Wie trouwde met Ealdgyth (wife of Edmund Ironside)?

Ealdgyth (circa 992 – after 1016), modern English Edith may have been the name of the wife of Sigeferth son of Earngrim, thegn of the Seven Burghs, and later of King Edmund Ironside. She was probably the mother of Edmund's sons Edward the Exile and Edmund Ætheling.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Sigeferth and his brother Morcar, described as "foremost thegns of the Seven Burghs" were killed at an assembly of the English nobility at Oxford. Ealdorman Eadric Streona is said to have killed them "dishonourably" after having invited them to his rooms. The Seven Burghs, otherwise unknown, are presumed to have been the Five Burghs and Torksey and York. Following the killings, King Æthelred the Unready had the property of Sigeferth and Morcar seized and ordered that Sigeferth's widow, whose name the Chronicle does not record, should be detained at Malmesbury Abbey. The chronicle of John of Worcester calls her Ealdgyth.

In the late summer of 1015, at some time between 15 August and 8 September, Edmund Ironside raised a revolt against his father King Æthelred. Either then, or perhaps even earlier, he removed Sigeferth's widow from Malmesbury, against his father's wishes, and married her. Sigeferth and Morcar's friends and allies supported Edmund after this. While two charters issued by Edmund which mention his wife survive from about this time, neither of them contain her name in the surviving texts.

It is generally, but not universally, supposed that Ealdgyth, if that was her name, was the mother of Edmund Ironside's sons. These were Edmund, who died young in exile, and Edward the Exile, who returned to England late in the reign of his uncle King Edward the Confessor and died soon afterwards. Whether she went into exile with her children following Edmund's death in 1016 is unknown.

One reason advanced for supposing that John of Worcester may have been mistaken in naming this woman Ealdgyth is that Sigeferth's brother Morcar had also been married to a woman named Ealdgyth. This Ealdgyth was the daughter of Ælfthryth, and niece of Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of York and Wulfric Spot. While Ealdgyth is a common female name in the period, this coincidence has raised the suspicion that the Worcester chronicler has confused Sigeferth's widow with his sister-in-law.

Sigeferth (or Sigefrith) (died 1015) was, along with his brother Morcar, described by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as "chief thegn of the Seven Burghs".

According to the 12th century chronicle of John of Worcester, Sigeferth and Morcar were the sons of one Earngrim who is otherwise unrecorded. The Seven Burghs of which they were said to be the chief men are believed to have been the Five Burghs—Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Nottingham and Stamford—together with Torksey and York. These were among the chief towns of the northern part of the Danelaw.

Sigeferth was murdered alongside his brother Morcar by Eadric Streona at Oxford in 1015.

King Æthelred seized both Morcar's and Sigeferth's lands, and imprisoned Sigeferth's widow who was called Ealdgyth. King Edmund Ironside seized the widow and married her. Edmund redistributed some of the lands that had previously belonged to Sigeferth.

Edmund (of Edmond) II Ironside van Engeland (Wessex, circa 990 - Londen, 30 november 1016) was de zoon van koning Ethelred II.

Na de dood van zijn oudere broer Aethelstan in 1014 kwam Edmund in conflict met zijn vader. Ethelred liet in 1015 twee van Edmunds bondgenoten vermoorden. Een van de slachtoffers was Sigeferth en Ethelred liet zijn weduwe in een abdij opsluiten. Edmund bevrijdde de weduwe en trouwde met haar. Samen met Uhtred van Northumbria bereidde Edmund een opstand voor maar de inval van Knoet de Grote in 1016 gooide alle plannen in de war. Uhtred onderwierp zich aan Knoet en Edmund verzoende zich met zijn vader.

In 1016 overleed de zieke Ethelred en werd Edmund in Londen tot koning gekozen. Edmund wist Knoets troepen van Londen te verdrijven maar werd op 18 oktober vernietigend verslagen in de slag bij Ashingdon. Edmund sloot een overeenkomst met Knoet dat hij Wessex zou besturen en Knoet de rest van het land, waarbij de Theems de grens vormde. Het verdrag bepaalde dat als een van beiden zou sterven, de ander geheel Engeland zou erven. Edmund stierf nog in 1016 en werd begraven in de abdij van Glastonbury. Knoet de Grote volgde hem zoals afgesproken op.

Edmund trouwde in 1015 met Ealdgyth Morcarsdotter. Zij kregen twee zoons: Edmund en Eduard Ætheling. De kinderen werden in 1016 door Knoet naar Zweden gezonden om daar te worden gedood. Koning Olof II van Zweden stuurde ze echter naar Kiev, met Andreas I van Hongarije zouden ze in 1046 naar Hongarije zijn getrokken. Edmund zou daar zijn overleden.