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Birth:          ABT  904 Wessex
Death:          AFT  951 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadgifu_of_Wessex
Eadgifu or Edgifu, also known as Edgiva or Ogive (Old English: Eadgifu; 902 – after 
955) was a daughter[1] of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his 
second wife Ælfflæd. She was born in Wessex.
Marriage to the French King[edit]

Eadgifu was one of three West Saxon sisters married to Continental kings: the others 
were Eadgyth, who married Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor and Eadhild, who married 
Hugh the Great. Eadgifu became the second wife of King Charles III of France,[1] 
whom she married in 919 after the death of his first wife, Frederonne. Eadgifu was 
mother to Louis IV of France.

Flight to England[edit]

In 922 Charles III was deposed and the next year taken prisoner by Count Herbert II of 
Vermandois, an ally of the then current king. To protect her son's safety Eadgifu took 
him to England in 923 to the court of her half-brother, King Æthelstan of England.[2] 
Because of this, Louis IV of France became known as Louis d'Outremer of France. He 
stayed there until 936, when he was called back to France to be crowned King. 
Eadgifu accompanied him.

She retired to a convent in Laon.[3] In 951, Heribert the Old, Count of Omois, 
abducted and married her, to the great anger of her son.[4]

Parents
____ Edward I "the Elder" ( 875 - Jul  924)
____ Aelflaed (Elfleda) (Ethelfleda) (ABT  878 - ABT  919)

Siblings
____ Elgiva (Emiliane) (Emilienne) (ABT  895 - )
OF FRANCE Edgiva (Ogive) (Eadgifu) (ABT  904 - AFT  951)
____ Eadgyth (Editha) (ABT  914 - 21 Jan  947)

Marriage To ____ Charles III "the Simple" (17 Sep  879 - 7 Oct  929)
    m.  918 

Notes
his third

Parents
____ Louis II "the Stammerer" (1 Nov  846 - 10 Apr  879)
OF PARIS Adelaide (ABT  855 - ABT 18 Oct  900)

Children by ____ Charles III "the Simple" 17 Sep  879 - 7 Oct  929
____ Louis IV "d'Outremere" (10 Sep  920 - 10 Sep  954)
DE COURCY Charles (ABT  925 - )

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