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     Eadgyth (?) was the daughter of Eadweard I, King of Wessex and Ælflæd (?)² She married Otto I von Sachsen, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Heinrich I von Sachsen, Holy Roman Emperor and Mathilda von Ringelheim, between 925 and 930.³ She died on 26 January 946 at Germany^G.^4,1 She was buried at Cathedral of St. Maurice, Magdeburg, Germany^G.³
     She was also known as Edith (?)³

     Edgiva (?) is the daughter of Eadweard I, King of Wessex and Ælflæd (?)¹ She married Eberhard, Count of Norgau.¹

     Charles III, Roi des Francs was born on 17 September 879.² He was the son of Louis II 'the Stammerer', Roi des Francs and Adelaide Judith de Paris.^1,2 He married, firstly, Frederuna von Sachsen in 907.³ He married, secondly, Eadgifu (?), daughter of Eadweard I, King of Wessex and Ælflæd (?), on 7 October 919.^4,3,5 He died on 7 October 929 at age 50 at Peronne, France.²
     Charles III, Roi des Francs also went by the nick-name of Charles 'the Simple'.¹ He gained the title of Roi des Francs in 893.¹ He was deposed as King of the Franks in 923.

     Gersende Thérèse Françoise de Sabran-Pontevès was born on 29 July 1942 at Château d'Ansouis, Ansouis-Vaucluse, France^G.² She is the daughter of Marie Joseph Elzear de Sabran-Pontevès, Duc de Sabran and Roselyne Manca-Amat de Vallambrosa.^2,1 She married Jacques Jean Yaroslaw Marie d'Orléans, Duc d'Orléans, son of Henri Robert Ferdinand Marie Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Prince de France and Isabelle Marie de Orléans Bragança e Dobrzensky de Dobrzenicz, Princeza de Orléans e Bragança, on 2 August 1969 at Ansouis-Vaucluse, France^G, in a civil marriage.³ Gersende Thérèse Françoise and Jacques Jean Yaroslaw Marie were also married in a religious ceremony on 3 August 1969.³

     Lady Elizabeth Mary Gore Hedges-White was born in 1847.¹ She was the daughter of William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry and Jane Herbert.¹ She married Egerton Leigh, son of Egerton Leigh and Lydia Rachel Wright, in 1874.¹ She died on 1 October 1880.^1,2
     From 1874, her married name became Leigh.¹

     Egerton Leigh was born on 13 July 1843 at High Legh, Cheshire, England.^2,3 He was the son of Egerton Leigh and Lydia Rachel Wright.² He married, firstly, Lady Elizabeth Mary Gore Hedges-White, daughter of William Henry Hare Hedges-White, 3rd Earl of Bantry and Jane Herbert, in 1874.¹ He married, secondly, Violet Cecil May Tippinge, daughter of Lt.-Col. Alfred Tippinge and Flora Louisa Calvert, on 7 May 1889.² He died on 18 October 1928 at age 85.²
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.² He gained the rank of Captain in the 1st Royal Dragoons.² He was Aide-de-Camp to General Robert Wardlaw.² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Cheshire.² He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Cheshire.² He held the office of High Sheriff of Cheshire in 1882.² He lived at Jodrell Hall, Twemlow, Cheshire, England^G.¹ He lived at West Hall, High Leigh, Cheshire, England^G.² He sold West Hall and Jodrell Hall in 1924.²

     Claude de Lorraine, Duc de Guise was born on 20 October 1496. He was the son of René II de Vaudémont, Duc de Lorraine and Philippa van Egmond-Gelre. He married Antoinette de Bourbon, daughter of François de Bourbon, Duc de Vendôme and Marie de Luxembourg, Comtesse de St. Pol, in 1513. He died on 12 April 1550 at age 53.
     He gained the title of Duc de Guise.

     François I, Roi de France was born on 12 September 1494 at Cognac, Poitou, France^G. He was the son of Charles d'Orléans, Comte d'Angoulême and Luisa Principessa di Savoia-Piedmonte.¹ He married, firstly, Claude de Valois, Duchesse de Bretagne, daughter of Louis XII, Roi de France and Anne de Dreux, Duchesse de Bretagne, on 18 May 1514 at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France, France^G. He married, secondly, Eleonora Erzherzogin von Österreich, daughter of Felipe I von Habsburg, Rey de Castilla and Juana, Reina Juana de Castilla, on 8 July 1530 at Abbaye de Veien, near Captieux, France. He died on 31 March 1547 at age 52 at Château de Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France^G. He was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France^G.
     He succeeded as the Roi François I de France in 1515.¹ He gained the title of Comte d'Angoulême.

     Luisa Principessa di Savoia-Piedmonte was born on 11 September 1476. She was the daughter of Filippo II, Duca di Savoia and Marguerite de Bourbon.² She married Charles d'Orléans, Comte d'Angoulême, son of Jean d'Orléans, Comte d'Angoulême and Marguerite de Rohan, on 16 February 1487 at Paris, France.¹ She died on 22 September 1531 at age 55. She was buried at Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France^G.

     Alexander de Bruce, 1st and last Earl of Carrick was born illegitimately before 1317.² He was the son of Edward de Bruce, 1st Earl and last of Carrick and Isabella of Strathbogie.¹ He married Eleanor Douglas, daughter of Sir Archibald Douglas and Beatrice de Lindsay.³ He died on 19 July 1333, killed in action, without male issue.¹
     He was created 1st Earl of Carrick [Scotland] circa 1330.² He fought in the Battle of Halidon Hill on 19 July 1333.²