Event: Advice/counsel, MarriageEdward 15.reasons for marrying Eadgyth 3
Scholarly Info
Description |
Edward 15 agreed all the more readily to contract this marriage [to Eadgyth 3] because he knew that with the advice and help of that Godwine 51 he would have a firmer hold on his hereditary rights in England. |
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Notes:
Inserted text from Richard of Cirencester.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Agent:
Edward 15
(the Confessor; king of England, 1042-66)
- Secondary:
Godwine 51
(Ealdorman of Wessex, d. 1053)
- Participant:
Eadgyth 3
(Edward 15 the Confessor's queen, c. 1029 ? 1075; Edith.)