of Mercia, Eadburga

Birth Name of Mercia, Eadburga
Gender female
Age at Death 74 years

Narrative

Parentage is conjectural, some say daughter of Coenwulf.

"Eadburh, descended from the royal race of the kings of the Mercians, a most venerable woman, who for many years after the death of her husband, and until her own decease, remained a chaste widow."
--- Florence of Worcester (died c 1117), *A History of the Kings of England* (OR: *The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester*), trans Joseph Stephenson, 1853
(reprinted by Llanerch Enterprises, Felinfach, Lampeter, Dyfed, Wales SA48 8PJ, 1980s (?)), p 52. From same, p 72:

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Sources:
Title: Pedigree Resource File CD 2
Publication: (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999)
Author: Denis R. REID
Title: Royal Genealogies DB Electronic(Royal Genealogies DB)
Publication: 149 Kimrose Lane, Broadview Heights, OH 44147-1258 , , Repository: http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/~saw/royal/royalgen.html ah189
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Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 830     1
Death 904     1

Age: 74y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father , Wigmund840
Mother , Elfleda
         of Mercia, Eadburga 830 904

Families

Family of Mucil of Mercia, Aethelred and of Mercia, Eadburga

Unknown Partner Mucil of Mercia, Aethelred ( * 825 + 866 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of the Gaini, Ealhswith852905-12-05