Queen Eadgyth

Archaeologists claim to have found the remains of Alfred the Great's granddaughter, Eadgyth (Edith), wrapped in silk in a lead coffin in Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany. She lived from 910-946, was given in marriage to Otto, Duke of Saxony in 929 and bore him two children. She became Queen of the Germans after Otto's coronation in Aachen in 936. Otto outlived Eadgyth by 27 years. He married Adelaide of Italy, the widow of the king of Italy, in 952. In 962 he was crowned the first Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.