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Christina (fl. 1057–1093), princess and Benedictine nun  

Nicholas Hooper

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Christina (fl. 1057–1093), princess and Benedictine nun, was the (perhaps younger) daughter of Edward Ætheling (d. 1057), son of Edmund Ironside (d. 1016), and Agatha (d. in or after 1070), a kinswoman of the emperor Heinrich II or Heinrich III. She was born in ...

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Mary [Mary of Woodstock] (1278–c. 1332), princess and Benedictine nun  

Michael Prestwich

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Mary [Mary of Woodstock] (1278–c. 1332), princess and Benedictine nun, was born at Woodstock, Oxfordshire, on 11 or 12 March 1278, the sixth daughter of Edward I (1239–1307) and Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290). Joan, countess of Hertford and Gloucester was her sister. She took the veil at ...