Ælfgifu (died 944)

Also known as Saint Ælgifu

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 944.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Williams (“Edmund I”, ODNB). Baldwin gives “18 May ca. 944.”

Place of Burial: Shaftesbury.

The place is given by Williams.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Mother: Wynflæd.

This relationship is given by Baldwin.

Spouse: Edmund I, king of England, (920 or 921 - 946).

This relationship is given by Williams.

Children:

Eadwig (about 940 - 1 or 2 October, 959), king of England. Married Ælfgifu (separated 957 or 958).

Edgar (about 944 - 8 July 975), king of England. Married (1) Æthelflæd; married (2) Wulfthryth; married (3) Ælfthryth.

References

Anglo-Saxons.net [Gives transcriptions of Old English charters]

Baldwin, Stewart. “St. Ælfgifu” in The Henry Project. [accessed 8 June 2014]

“Ælfgifu 3” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website. [accessed 9 June 2014]

Keynes, Simon. “Eadwig (c.940-959)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Miller, Sean. “Edward [Edward the Elder] (870s?-924)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Stafford, Pauline. “Eadgifu (b. in or before 904, d. in or before 966)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Williams, Ann. “Edgar (943/4-975)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Williams, Ann. “Edmund I (920/1-946)” in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. (Oxford University Press, 2004).