WESSEX Eadgofi

Aft 0902 - Aft 0951  (> 48 years)

• Name	WESSEX Eadgofi
  Birth	Aft 0902	Wessex, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 26 Sep 0951	Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France
  Notes	Eadgifu is a half-sister of Aethelstan of Wessex.[7][8][9] Between 917 and 919, (Foot, 2011, p. 46)[10] She was married off to Charles le Simple, king of west Francia and Lotharingia. This act made her the first of at least four of Aethelstan's sisters who married foreigners, (Maclean, 2008).[11] Charles' unsuccessful reign forced Eadgifu back to England (Cawley, 2006), but she and her only child, Louis the Outremer (b. 10 Sep 920 or 21 - d. 10 Sep 954 Reims),[12][13] returned to France in 936, (MacLean, 2017, p. 35). She was the Abbess of Notre Dame de Laon from that time until 951, when Heribert III "le Viex" de Vermandois, Comte le Viex abducted and married her. They had no children, (Cawley, 2006). According to Cawley (2006), Eadgifu fled to England in 923.[14] But apparently, this is not based on hard proof. What is certain is that Charles was captured in 923, (Hartley, 2013, p. 147).[2] More specifically, it was her son Louis who immediately left Francia to be raised at the court of Athelstan, (Foot, 2011, p. 46; MacLean, 2017, p. 35). A year after his capture, Charles was transferred and permanently incarcerated at Peronne castle in Somme, (Cawley, 2006).[15][3] Some scholars have entertained the idea that Eadgifu may have remained in Francia until Charles died in 929, (Foot, 2011, p. 46-47).[4] Religion c. 936 - 951: Abbess of Notre Dame de Laon.[16][5] Sources ↑ see also: Wikipedia:fr:Edwige de Wessex alias: Ēadgifu, Ædgifu, Ogive, Ottobega, (Flodoard of Reims - EN translation by Bachrach, 2004).[1] Ogiva, [Palgrave (1857), calls her Ogiva].[2] ↑ see also: Lappenberg, 1845, p. 99-100.[3] Lappenburg (1845), also states that Eadgifu went to England after her husband was captured in 923. But unlike Nelson (DNB), he asserts that she accompanied her son, Louis. But he does *not* cite either claim. ↑ see: Wikipedia: Château de Péronne ↑ Foot (2011), citing Nelson (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography).[4] ↑ Palgrave (1857), asserts that her son Louis appointed her Lady Superior.[5] Cawley, (2006). Medieval Lands v.4. Fmg.ac. Web.[17] Foot, S. (2011). AEthelstan: The First King of England, pp. 46. Yale University Press. Google Books.[18] Hartley, C. (2013). "Eadgifu (fl. 919-951)." A Historical Dictionary of British Women, pp. 147. Routledge. Google Books.[19] MacLean, S. (2015). Cross-channel marriage and royal succession in the age of Charles the Simple and Athelstan (c. 916-936). Medieval Worlds 1(2). University of St. Andrews. DOI:10.1553/medievalworlds_no2_2015s26. Web.[20] MacLean S. (2008). Making a difference in tenth-century politics: King Athelstan's sisters and Frankish queenship. University of St. Andrews. research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk MacLean, S. (2017). Ottonian Queenship, p. 33-36. Oxford University Press. Google Books.[21]
  Person ID	I58447	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	WESSEX Eadweard,   b. Abt 0871, Wessex, England d. 17 Jul 0924, Farndon, Cheshire, England (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	WILTSHIRE Æflaeda,   b. Abt 0878, Kent, England d. Bef 0920, Kent, England (Age < 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 0901
  Family ID	F26061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. 17 Sep 0879, Péronne, Somme, Picardie, France d. 07 Oct 0929, Murdered in Tower of Peronne, Somme, France (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	07 Oct 0919
  Children	1. CAROLINGIAN Ermentrude,   b. Abt 0908, France d. Abt 0948 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]   2. CAROLINGIAN Louis,   b. 10 Sep 0920, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France d. 10 Sep 0954, Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026