Eadgifu of Wessex, Queen of West Francia

902 - Aft 955  (54 years)

• Name	Eadgifu of Wessex
  Suffix	Queen of West Francia
  Birth	902	Wessex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 955	(Laon, France)   [2]
  Person ID	I51070	The Hennessee Family
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons,   b. ~874, (Wantage, Berkshire) England d. 17 Jul 924, Farndon, Cheshire, England
  Mother	Aelffled, Royal consort of Wessex
  Marriage	Y  [1, 3]
  Family ID	F19016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles the Simple, King of West Francia,   b. 17 Sep 879   d. Peronne, France
  Marriage	919  [4]
  Children	1. Louis IV
  Family ID	F19019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 902 - Wessex, England Death - Aft 955 - (Laon, France)  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Eadgifu or Edgifu, also known as Edgiva or Ogive (Old English: Eadgifu; 902 – after 955) was a daughter[1] of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife ¥lfflµd. She was born in Wessex. Marriage to the French King Eadgifu was one of three West Saxon sisters married to Continental rulers: the others were Eadgyth, who married Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eadhild, who married Hugh the Great. Eadgifu became the second wife of King Charles III of France,[1] whom she married in 919 after the death of his first wife, Frederonne. Eadgifu was mother to Louis IV of France. Flight to England In 922 Charles III was deposed and the next year taken prisoner by Count Herbert II of Vermandois, an ally of the then current king. To protect her son's safety Eadgifu took him to England in 923 to the court of her half-brother, King ¥thelstan of England.[2] Because of this, Louis IV of France became known as Louis d'Outremer of France. He stayed there until 936, when he was called back to France to be crowned King. Eadgifu accompanied him. She retired to a convent in Laon.[3] In 951, Heribert the Old, Count of Omois, abducted and married her, to the great anger of her son.[4] [2]

  
  

• Sources

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