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| Edith the Fair | |
|---|---|
 Edith discovering King Harold's corpse after the Battle of Hastings (Horace Vernet) | |
| Born | c. 1025 |
| Died | c. 1086 (age about 61) |
| Spouse | Harold Godwinson |
| Issue | Godwin Edmund Magnus Gunhild Gytha Ulf |
| Father | Thorkell the Tall |
| Mother | a daughter of Ethelred the Unready? |
Edith the Fair (Old English: Ealdgȳð Swann hnesce, "Edyth the Gentle Swan"; born c. 1025, died c. 1086), also known as Edith Swanneck,[note 1] was one of the wealthiest magnates in England on the eve of the Norman conquest, and may also have been the first wife of King Harold Godwinson.[1] "Swanneck" (or Swan-Neck) comes from the folk etymology which made her in Old English as swann hnecca, "swan neck", which was actually most likely a corrupted form of swann hnesce, "Gentle Swan" .[2] She is sometimes confused with Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar of Mercia, who was queen during Harold's reign.
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- ^ Williams, Ann (2004). "Eadgifu [Eddeua] the Fair [the Rich] (fl. 1066), magnate". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/52349.
- ^ Ardagh, Philip (7 October 2011). Philip Ardagh's Book of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Rotten Wart-Nosed Commoners. ISBN 9781447212010.