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ÆLFGIFU [Lat. Elgiva] ( fl. 956), wife of King Eadwig, has been made the subject of monastic legend, and it should be remembered that she was the enemy of Dunstan, and that her fall marked the triumph of the party which he upheld. Signatures to a charter make it certain that she was the wife of Eadwig, and that her mother's name was Æthelgifu.
Language Label Description Also known as; English: Ælfgifu. wife of King Eadwig
3 de nov. de 2022 · Find a Grave Memorial ID: 245320371. Source citation. Æthelgifu (Old English pronunciation: [ˈæðeljivu], fl. 870s to 890s) was a daughter of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex. She was the third surviving child of the marriage between Alfred and Ealhswith in 868. Alfred's biographer, Asser, wrote that Æthelgifu, devoted to God through her ...
6 de may. de 2021 · Biography. Æthelgifu (Wessex) of Shaftesbury is a member of the House of Wessex. Æthelgifu was the daughter of King Alfred and his wife Ealhswith. [1] [2] There is no firm source for her birth and death dates. She was the first Abbess of Shaftesbury Abbey, [1] [3] which her father founded. [4]
7 de jun. de 2021 · 7 June 929: Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders died Ælfthryth was born circa 877, the youngest daughter of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England, and Ealhswith. She married Baldwin II, Count of...
For examples, St. Albans was given 20 cows as payment for the burial of Æthelgifu but was gifted land at Westwick, land at Goddesden, 30 mancuses of gold, 30 oxen, 150 sheep and a swine heard. It is also frequent within the will that after the initial benefactor’s death, property would be given to St. Albans in exchange for the parish singing masses and dedicating psalters to Æthelgifu.
At his coronation at Kingston upon Thames, England, in January 956, he left the banquet with Æthelgifu and her daughter Elgiva (Ælfgifu) A marriage between Edwy and Elgiva would have been uncanonical. He was forced to return to the hall by Bishop Cynesige and Dunstan who was later exiled.
