ROYAL FAMILY TREE

Tracing the family history of the English and Scottish Royal Family back over 1000 years

Edith of Wessex
1025 - 1075

Edith of Wessex
  • Born 1025
  • Died Sat, 18 December 1075
  • Winchester
  • Buried
  • Westminster Abbey, Westminster
Details
Parents

    Consort: Thu, 23 January 1045 - Thu, 4 January 1066
    Wife of Edward the Confessor

  • Queen
  • Edith of Wessex
  • Lived 50 years, 5 months, 17 days

father

  • Godwin of Wessex
  • 1000 - 1053

mother

  • Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
  • 0997 - 1069
Siblings

Brother

Sweyn Godwinson
  • Sweyn Godwinson
  • 1020 - 1052

Brother

Harold Godwinson
  • Harold Godwinson
  • 1022 - 1066

Brother

Tostig Godwinson
  • Tostig Godwinson
  • 1026 - 1066

Brother

Gyrth Godwinson
  • Gyrth Godwinson
  • 1032 - 1066

Sister

Gunhilda of Wessex,
  • Gunhilda of Wessex,
  • 1035 - 1080

Brother

Leofwine Godwinson
  • Leofwine Godwinson
  • 1035 - 1066

Sister

Edgiva
  • Edgiva
  • 1039 - 1075

Brother

Wulfnoth Godwinson
  • Wulfnoth Godwinson
  • 1040 - 1094
Family

Husband

Edward the Confessor
  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1003 - 1066
  • Married Thursday, 23 January 1045
  • Groom was 41 Bride was 19
  • Marriage lasted 20 years, 11 months, 13 days
  • Ended on death of Husband