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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 . [1]
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Eadhild (died 937) was the daughter of Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons and his second wife Ælfflæd. She was the second wife of Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH HER OLDER SISTED ÆTHELHILD In 926 Edward's son, King Æthelstan, received an embassy from his cousin, Adelolf, Count of Boulogne, on behalf of ...
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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. Her marriage to Hugh was a result of a political agreement secured by her half-brother, King Æthelstan, in 926, which was enriched with an exchange of numerous ...
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]
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Ælfflæd was the daughter of an ealdorman Æthelhelm, probably ealdorman Æthelhelm of Wiltshire who died in 897. Although genealogist David H. Kelley and historian Pauline Stafford have identified him as Æthelhelm, a son of Edward's uncle, King Æthelred of Wessex, this relationship is highly unlikely. Had Æthelhelm been the son of King Æthelred I the...
Her children were: 1. Ælfweard(perhaps briefly king of Wessex in 924) 2. Edwin(d. 933) 3. Eadgifu, wife of Charles the Simple, king of West Francia 4. Eadhild, wife of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks 5. Eadgyth, wife of Emperor Otto I 6. Ælfgifu, wife of Louis, brother of Rudolf of Burgundy? 7. Eadflæd, nun at Wilton 8. Æthelhild, vowess (religi...
Foot, Sarah (2010). "Dynastic Strategies: The West Saxon Royal Family in Europe". In Rollason, David; Leyser, Conrad; Williams, Hannah (eds.). England and the Continent in the Tenth Century:Studies...Foot, Sarah (2000). Veiled Women I: The Disappearance of Nuns from Anglo-Saxon England. Aldershot, Hampshire: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-0043-5.Foot, Sarah (2011). Æthelstan: the first king of England. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-12535-1.27 de jul. de 2013 · They apparently had no children and Eadhild most likely died c. 938. Henry the Fowler of Germany, known as King of the Eastern Franks, ruled a portion of the eastern half of Charlemagne’s empire. In 928, he sent an embassy to King Aethelstan asking for one of his sisters as a bride for his son Otto.
He supposedly sent lavish gifts including saint’s relics which Æthelstan was famous for collecting. After many negotiations and more gift exchanges, Æthelstan chose his half-sister Eadhild to marry Hugh. They apparently had no children and Eadhild most likely died c. 938.
