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Sigehelm ealdorman of Kent
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Sigehelm, ealdorman of Kent, fell in 902 at the battle of the Holme, fighting for Edward the Elder against the Danes and the rival ætheling Æthelwold; one of the named English dead in the Chronicle's account. His daughter Eadgifu became Edward the Elder's third queen and the long-lived matriarch of the tenth-century royal house.
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✓ ASC 902/905; father of Eadgifu (our line). FRONTIER above. Added 14 Sep 2026.