Ælfgifu OF SHAFTESBURY Saint Elgiva
(-944)

 

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1. Edmund I OF WESSEX , King of the English

Ælfgifu OF SHAFTESBURY Saint Elgiva

  • Marriage (1): Edmund I OF WESSEX , King of the English about 939
  • Died: 944

  General Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfgifu_of_Shaftesbury
Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, also known as Saint Elgiva (died 944) was the first wife of Edmund I (r. 939\endash 946), by whom she bore two future kings, Eadwig (r. 955\endash 959) and Edgar (r. 959\endash 975). Like her mother Wynflaed, 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.


Ælfgifu married Edmund I OF WESSEX , King of the English, son of Edward "The Elder" OF WESSEX , King of the Anglo-Saxons and Eadgifu (Edgiva, Ediva) OF KENT, about 939. (Edmund I OF WESSEX , King of the English was born in 921 and died in 946.)


J. Ferran 27/08/2024


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