Ælfgifu (Wessex) Northumbria is a member of the House of Wessex.
Ælfgifu was the daughter of Æthelred the Unready and his first wife Ælfgifu.[1][2] Her birth date is uncertain but may have been between 990 and 995.[2]
They may also have had a daughter who married someone called Æthelgar and had children called Siward and Ealdred.[3]
Uhtred was murdered in 1016.[3][4] Ælfgifu's own death date is not known.
Research Notes
Disambiguation
There are several Ediths in this period who need to be distinguished:
Eadgyth, born Wessex, 808, died 871. St Edith of Polesworth. Sourced FMG. Daughter of King Ecgbert of Wessex and Redburga. Sister of Athelwulf, Ceowulf and Athelstan. Buried Polesworth Abbey. Partially fits Holy Edith Legend but legend has only brother Arnulf.
Edith of Polesworth born 895. Daughter of Eadward of Wessex. 12 Siblings. Partially fits Holy Edith Legend but Marriage to Sitric is a separate story.
Edith born 905 in Wessex. Daughter of Athelstan. Married Reynbourne de Wallingford (fictional person), part of Guy of Warwick legend.
Saint Edith of Wilton, born 961, Kemsing, Kent. Daughter of King Edward the Confessor and Aethelflaed. Sister of Edward and Aethelred. Sainted after death in 984. St Edith of Wilton.
Aelgifu, born possibly 990, Wessex. Also called Edith. Daughter of Aethelred and Aelgifu. 16 Siblings. Married Uhtred of Northumbira, Mother of Aelgifu of Dunbar. Died Mercia. Sister of Edith.
Edith of England, born 0995, daughter of Aethelred, born 986, and Aelgifu, born 988, wife of Edric of Mercia. 16 siblings. No children. Sister of Aelgifu.
Eadgyth Godwinsdottir, born 1020, daughter of Godwin, wife of Edwin the Confessor. Restored Wilton Abbey.
Sources
↑ 1.01.1Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by Simon Keynes for 'Æthelred II [Ethelred; known as Ethelred the Unready]', print and online 2004, revised online 2009
↑ Michael Swanton (translator and editor). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, revised edition, Phoenix Press, 2000, p 148
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