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Female Eadgyth Swan-neck Click to view Eadgyth Swan-neck in the family tree

Eadgyth was born in 1032 in Wessex, England.  Eadgyth's father was King Aelfgar of the East Saxons and her mother is Princess Aelgifu of England.  Her paternal grandparents were Earl Leofric III of Mercia and Godgifu of Mercia; her maternal grandparents were King Aethelred ("the Unready" (without counsel)) II of the English and Elfreda. She had a sister named Ealdgyth. She had two half-sisters named Lucy and Ealdgyth.  She died after 1086 in Flanders.


Eadgyth's family with King Harold Godewineson II of the English

‌Eadgyth and Harold were married in a religious ceremony in 1045.  They had a daughter named Gytha.

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