Eadgifu of Kent

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Eadgifu of Kent was a 10th-century English queen consort and influential royal matriarch, noted for her substantial landholdings and political influence during and after the reign of her husband, King Edward the Elder.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 10th-century English noblewoman ⓘ
landowner ⓘ
queen consort of England ⓘ
royal consort ⓘ
associatedWith Kentish aristocracy ⓘ
Winchester ⓘ
burialPlace likely in or near Winchester (exact site uncertain) ⓘ
child Eadburh of Winchester ⓘ
Eadgifu (daughter of Edward the Elder) ⓘ
linked to: Eadgifu of Kent

Eadred ⓘ
linked to: Eadred of England

Edmund I ⓘ
linked to: Edmund I of England
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
family House of Wessex (by marriage) ⓘ
linked to: House of Wessex
father Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent ⓘ
floruit early to mid-10th century ⓘ
historicalSource Anglo-Saxon charters ⓘ
later medieval chronicles ⓘ
influenced distribution of royal patronage to churches and monasteries ⓘ
knownFor appearing frequently as a beneficiary and donor in charters ⓘ
defending her property rights in legal disputes ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
marriedToMonarchFrom c. 919 ⓘ
marriedToMonarchUntil 924 ⓘ
motherInLaw Ealhswith ⓘ
Ælfflæd of Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Ælfflæd
motherOfMonarch Eadred ⓘ
linked to: Eadred of England

Edmund I ⓘ
linked to: Edmund I of England
notableFor political influence during the reign of Edward the Elder ⓘ
political influence during the reign of her sons Edmund I and Eadred ⓘ
role as royal matriarch in the House of Wessex ⓘ
substantial landholdings ⓘ
notableWork Endowments to religious houses in Kent and elsewhere ⓘ
participatedIn royal land transactions recorded in charters ⓘ
positionHeld Queen consort of the English ⓘ
property extensive estates in Kent ⓘ
lands in other parts of southern England ⓘ
relative Athelstan (step-son) ⓘ
linked to: Æthelstan Atheling

Ælfweard (step-son) ⓘ
linked to: Ælfweard of Wessex
religion Christianity ⓘ
Latin Church ⓘ
residence Kent ⓘ
royal court of Wessex ⓘ
role advisor and supporter of her sons’ kingships ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Edward the Elder ⓘ
spouseOfMonarch Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
linked to: Edward the Elder
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
title Queen of the Anglo-Saxons ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

Edmund I of England → mother → Eadgifu of Kent ⓘ
Edmund I of England → sibling → Eadgifu, Queen of the West Franks ⓘ
linked to: Eadgifu of Kent
Charles the Simple → spouse → Eadgifu of Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Eadgifu of Kent
Edward the Elder → spouse → Eadgifu of Kent ⓘ
Edward the Elder → child → Eadgifu of Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Eadgifu of Kent
Eadred of England → mother → Eadgifu of Kent ⓘ
Eadgifu of Kent → child → Eadgifu (daughter of Edward the Elder) ⓘ
linked to: Eadgifu of Kent