List of Famous people named Aelfgifu

Here are some famous Aelfgifus:

Ælfgifu of York

First Name Ælfgifu
Born on November 30, 0900
Died on November 30, 1001 (aged 101)

Ælfgifu of York was the first wife of Æthelred the Unready, by whom she bore many offspring, including Edmund Ironside. It is most probable that she was a daughter of Thored, Earl of southern Northumbria.

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Ælfgifu of Northampton

First Name Ælfgifu
Born in United Kingdom

Ælfgifu of Northampton was the first wife of Cnut the Great, King of England and Denmark, and mother of Harold Harefoot, King of England. She was regent of Norway from 1030 to 1035.

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Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury

First Name Ælfgifu
Died on January 1, 0944

Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, also known as Saint Elgiva was the first wife of Edmund I, by whom she bore two future kings, Eadwig and Edgar. 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.

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