Edith the Fair, Swanneck Queen consort of England [9222]
(Abt 1025-Abt 1086)

 

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Harold II Godwineson King of England [8218]

Edith the Fair, Swanneck Queen consort of England [9222] 24

  • Born: Abt 1025
  • Marriage: Harold II Godwineson King of England [8218]
  • Died: Abt 1086 about age 61
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http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal05367


http://www.thepeerage.com/p10669.htm#i106689

also went by the nick-name of Edith 'Swan Neck'.2

1. E. B. Fryde, D. E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, editors, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition (London, U.K.: Royal Historical Society, 1986), page 29. Hereinafter cited as Handbook of British Chronology.

2. Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 37. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Swanneck

Common-law wife of King Harold


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Edith married Harold II Godwineson King of England [8218] [MRIN: 2493], son of Godwin of Wessex Earl of Wessex and Kent [8219] and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir [8221]. (Harold II Godwineson King of England [8218] was born about 1022, died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle, Sussex and was buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.). The cause of his death was killed in the battle.




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