[Ansteorra] Anglo-saxon queen discovered in Germany
Richard Culver
rbculver at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jan 20 16:20:14 PST 2010
http://www.physorg.com/news183204125.html
"Eadgyth, the sister of King Athelstan and the granddaughter of Alfred the Great, was given in marriage to Otto I, the Holy Roman Emperor, in 929. She lived in Saxony and bore Otto at least two children, before her death in 946 at the age of 36. She was buried in Magdeburg and her tomb was marked in the Cathedral by an elaborate sixteenth-century monument...."
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