Ealdgyth of Mercia

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Ealdgyth of Mercia was an 11th-century English noblewoman and queen consort of England through her marriage to King Harold Godwinson, linking the powerful Mercian earldom with the Godwin family on the eve of the Norman Conquest.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ealdgyth, Queen of England 2
Ealdgyth of Mercia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century English person ⓘ
English noblewoman ⓘ
human ⓘ
queen consort of England ⓘ
associatedWith Earldom of Mercia ⓘ
linked to: Earldom of Wessex

Godwin family ⓘ
Harold II of England ⓘ
linked to: Harold Godwinson

Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1066 (as queen consort) ⓘ
era Late Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
father Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia ⓘ
floruit 11th century ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
languageSpoken Old English ⓘ
marriagePurpose to cement political alliance between Mercia and the Godwinsons ⓘ
mother Ælfgifu (wife of Ælfgar of Mercia) ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Leofric (Mercian earls) ⓘ
nobleRank earl’s daughter ⓘ
occupation noblewoman ⓘ
positionHeld Queen consort of England ⓘ
predecessor Edith of Wessex (as queen consort of England) ⓘ
linked to: Edith of Wessex
region Mercia ⓘ
relative Leofric, Earl of Mercia (grandfather or close ancestor) ⓘ
sibling Edwin, Earl of Mercia ⓘ
Morcar, Earl of Northumbria ⓘ
significantEvent Became queen consort shortly before the Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
Marriage to Harold Godwinson strengthened alliance between Mercian earldom and Godwin family ⓘ
spouse Gruffudd ap Llywelyn ⓘ
Harold Godwinson ⓘ
spouseTitle King of England (Harold Godwinson) ⓘ
linked to: Harold Godwinson

King of Gwynedd and Deheubarth (Gruffudd ap Llywelyn) ⓘ
startTime 1066 (as queen consort) ⓘ
title Queen of England ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harold Godwinson → spouse → Ealdgyth of Mercia ⓘ
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia → child → Ealdgyth, Queen of England ⓘ
linked to: Ealdgyth of Mercia
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia → relative → Ealdgyth, Queen of England ⓘ
linked to: Ealdgyth of Mercia