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Eadhild (died 937) was an English princess, the second wife of Hugh, duke of the Franks. She was a daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons and his second wife Ælfflæd.
- Unknown
- Edward the Elder
- c. 937
- Ælfflæd
Æthelhild, daughter of King Edward the Elder and his second wife Ælfflæd, was named third by William of Malmesbury, who related that became a lay sister at Wilton Abbey, where she was burried. Similarly, the Book of Hyde names her third.
- Female
- Hugh "The Great
Eadhild was an English princess and the second wife of Hugh, duke of the Franks. She was the daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons, and his second wife Ælfflæd.
Edhilda (en inglés, Eadhild; m. 937) fue una princesa inglesa, la segunda esposa de Hugo, duque de los francos. Era una hija de Eduardo el Viejo, rey de los anglosajones y su segunda esposa Elfleda. [1]
- alrededor del 937
- Casa de Wessex
- desconocido
- Eduardo el Viejo
- Biography
- Research Notes
- Sources
Eadhild was the daughter of King Edward the Elder and Æflaeda. She married Hugues le Grand, duke of the Franks, in 926. Hugues took the initiative in seeking the marriage alliance, and sent a mission to Eadhild's half-brother Æthelstanwith lavish gifts, including a supposed sword of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great with a supposed nail from ...
Death Date
Alison Weir postulates a death date of 26 January 947, with no source, while acknowledging that some sources give a date of a decade or so earlier, which she regards as improbable. She gives no further explanation. Alison Weir would appear to be mistaken: Hugues le Grand remarried in 937or 938.
Possible Child
Charles Cawley mentions the possibility that Eadhild, rather than the third wife (Hedwige) of Hugues le Grand, may have been the mother of Beatrice, but gives no source.The Henry Project gives Beatrice's mother as Hedwige.
Alison Weir. Britain's Royal Families, new edition, Pimlico, 2002, reissued by Vintage Books, 2008, pp. 13-14Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for Edward the Elder, print and online 2004, revised online 2011, available online via some libraries and on subscriptionCharles Cawley. Eadhild (-937), entry in "Medieval Lands" database, accessed 26 January 2021The Henry Project, entry for Eadweard (Edward) "the Elder", accessed 26 January 2021- Female
- Hugues (Robertian) de Paris
Eadhild was an English princess, the second wife of Hugh, duke of the Franks. She was a daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons and his second wife Ælfflæd.
The Sisters of King Æthelstan. By Susan Abernethy. King Edward the Elder, son and successor of Alfred the Great of England, had many children. There were three women in his life that may or may not have been his wives. With these women, he had five sons and eight or nine daughters.
