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Marriages and children Edward had about fourteen children from three marriages.[e] He first married Ecgwynn around 893.[84] Their children were: Æthelstan, King of England 924–939[19] A daughter, perhaps called Edith, married Sihtric, Viking King of York in 926, who died in 927. Possibly Saint Edith of Polesworth[85] In c. 900, Edward married Ælfflæd, daughter of Ealdorman Æthelhelm, probably of Wiltshire.[17] Their children were: Ælfweard, died August 924, a month after his father; possibly King of Wessex for that month[86] Edwin, drowned at sea 933[87] Æthelhild, lay sister at Wilton Abbey[88] Eadgifu (died in or after 951), married Charles the Simple, King of the West Franks, c. 918[89] Eadflæd, nun at Wilton Abbey[88] Eadhild, married Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks in 926[90] Eadgyth (died 946), in 929/30 married Otto I, future King of the East Franks, and (after Eadgyth's death) Holy Roman Emperor[91] Ælfgifu, married "a prince near the Alps", perhaps Louis, brother of King Rudolph II of Burgundy[92] Edward married for a third time, about 919, Eadgifu, the daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent.[93] Their children were: Edmund I, King of England 939–946[79] Eadred, King of England 946–955[79] Eadburh (died c. 952), Benedictine nun at Nunnaminster, Winchester, and saint[94] Eadgifu, existence uncertain, possibly the same person as Ælfgifu[95]

Marriages and children
Edward had about fourteen children from three marriages.[e]

He first married Ecgwynn around 893.[84] Their children were:

Æthelstan, King of England 924–939[19]
A daughter, perhaps called Edith, married Sihtric, Viking King of York in 926, who died in 927. Possibly Saint Edith of Polesworth[85]
In c. 900, Edward married Ælfflæd, daughter of Ealdorman Æthelhelm, probably of Wiltshire.[17] Their children were:

Ælfweard, died August 924, a month after his father; possibly King of Wessex for that month[86]
Edwin, drowned at sea 933[87]
Æthelhild, lay sister at Wilton Abbey[88]
Eadgifu (died in or after 951), married Charles the Simple, King of the West Franks, c. 918[89]
Eadflæd, nun at Wilton Abbey[88]
Eadhild, married Hugh the Great, Duke of the Franks in 926[90]
Eadgyth (died 946), in 929/30 married Otto I, future King of the East Franks, and (after Eadgyth's death) Holy Roman Emperor[91]
Ælfgifu, married "a prince near the Alps", perhaps Louis, brother of King Rudolph II of Burgundy[92]
Edward married for a third time, about 919, Eadgifu, the daughter of Sigehelm, Ealdorman of Kent.[93] Their children were:

Edmund I, King of England 939–946[79]
Eadred, King of England 946–955[79]
Eadburh (died c. 952), Benedictine nun at Nunnaminster, Winchester, and saint[94]
Eadgifu, existence uncertain, possibly the same person as Ælfgifu[95]