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Edith of England, also spelt Eadgyth or Ædgyth (Old English: Ēadgȳð, German: Edgitha; 910–946), a member of the House of Wessex, was a German queen from 936, by her marriage to King Otto I.
Feb 20, 2019 · Tests performed in Germany and the UK revealed that the bones, gently wrapped in silk, were indeed those of the person named on the sarcophagus: Eadgyth (or Edith), an Anglo-Saxon princess, and later Queen of the Germans. Eadgyth was about as royal as they come in British history.
Princess Eadgyth. On 20th January 2010 it was announced that the remains of King Athelstan’s half-sister Eadgyth (pronounced Edith), were believed to have been unearthed at Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany.
Jul 26, 2010 · Edith of England (Old English: Ēadgȳð; 910 - 26 January 946), also spelt Eadgyth or Ædgyth, was the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England and Ælfflæd, and the wife of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Bones excavated in Magdeburg Cathedral in 2008 are those of Saxon Princess Eadgyth who died in AD 946, scientists from the Department of Archaeology confirmed today. The crucial scientific evidence came from the teeth preserved in the upper jaw.
Jun 18, 2010 · Eadgyth spent her childhood in southern England. Scientists have revealed that they think bones found in a German cathedral are those of one of the earliest members of the English royal family....
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Jun 11, 2018 · Eadgyth (c. 1022–75), queen of Edward the Confessor. Eadgyth was the eldest daughter of Earl Godwine, the most powerful nobleman of his day, and sister of Harold II. She married Edward in 1045 soon after his succession.
