Edith of Mercia
(1024-1069)
11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, Queen of Wales and then England
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Ealdgyth (b. 1024, fl. c. 1057–1066), also Aldgyth or in modern English, Edith, was a daughter of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, the wife of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1063), ruler of all Wales, and later the wife and queen consort of Harold Godwinson, king of England in 1066. She was described by William of Jumièges as a considerable beauty.
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1024
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1069 (aged 44)
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