Ediva

Ediva, the wife of Edward the Elder, and a generous benefactress to the cathedral, died about 960.

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. Hartley Withers 1908

Scratched on the walls are the names "Lanfrancus" and "Ediva Regina;" the bodies of Lanfranc and Queen Ediva were removed to this transept after the fire.

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. Hartley Withers 1908

Dame Ediva said, this last year she gave over twenty pounds for one robe.

One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Emily Sarah Holt 1864

Abbot of Peterborough, so that he, and his wife Ediva, were persons of consideration in their own neighborhood.

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Lincolnshire, communicated in secret with his old friends at Bourn, collected a small band, attacked the Norman, drove him away, and re-instated Ediva in his paternal home.

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Such a neighbor as this was not likely to allow the re-instated Ediva to remain at Bourn in peace, and Hereward found that he must continue in arms, for her protection and his own.

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Queen Ediva, as we learn from the same authority, "who before the fire reposed under a gilted _feretrum_ in nearly the middle of the south cross, was now deposited at the altar of

The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. Hartley Withers 1908