Edith of Wessex

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historical figure noblewoman queen consort of England

Edith of Wessex was an 11th-century English queen consort, daughter of the powerful Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and wife of King Edward the Confessor.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Edith of Wessex canonical 10
Edith of England 1
Edith of Wessex (as queen consort of England) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
queen consort of England ⓘ
associatedEvent political conflicts involving the Godwin family ⓘ
reign of Edward the Confessor ⓘ
associatedWith Godwin family ⓘ
Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
surface form: Wessex
birthPlace Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
surface form: Wessex
burialPlace Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster Abbey
coronationDate 1045 ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
courtRole influential figure at Edward the Confessor’s court ⓘ
culturalRole patron of learning and religion ⓘ
deathPlace Winchester ⓘ
education well-educated for an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman ⓘ
endTime 1066 ⓘ
era Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
surface form: Late Anglo-Saxon England
father Godwin, Earl of Wessex ⓘ
floruit 11th century ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
historicalPeriod pre-Norman Conquest England ⓘ
knownFor political connections through the Godwin family ⓘ
languageSpoken Old English ⓘ
marriageToEdwardTheConfessor 1045 ⓘ
monarchConsortTo Edward the Confessor ⓘ
mother Gytha Thorkelsdóttir ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Godwin ⓘ
notableFor being queen consort to Edward the Confessor ⓘ
patronage of ecclesiastical foundations ⓘ
positionHeld Queen consort of England ⓘ
predecessor Emma of Normandy ⓘ
reignAsQueenConsort 1045–1066 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Winchester ⓘ
royal court at Westminster ⓘ
sibling Gunhild of Wessex ⓘ
Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
Harold Godwinson ⓘ
Leofwine Godwinson ⓘ
Sweyn Godwinson ⓘ
Tostig Godwinson ⓘ
Wulfnoth Godwinson ⓘ
spouse Edward the Confessor ⓘ
spouseTitle King of the English ⓘ
startTime 1045 ⓘ
successor Matilda of Flanders ⓘ
title Queen of the English ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward the Confessor → spouse → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
Harold Godwinson → sibling → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
Magdeburg Cathedral → burialPlaceOf → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edith of England
Godwinson → usedBy → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edith of Wessex (née Godwinsdóttir / Godwinson)
Godwin, Earl of Wessex → fatherOf → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir → child → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir → notableDescendant → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
House of Godwin → notableMember → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
Ealdgyth of Mercia → predecessor → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edith of Wessex (as queen consort of England)
Gyrth Godwinson → sibling → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
Leofwine Godwinson → sibling → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
Leofwine Godwinson → notableRelative → Edith of Wessex ⓘ
Tostig Godwinson → sibling → Edith of Wessex ⓘ