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| Name |
UNKNOWN Geva |
| Birth |
Abt 0755 |
Denmark  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Notes |
- Geva married Widukind.[1]
Cawley does not mention BRUNO as a chld of these parents given here. According to that reference, their only child was WICHBERT (-after 25 Dec 834).[1]
According to Annales laurissense maiores, Geva was the daughter or sister of the Danish king Sigfred. She was the wife of Widukind.
Their descendants are uncertain, but probably include a son, Wicbert, and two daughters who were married to, respectively, Alfric of Saxony and Bruno of Engern.
Research Notes
She can be found sometimes as the daughter of Eystein Halfdansson of Vestfold.
Annales laurissense maiores names her the daughter or sister of king Sigfried Eysteinsson of Denmark (who is sometimes found as the son of Eystein.
She can also be found as a relative (daughter or sister) of Sigurd Ring Randversson
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2024, Kings of the Danes.
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geva
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widukind
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigfred
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I57992 |
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| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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