Edith (fl. 1009)

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Edith (fl. 1009)

West Saxon princess. Flourished in 1009; daughter of Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready (c. 968–1016), king of the English (r. 979–1013, deposed, 1014–1016), and Elfgifu (c. 963–1002); married Eadric or Edric Streona, ealdorman of Mercia (r. 1007–1017), in 1009 (executed on December 25, 1017); married Thurkil the Tall; children: (first marriage) daughter (name unknown, who married Ethelgar and was the mother of Siward and Ealdred); (second marriage) Harold.