Talk:Eadgyth

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I removed the 869 date because I don't know what it's referring to.

The way it was written, it looked like it was telling the reader when Edward the Elder was born, but Edward's article says he was possibly born in 871. If there's a possibility that he could've been born in 869, then that should be included in his article, not his daughter's.

I thought that the date could refer to Eadgyth's date of birth, but then that obviously doesn't make sense, unless it's a typo. Randee15 10:19, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Is Eadgyth the more usual form of her name? --Wetman 08:29, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Extra Sister

Notes on my revisions: Æthelweard reports that King Æthelstan sent two sisters to Germany (not three, as previously indicated in the article) as candidates for empress. He goes on to say that after Otto chose Edith, the other (unnamed) sister married a "regi juxta Iupitereos montes" (king near the Alps). William of Malmesbury somewhat garbles the story, saying that Otto married "Algiva" and that Edith married a "duke of the Alps". A German chronicle, Gesta Oddonis, correctly marries Otto to Edith and says that the leftover sister, "Adiva", was married off. Things get even more confusing because William of Malmesbury writes that "Edgiva, a lady of incomparable beauty, was united, by her brother, Athelstan, to Louis, prince of Aquitaine" Problem is, the only Louis of Aquitaine alive at this time was King Louis IV of France, the son of Charles III by Eadgifu of England. There's no way this "Edgiva" married her own nephew!

It's a tangle sorting this all out. Adiva/Algiva/Edgiva may have been a duplication of Eadgifu. Or she may have been a separate sister altogether. Some interesting coins have been found from this time period naming the queen of Boleslaus II the Pious of Bohemia as "Adiva". Other theorized husbands included Louis the Blind, Ebalus of Aquitaine, and Ludwig, Count in Thurgovie. Missi 09:18, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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