Eadgifu of Kent

896 - 968  (72 years)

• Name	Eadgifu of Kent
  	Her name was also spelt Edgiva. [3, 5]
  Birth	About 896	Kingdom of Kent   [5]
  Death	25 Aug 968	England   [3, 5, 6]
  Burial	Aft 25 Aug 968	Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England   [6]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Sledda, King of Essex   (10 x Great Grandfather)
  Person ID, Branch	I2845	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Weis (1982) and Mommaerts-Browne (2005) give her death date as 961. [2, 7]

  
  

Father	Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent   d. 3 Dec 902
Family ID	F2240	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner	Edward, King of England ,   b. 875, Kingdom of Wessex, England d. 17 Jul 924, Farndon, Cheshire, England (Age 49 years)  Other Partners: Ecgwynn  m. About 893;   Ælfflæd  m. About 899
Marriage	919	Berkshire, England   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Age at Marriage	She : ~ 23 years - He : ~ 44 years.
Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
+   1. Edmund, King of England ,   b. Abt 922   d. 26 May 946, Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England (Age 24 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Saint Ælfgifu;   Æthelfæd of Domerham     2. Eadred, King of England ,   b. Abt 924   d. 23 Nov 955, England (Age 31 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Saint Edburga   d. 15 Jun 960, St Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Gregory, Abbot of Einsiedlen  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F2236	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	24 Nov 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Eadgifu of Kent(896 – 968) 2Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent( – 902) 4Prince Sigeræd 8Sigeric II, King of Essex 16Sigeræd, King of Essex 17 9 18 19 5 10 20 21 11 22 23 3 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 896 - Kingdom of Kent Marriage - 919 - Berkshire, England Death - 25 Aug 968 - England Burial - Aft 25 Aug 968 - Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Picture of Queen Eadgifu from Canterbury Cathedral.

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1461] Burke, John and John Bernard Burke. The Royal Families of England, Scotland and Wales with their Descendants, Sovereigns and Subjects , (London: E. Churton, 1848). [S1498] Mommaerts-Browne, Stanford. "Anglo-Saxon Aristocracy: Tracing Lineages" , (Chobham, Woking, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 1, number 6, July 2005). [S1940] Panton, Kenneth J. Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy, (Lanham, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2011). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S1682] Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families, (London: Vintage Books, 1989). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Eadgifu of Kent.