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Çadgifu (also Edgifu, Edgiva or Ogive) was the 2nd daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife ¯lffl¿d. She was born in the Kingdom of Wessex in about 902. She was one of about 14 children fathered by King Edward.
Eadgifu was one of three of King Edward's daughters to marry Continental rulers: her younger sister Eadgyth married Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and younger sister Eadhild married Hugh the Great. Eadgifu married King Charles III of France in 919, becoming his 2nd wife, after the death of his 1st wife, Frederonne. Eadgifu and Charles had one child, Charles' only legitimate son, Louis IV of France.
In 922 King Charles III was deposed and, after being defeated at the Battle of Soissons in 923, he was taken prisoner by Count Herbert II of Vermandois, an ally of the then current king, Robert I.
To protect her son's safety, Eadgifu took Louis, and the rest of the royal children, to England in 923 to the court of her half-brother, King ¯thelstan of England. Because of this, Louis IV of France became known as Louis d'Outremer and Louis Transmarinus of France, both names meaning "from overseas".
Eadgifu became a widow in 929 when her husband, former king Charles of France, died still in captivity.
Eadgifu's son Louis stayed in Wessex until 936, when he was called back to France by Hugh the Great (his uncle) to be crowned King. Eadgifu accompanied him.
Eadgifu remained part of her son's court until Louis married Gerberga of Saxony in 939. After the marriage Eadgifu turned royal responsibilities over to Louis's wife and retired to a convent in Laon.
In 951, Herbert the Old, Count of Omois, 'abducted' and married Eadgifu, to the great anger of her son. Ironically Herbert was the son of the man who captured and caused the death of Eadgifu's 1st husband Charles. Eadgifu and Herbert remained married until death parted them, they had no children together.
It is not known when Eadgifu died, after her marriage to Herbert the Old she fell from the recorded page. Herbert survived her and lived until about 985. Eadgifu was his only wife, he did not marry again.
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The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy records that Eadgifu was the 2nd daughter of Edward the Elder and his wife ¯lffl¿d. She married Charles III "le Simple" King of the Franks, as his 2nd wife, and then in 951 married HERIBERT III Comte "le Vieux" de Vermandois, son of HERIBERT II Comte de Vermandois.
"6. EADGIFU ([902/05]-26 Sep after 951, bur Abbaye de Saint-Médard de Soissons). William of Malmesbury names (in order) "Edfleda, Edgiva, Ethelhilda, Ethilda, Edgitha, Elfgiva" as the six daughters of King Eadweard & his wife "Elfleda", specifying that Edgiva married "king Charles"[1663]. The Book of Hyde names "Edgivam" as second of the six daughters of King Eadweard by his first wife "Elfelmi comitis filia Elfleda", specifying that she married "Karolo regi Francorum filio Lodowyci"[1664]. Her birth date range is estimated from the birth of Eadgifu's son in [920/21]. If this is correct, Eadgifu must have been one of King Edward's oldest children by his second marriage. She fled with her two-year-old son to England in 923 after her first husband was deposed. She returned to France in 936. Abbess of Notre Dame de Laon, until 951. Flodoard records in 951 that “Ottogeba regina mater Ludowici regis” married “Heriberti...Adalberti fratris” and that “rex Ludowicus iratus” confiscated “abbatiam sanctæ Mariæ...Lauduni” from her and donated it to “Gerbergæ uxori suæ”[1665]. m firstly ([917/19]) as his second wife, CHARLES III "le Simple" King of the Franks, son of LOUIS II "le Bègue" King of the West Franks & his second wife Adélaïde [d'Angoulême] (posthumously 17 Sep 879-Péronne 7 Oct 929, bur Péronne St Fursy). m secondly (951) HERIBERT [III] Comte "le Vieux" [de Vermandois], son of HERIBERT [II] Comte de Vermandois & his wife Adela [Capet] ([910/15]-[980/984]). He succeeded his brother Robert in 967 as Comte de Meaux et de Troyes. "
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