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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ælfgifu
WebÆlfgifu (also Ælfgyfu; Elfgifa, Elfgiva, Elgiva) is an Anglo-Saxon feminine personal name, from ælf "elf" and gifu "gift". When Emma of Normandy, the later mother of Edward the …
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- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ælfgifu_of_Northampton
Ælfgifu was born into an important noble family based in the Midlands (Mercia). She was a daughter of Ælfhelm, ealdorman of southern Northumbria, and his wife Wulfrun. Ælfhelm was killed in 1006, probably at the command of King Æthelred the Unready, and Ælfgifu's brothers, Ufegeat and Wulfheah, were blinded. Wulfric Spot, a wealthy nobleman and patron of Burton Abbey, was the brother of Ælfhelm or Wulfrune. The family again came under suspicion during …
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- Spouse: Cnut the Great
- Died: After 1036
- Born: c. 990
- Tenure: 1030–1035
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ælfgifu_(wife_of_Eadwig)
Ælfgifu was Queen of the English as wife of King Eadwig of England (r. 955–959) for a brief period of time until 957 or 958. What little is known of her comes primarily by way of Anglo-Saxon charters, possibly including a will, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and hostile anecdotes in works of hagiography. Her union with the king, annulled within a few years of Eadwig's reign, seems to have been a target for factional rivalries which surrounded the throne in the late 950s. By c. 1000, when the careers …
Wikipedia · Text under CC-BY-SA license- Burial: Winchester Cathedral
- Father: Uncertain
- Tenure: c. 955 – 958
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- Ælfgifu of York was the first wife of Æthelred the Unready, King of the English; as such, she was Queen of the English from their marriage in the 980s until her death in 1002. They had many children together, including Edmund Ironside. It is most probable that Ælfgifu was a daughter of Thored, Earl of southern Northumbria.
- Spouse: Æthelred the Unready
- Died: c. 1002
- Born: fl. c. 970
- Tenure: 980s–1002
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ælfgifu_of_Shaftesbury
- Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury was the first wife of King Edmund I. She was Queen of the English from her marriage in around 939 until her death in 944. Ælfgifu and Edmund were the parents of two future English kings, Eadwig and Edgar. Like her mother Wynflaed, Ælfgifu had a close and special if unknown connection with the royal nunnery of Shaftesbury, fou...
- Burial: Shaftesbury Abbey
- Died: c. 944
- Spouse: Edmund I, King of the English
- Tenure: c. 939–944
- https://vikings.fandom.com/wiki/Ælfgifu
WebÆlfgifu is a conventional medieval queen. In History Ælfgifu is based on Ælfgifu of Northampton. Ælfgifu was part of an important noble family in Mercia, and the daughter of …
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WebJun 07, 2022 · ÆLFGIFU ( [990/95]-). She is named as daughter of King Æthelred by Roger of Hoveden, when he records her marriage [1835]. Her birth date range is estimated from …
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WebMar 03, 2022 · Queen Ælfgifu, the first wife of King Canute the Great, doesn't appear in "Vikings: Valhalla" until quite late in Season 1, but she nonetheless makes a significant …
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WebMar 26, 2022 · Ælfgifu of Northampton was born into a noble family based in the Midlands (Mercia), who came under suspicion during the invasion of England by Forkbeard. To …
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_of_Normandy
WebEmma of Normandy (referred to as Ælfgifu in royal documents; [3] c. 984 – 6 March 1052) was a Norman -born noblewoman who became the English, Danish, and Norwegian queen through her marriages to the Anglo-Saxon …
