Eadgyth
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Edith of England, also spelt Eadgyth or Ædgyth (, ; 910–946), a member of the House of Wessex, was the East Frankish (German) queen from 936, by her marriage to King Otto the Great.
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Key facts
- Royalty.image
- Edita 250.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Detail from a Gothic statue in Magdeburg Cathedral assumed to represent Edith
- Royalty.succession
- Queen consort of Germany
- Royalty.reign type
- Tenure
- Royalty.reign
- 936–946
- Royalty.reign type1
- Tenure
- Royalty.birth_date
- 910
- Royalty.death_place
- Magdeburg, Saxony
- Royalty.burial_place
- Cathedral of Magdeburg
- Royalty.house
- Wessex
- Royalty.father
- Edward the Elder
- Royalty.mother
- Ælfflæd
- Royalty.spouse
- Otto I of Germany ( 930)
- Royalty.issue
- Liutgarde, Duchess of Lorraine Liudolf, Duke of Swabia
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Edith of England, also spelt Eadgyth or Ædgyth (, ; 910–946), a member of the House of Wessex, was the East Frankish (German) queen from 936, by her marriage to King Otto the Great.
==Life==
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