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  • Name Ealdgyth  
    Born 960  Wessex,,,England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1017  Winchester,,,England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} Ealdgyth, wife of Morcar.

      Father: Ælftryth.

      Child: Ælfgifu, who married Ælfgar, son of Leofric and Godgifu (Lady Godiva)

      http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/Contents.htm

      b) MORCAR (-murdered Oxford summer 1015). King Æthelred II granted land in Derbyshire to "Morcar minister" under a charter dated 1009[719]. With his brother, a leading thegn of the northern Danelaw. Simeon of Durham records that "Sigeferth and Morkar the sons of Earngrim" were killed in 1015 on the orders of "duke Edric Streona" and that the king took possession of their estates[720].

      m EALDGYTH, daughter of ÆLFTHRYTH & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. Morcar & his wife had one child:

      i) ÆLFGIFU. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m as his first wife, ÆLFGAR Earl of Mercia, son of LEOFRIC Earl of Mercia & his wife Godgifu --- (-1062).



      [Please search here before merging her with others with a similar name - there are many different Ealdgyths, Aelgifus and Ælfgifus out there. Check ALL parents, spouses and children, please!]


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      OF ENGLAND

      Edgitha Or Ealdgytha

      Date of birth: 960

      Place of birth: , , England

      Father: Aelfthryth Of Tamworth

      Husband: Morcar Of Northumbria

      Place of marriage: of Wessex, England

      No marriage date. One child born: Abt 993

      http://www.josephsmithsr.com/gedcom/SMITH.ged


    • REFN: 6727
    • _P_CCINFO 1-20792
    Person ID I6000000003243400326  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2014 

    Mother Ælfthryth 
    Family ID F6000000017072466539  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Morcar,   b. Abt 960, Wessex Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1015  (Age 55 years) 
    Married 982  Wessex, , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Ælfgifu,   b. Abt 997, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1092, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000003243789841  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart