Edith the Fair
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Edith the Fair, also known as Edith Swanneck, was one of the wealthiest magnates in England on the eve of the Norman conquest, and may also have been the first wife of King Harold Godwinson. "Swanneck
Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings by Horace Vernet, 1827
Edith identifies Harold's body (from François Guizot's History of France)
Magnus was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was, in all likelihood, driven into exile in Dublin by the Norman conquest of England, along with two of his brothers, and from there took par
The Magnus inscription