth: 960

Place of birth: , , England

Father: Aelfthryth Of Tamworth

Husband: Morcar Of Northumbria

Place of marriage: of Wessex, England

No marriage date. One child born: Abt 993

http://www.josephsmithsr.com/gedcom/SMITH.ged

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Ealdgyth's Timeline

960
960
Wessex, England (United Kingdom)
997
997
Wessex, England
1017
1017
Age 57
Winchester, England (United Kingdom)
1993
June 9, 1993
Age 57
JRIVE
October 1, 1993
Age 57
JRIVE
????
England (United Kingdom)