Ælfgifu of SHAFTESBURY
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922 - 18 MAY 944
Personal Information
- BIRTH: 922
- DEATH: 18 MAY 944
Notes
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury was the first wife of King Edmund I (r. 939-946). 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 (r. 955-959) and Edgar (r. 959-975). Like her mother Wynflaed, Ælfgifu 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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