Fan Casting Edith Swanneck in Actors by Historical Figures They've Played

Edith the Fair (Edyth the Gentle Swan"; born c. 1025, died c. 1086), also known as Edith Swanneck,was one of the wealthiest magnates in England on the eve of the Norman conquest, and may also have been the first wife of King Harold Godwinson. "Swanneck" (or Swan-Neck) comes from the folk etymology which made her in Old English as swann hnecca, "swan neck", which was actually most likely a corrupted form of swann hnesce, "Gentle Swan" . She is sometimes confused with Ealdgyth, daughter of Earl Ælfgar of Mercia, who was queen during Harold's reign.