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Aelgifu (Sigurdsdatter) Sigurdsdottir (abt. 962 - 1023)

Aelgifu Sigurdsdottir formerly Sigurdsdatter aka Gunnarsson
Born about in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotlandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants descendants
Mother of
Died at about age 61 in Scotlandmap
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Profile last modified | Created 2 May 2011
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Biography

Queen Aefgifu

Birth: 962 Fordoun, Kincardineshire

Daughter of MacSigurd, b ca 962.

Dotter, Datter, Dottir are all the same, meaning "daughter" in Scandinavia, and attached behind of the father's first name. A woman kept her birth name all her life and did not take on her husband's last name as her own.

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See also:

  • GEDCOM: Ancestry Family Trees[1][2][3]; Baker Web Site; Ancestral File Number: 9G83-RG; Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998




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Perkins-11750 Clyde Perkins
No reliable source was located for Sigurdsdatter-19 (Aelgifu Sigurdsdottir) attached as mother to MacAlpin-20 (Dubh (Duff I) "the Vehement" MacAlpin, King of Scots). Disconnected.
posted by Clyde Perkins
edited by Clyde Perkins
Whitehead-3748 Colin Whitehead
She should be removed from her son MacAlpin-20 as she is 3 when he dies and she is not linked to his father?
posted by Colin Whitehead
Rosner-239 PE Rosner
You are most welcome to bring this up in wikitree's G2G forum. Thanks!
posted by PE Rosner
Petersen-214 Sheri (Petersen) Sturm
see explanation of patryomic naming: http://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Surnames#Patronyms.2FMatronyms
posted by Sheri (Petersen) Sturm

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