A Family Genealogy of
the Gentle House of Stapleton
the Gentle House of Stapleton
(Duchess of the Franks) Eadhild of WESSEX #70146
____ - 937
Personal Information
- TITLE: Duchess of the Franks
- DEATH: 937
Notes
Eadhild was an English princess, the second wife of Hugh, duke of the Franks. She was a daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons and his second wife Ælfflæd.
In 926 Edward's son, king Æthelstan, received an embassy from his cousin, Adelolf, Count of Boulogne, on behalf of Hugh, and Æthelstan agreed to give his half-sister, Eadhild, in marriage in return for an enormous quantity of gifts and relics. According to William of Malmesbury, these included spices, jewels, many swift horses, an elaborate onyx vase, a crown of solid gold, the sword of Constantine the Great, Charlemagne's lance and a piece of the Crown of Thorns. Eadhild's full sister, Eadgifu, was the wife of the deposed king of the West Franks, Charles the Simple. Hugh was a potential rival for the Frankish throne, and Eadgifu may have promoted the marriage in order to sever a dangerous link between Hugh and Count Herbert of Vermandois.
Eadhild died childless.
In 926 Edward's son, king Æthelstan, received an embassy from his cousin, Adelolf, Count of Boulogne, on behalf of Hugh, and Æthelstan agreed to give his half-sister, Eadhild, in marriage in return for an enormous quantity of gifts and relics. According to William of Malmesbury, these included spices, jewels, many swift horses, an elaborate onyx vase, a crown of solid gold, the sword of Constantine the Great, Charlemagne's lance and a piece of the Crown of Thorns. Eadhild's full sister, Eadgifu, was the wife of the deposed king of the West Franks, Charles the Simple. Hugh was a potential rival for the Frankish throne, and Eadgifu may have promoted the marriage in order to sever a dangerous link between Hugh and Count Herbert of Vermandois.
Eadhild died childless.
Parents
Father: Edward WESSEX #63073
Mother: Ælfflæd of WILTSHIRE #50566
Family 1 :
_Æthelwulf WESSEX ___+
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_Alfred WESSEX _______|
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| |_Osburh OSLACSDOTTER _+
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_Edward WESSEX __________|
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| | _Æthelred MUCEL _____
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| |_Ealhswith of MERCIA _|
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| |_Eadburh of MERCIA ___
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|--Eadhild of WESSEX
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|_Ælfflæd of WILTSHIRE _|
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