Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEaldgyth Queen of Wales, Queen of England, 28G Grandmother
FatherAelfgar Earl Of Mercia (-~1060)
MotherAelfgifu
Spouses
1Gruffydd Ap Llywelyn King Of Wales, 28G Grandfather
Birthabt 1010, Rhuddlan, Wales
Death5 Aug 1063, Snowdonia
MotherAngharad Ferch Owain
Marriageabt 1057
ChildrenNest Ferch Gruffyd
2Harold II King Of England, 30G Grandfather
Birthabt 1022, Wessex, England
Death14 Oct 1066, Battle of Hastings
FatherGodwin Earl Of Wessex (~1001-1053)
MotherGytha Thorkelsdottir (~997-~1069)
Notes for Ealdgyth Queen of Wales, Queen of England
Queen consort of Wales circa 1057 to circa 1063
Queen consort of England January 4 1066 to October 14 1066
Also known as Edith, not to be confused with Edith Swanneck
1st marriage to Gruffudd ap Llwelyn
2nd marriage to Harold Godwinson
Queen consort of England January 4 1066 to October 14 1066
Also known as Edith, not to be confused with Edith Swanneck
1st marriage to Gruffudd ap Llwelyn
2nd marriage to Harold Godwinson
Notes for Gruffydd Ap Llywelyn (Spouse 1)
Historian John Davies stated that Gruffydd was "the only Welsh king ever to rule over the entire territory of Wales... Thus, from about 1057 until his death in 1063, the whole of Wales recognised the kingship of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn. For about seven brief years, Wales was one, under one ruler, a feat with neither precedent nor successor."
Killed by his own men while taking refuge from attacks by Harold Godwinson.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruffydd_ap_Llywelyn
Killed by his own men while taking refuge from attacks by Harold Godwinson.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruffydd_ap_Llywelyn
Notes for Harold II (Spouse 2)
King of England January 5 to October 14, 1066
Harold Godwinson was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson
Harold Godwinson was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson