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Eadgifu of Wessex

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Eadgifu of Wessex
A 15th-century depiction of Eadgifu of Wessex, with her son Louis IV
Born902
DiedAfter 955
SpouseCharles III of France
Herbert III of Omois
IssueLouis IV
HouseWessex
FatherEdward the Elder
MotherÆlfflæd

Eadgifu or Edgifu (902 – after 955) also known as Edgiva or Ogive (Old English: Ēadgifu) was a daughter[1] of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife Ælfflæd. She was born in Wessex.

References

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  1. Lappenberg, pp. 88-89

Lappenberg, Johann (1845). A History of England Under the Anglo-Saxon Kings. Benjamin Thorpe, translator. J. Murray.