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Birth:          BEF  768 Aachen, Rhineland
Death:          Wessex, England

Notes
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I00447
The ancestry for Raedburh is not at all sure. Some have her as daughter of 
Charlemagne, which may be true. Others state that she may not have been related to 
Charlemagne in any way, merely a lady of the court. I have represented her as a sister 
based on the information below which names her "Regis Francorum Sororia". The 
following post by Chris Bennet to soc.genealogy.medieval indicates some of the 
thinking on her ancestry:

From: cbennett AT adnc.com (cbennett AT adnc.com)
Subject: Re: Ancient Saxon lineage
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 1997/02/15

There is no contemporary source for Egbert's wife. The name "Raedburh" comes from 
a medieval manuscript quoted by W. G. Searle (Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and 
Nobles, London 1899, 343) as "MS Trin Coll Oxf x". She is described there as "regis 
Francorum sororia" which can only be a reference to Charlemagne; however there is 
no such sister known. Since Egbert was certainly in exile at Charlemagne's court, it is 
perfectly plausible that he married his wife there. If the tradition has any value, then 
the best guess is that she was probably a sister-in-law, but she could just as well have 
been a lady of the Court. Settipani (La prehistoire des Capetiens, 308 n791) is willing 
to accept the name.

Cheers,
Chris

Parents
____ Pepin III "Le Bref" ("the Short") ( 715 - 24 Sep  768)
DE LAON Bertha (Bertrade) "Broadfoot" ( 720 - 12 Jul  783)

Siblings
____ Charlemagne (2 Apr  747 - 28 Jan  814)
OF THE CAROLINGIANS Raedburh (Raedberg) (BEF  768 - )

Marriage To ____ Egbert "the Great" ( 775 - 4 Feb  839)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Eahlmund (Edmund) (ABT  758 -  788)
OF KENT ----- (ABT  758 - )

Children by ____ Egbert "the Great"  775 - 4 Feb  839
____ Aethelwulf (ABT  806 - 13 Jan  859)

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