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Biography of Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia -951

Paternal Family Tree: Wessex

Maternal Family Tree: Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons 870

Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia was born to King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons and Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons.

On 7th October 919 Charles "Simple" III King West Francia (age 40) and Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia were married. She by marriage Queen Consort West Francia. She the daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 45) and Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons (age 49). He the son of Louis "Stammerer" II King Aquitaine III King West Francia and Adelaide Paris Queen Consort Aquitaine and West Francia.

Death of King Edward the Elder

On 17th July 924 [her father] King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons (age 50) died. He was buried in St Oswald's Priory [Map]. His son [her half-brother] Æthelstan (age 30) succeeded King Anglo Saxons. His son Æthelstan succeeded I King Anglo Saxons.

On 7th October 929 [her husband] Charles "Simple" III King West Francia (age 50) died.

In 951 Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia died.

In 951 Herbert "Old" Vermandois III Count Troyes and Meaux (age 41) and Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia were married. She by marriage Countess Troyes and Meaux. She the daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons and Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons (age 81). He the son of Herbert Vermandois II Count Vermandois II Count Soissons II Count Meaux and Adela Capet Countess Vermandois, Soissons and Meaux.

In 980 [her former husband] Herbert "Old" Vermandois III Count Troyes and Meaux (age 70) died.

Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia -951 appears on the following Descendants Family Trees:

Royal Ancestors of Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia -951

Kings Wessex: Daughter of King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Ancestors of Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia -951

Great x 4 Grandfather: Eafa Wessex

Great x 3 Grandfather: Ealmund King of Kent

Great x 2 Grandfather: King Egbert of Wessex

Great x 1 Grandfather: King Æthelwulf of Wessex

GrandFather: King Alfred "The Great" of Wessex

Great x 2 Grandfather: Oslac

Great x 1 Grandmother: Osburgh Queen Consort Wessex

Father: King Edward "Elder" of the Anglo Saxons

Great x 1 Grandfather: Æthelred Mucel Mercia Earldorman Gaini

GrandMother: Æalhswith of Mercia Queen Consort of England

Great x 1 Grandmother: Eadburh of Mercia

Eadgifu Wessex Queen Consort West Francia

GrandFather: Æthelhelm Earldorman Wiltshire

Mother: Aelfflaed Wiltshire Queen Anglo Saxons