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RELI Sources: Taut, Anne. "The Kings and Queens of Great Britain"nded on Coast of England.Said to have been the sister of the King of the FranksSubject: Re: Ancient Saxon lineageFrom:
cbcbennett@adnc.comDate:Sat, 15 Feb 1997 11:21:13 -0600In article<5dnrgb$ms$1@news.campus.mci.net>et>,sbald@auburn.campus.mci.net (Stewart Baldwin) wrote:>> CARRIEDAWAY <mmurphy@TCD.IE>
wrote:><:><snip>>> >3) Is there anyhistorical verification for the claim that Redburga, wife> >ofking Ecgg Ecgbert III of Wessex, was a sister of Charlemagne,King of> >Franks? Redburga was the
mother of  (among others)Aethelwulf King of> >England b. c. AD 800.>> Ecgbert was theonly king of Wessex of of that name, and should not have> a"III" after his name.  He was certainly not married to
a sistterof> Charlemagne.  I have never seen the name of his wifedocumented in any> good source.><snip>nip>> StewartBaldwinFurther to this:  I assume the "III" comes from hisposition as king ofKent.
  t.  Egbert's father Ealhmund isusually identified as the king of Kentof that name. David Kelleyhaas suggested that the introduction of thepreviously-Kentishname Egbert into the Wessex dynasty at
this time mayindicate adescent from the Kentish royal family.  Its an interestingidea,and if cororrect would give a possible Merovingian ancestry tothelater Wessex kings, but there's absolutely  no
proof that Iknow of.However, Stewart is right -- Egbert should not bereferred to as "EgbertIIIII".There is no contemporary source forEgbert's wife.  The name "Raedburh"comse from a medieval
mlmanuscript quoted by W. G. Searle (Anglo-SaxonBishops, Kings andNobles, London 1899, 343) as "MSS Trin Coll Oxf x". She isdescribed there as "regis Francorum sororia" which can only beareferencnce
to Charlemagne; however there is no such sisterknown. SinceEgbert was certainly in exile at CCharlemagne'scourt, it is perfectlyplausible that he married his wife there.If the tradition hass
anyvalue, then the best guess is that shewas probably a sister-in-law, butshe could just as wellll havebeen a lady of the Court.  Settipani (Laprehistoire desCapetiens, 308 n791) is willing to
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DATE 4 JUN 2000