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| Name |
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury |
| Alt Name |
Elgiva England, [Queen of] |
| Alt Name |
Elfgifu |
| Alt Name |
Elgiva |
| Alt Name |
Elgiva Queen Of England |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth? |
912 |
Wessex, England |
| Marriage |
WFT Est 934-945 |
to Edmund I , of England |
| Alt Marriage |
0940 |
Wessex,,,Englandto Edmund I , of England |
| Alt Marriage |
BEF 943 |
Englandto Edmund I , of England |
| Death[1] |
18 MAY 944 |
Wessex, England |
| Reference Number? |
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8HS085 |
| Ancestral File Number |
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9GB3-LS |
| Burial[4] |
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Shaftesbury, England |
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury (d. 944) was the first wife of Edmund I (r. 939–946), by whom she bore two future kings, Eadwig (r. 955–959) and Edgar (r. 959–975). Like her mother Wynflæd, she had a close and special if unknown connection with the royal nunnery of Shaftesbury (Dorset), founded by King Alfred, where she was buried and soon revered as a saint. According to a pre-Conquest tradition from Winchester, her feast day is 18 May.
References
- ↑ Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
- Mike Ashley, (i)British Kings & Queens: A Complete Biographical Encyclopedia of the Kings & Queens of Great Britain(/i) (New York, NY: Barnes.
- Ælfgifu (?), in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
- ↑ St. Ælfgifu, in Baldwin, Stewart, and Todd Farmerie. The Henry Project (King Henry II ): Ancestors of King Henry II.
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