Christina (fl. 1086)
Christina (fl. 1086)
English nun of Romsey. Born in Hungary c. 1055; died before 1102; dau. of Agatha of Hungary and Edward the Exile also known as Edward the Atheling (son of King Edmund II); sister of St. Margaret (c. 1046–1093); brought to England in 1057.
Was a nun at Romsey Abbey in Hampshire, where she brought up her niece Matilda of Scotland (1080–1118) and was opposed to Matilda's marriage to Henry I in 1100.
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