Eadgyth

Also known as Edith of England, Ædgyth, Edgitha

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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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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Commons category: Edith of Wessex, Holy Roman Empress
date of death: 0946-01-01
date of birth: 0910-00-00

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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==