Abbess of Shaftesbury Æthelgeofu

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Abbess of Shaftesbury Æthelgeofu

Abbess of Shaftesbury was born about 0875. Abbess of Shaftesbury's father was Alfred the Great and her mother was Ealhswith (Alswitha) of the Gaini. Her paternal grandparents were King of England Æthelwulf and Osburger (Osburga). She had three brothers and two sisters, named Edward the, Edmund, King of the Saxons, Æfthryth Ethelswida and Æthelflaed. She was the second youngest of the six children.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Eaba (Eafa)^*
  - b.~  0732 in Wessex, England
  
  Under-King of Kent Ealhmund
  - b.~  0758 in Wessex, England d.~  0802
  
  a Kentish princess
  
  III Ecgbert
  - b.0769 in Wessex, England d.4 FEB 838/39 in Wessex, England
  
  II Æthelbert ^*
  - b.~  0552 d.0616
  
  daughter of Æthelbert
  
  Princess of the Franks Bertha
  
  King of England Æthelwulf
  - b.0795 in Wessex, England
  
  Charles Martel ^*
  - b.0689 in Heristal, Leige (Belgium) d.22 OCT 741 in Quierzy, Aisne, Neustria
  
  Pepin III 'the Short'
  - b.0714 in Austrasia d.24 SEP 768 in St. Denis, France
  
  Lady Bothrude (Rotrude) of Alemania ^*
  - b.~  0690 in Austrasia d.0724
  
  Lady Redburga
  - b.~  0767 in Wessex, England d.0839
  
  Heribert Caribert ^*
  - b.~  0690 in Laon, Aisne, France d.~  0747
  
  Lady Bertha Broadfoot
  - b.~  0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 JUL 783
  
  Bertrada
  - b.~  0690 in Laon, Aisne, France
  
  Alfred the Great
  - b.0846 in Wantage, Berkshire d.26 OCT 899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
  
  King of Isle of Wight Wihtgar
  - d.0544
  
  son of Wihtgar
  
  daughter of Elesa ^*
  
  Earl Oslac the Dane
  - b.~  0780 in Isle of Wright
  
  Osburger (Osburga)
  - b.~  0810
  
  Judith
  
  Abbess of Shaftesbury Æthelgeofu
  - b.~  0875
  
  Ealhswith (Alswitha) of the Gaini
  - b.~  0852 in Mercia, England
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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