Cook Family Ancestry Etheldreda (St. Audrey) Abbess [4825] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Etheldreda (St. Audrey) Abbess [4825]
(-0679)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Tondberht of South-Gyrwas Ealdorman of South Gyrwas [6090]
2. Ecgfrith of Northumbria King of Northumbria [6091]

Etheldreda (St. Audrey) Abbess [4825] ²⁴

Marriage (1): Tondberht of South-Gyrwas Ealdorman of South Gyrwas [6090]
Marriage (2): Ecgfrith of Northumbria King of Northumbria [6091]
Died: 679

bullet Cause of her death was Plauge.

bullet General Notes:

Acceded: 672

She did not welcome marriage. Death relieved her of her first husband and she
convinced her second that they should live as brother and sister. This caused
him to release her after twelve years! She now lived as a nun in monastries
she founded. She died of Plauge. She is the patron saint of throat and neck
ailments and her festival is 23rd June.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal6808

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Acceded, 672.

Etheldreda married Tondberht of South-Gyrwas Ealdorman of South Gyrwas [6090] [MRIN: 2082].

Etheldreda next married Ecgfrith of Northumbria King of Northumbria [6091] [MRIN: 2083].

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Etheldreda (St. Audrey) Abbess [4825] ²⁴