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Eadgifu of Wessex was born 902 to Edward the Elder (c870-924) and Ælfflæd (c880-) and died after 955 of unspecified causes. She married Charles the Simple (879-929) 919 JL in France. She married Herbert III de Vermandois (c913-c982) .
Biography
Eadgifu was Princess of Wessex, Queen of France, Countess of Omois, Meaux, Reims and Troyes. The German Wikipedia has her have two sons with Herbert[1], but other sources on her and her second husband claim that the marriage was childless.
Eadgifu or Edgifu, also known as Edgiva or Ogive (Old English: Ēadgifu; 902 – after 955) was a daughter of Edward the Elder (c870-924), King of Wessex and England, and his second wife Ælfflæd (c880-). She was born in Wessex.
House of Wessex
He was of the royal English dynasty called House of Wessex, a family originating in the southwest corner of England and gradually increased in power and prestiege. The House became rulers of all the country with the reign of Alfred the Great in 871 and lasting until Edmund Ironside in 1016. This period of the English monarchy is known as the Saxon period.
Marriage to the French King
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, aka Charles the Simple, a Carolingian king and great, great grandson of Charlemagne (747-814), whom she married in 919 after the death of his first wife, Frederonne.
Eadgifu was mother to Louis IV King of France.
Flight to England
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. 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. In 951, Heribert the Old, Count of Omois, abducted and married her, to the great anger of her son.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Louis IV (c920-954) | 10 September 920 London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 30 September 954 Reims, France | Gerberga von Sachsen (913-969) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Athelstan (895-939) | 895 Wessex | 27 October 929 Gloucestershire, England | |
| Edith the Poleworth (c896-) | 896 England | Ireland | Sitric Cáech (c890-927) |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ælfweard of Wessex (904–924) | 904 Wessex, England | 2 August 924 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | |
| Eadgifu of Wessex (902-aft955) | 902 | 955 | Charles the Simple (879-929) Herbert III de Vermandois (c913-c982) |
| Eadgyth of Wessex (910-946) | 910 | 26 January 946 | Otto I von Sachsen (912-973) |
| Eadhilda of Wessex (-937) | 937 | Hugh the Great (898-956) | |
| Ælfgifu of Wessex (-) | |||
| Eadflæd of Wessex (-) | |||
| Edwin Ætheling (c912-933) | 912 Wessex, England | 933 England | |
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Edmund of Wessex (922-946) | 922 England, United Kingdom (Wessex) | 26 May 946 Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom | Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury (-944) Æthelflæd of Damerham (c925-c975) |
| Eadred of Wessex (c924-955) | 923 Wessex, England | 23 November 955 Frome, Somerset, England | |
| Edburga of Winchester (c925-960) | 925 Wessex, England | 15 June 960 | |
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadgifu_of_Wessex Eadgifu of Wessex] - Wikipedia