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Redburga or Raedburh (744 - ?) was the wife of king Egbert of Wessex. Little is known of her, but she may have been a sister-in-law of Charlemagne. She may have been the sister of his fourth wife, Luitgarde.It was Charlemagne who arranged Raedburh's marriage to Egbert, who was in exile at Charlemagne's court at the time, but who would soon become King of Wessex.
After Egbert died, she devoted her life to helping the poor and became known as "Saint Ida."
Ethelwulf of Wessex was her son; she was also the grandmother of Thyra Dannebod Queen of Denmark, who was the wife of the Viking King Gorm "the Old" of Denmark, and the mother of Harald Bluetooth Blataand King of Denmark.
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