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About Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, also known as Elgiva, 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 (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.
Everything about Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury →- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Died
- 944