AELFGIFU

Other Events and Attributes:

• Differentiator: Ælfgifu was venerated as a saint soon after her burial at Shaftesbury. Æthelweard reports that many miracles had taken place at her tomb up to his day,
• Relation to Me: 34 GGM
• Royalty & Nobility: Queen Consort of England
• Name: Saint Elgiva, Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury

Notes:

Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, also known as Saint Elgiva was the first wife of Edmund I (r. 939-946), by whom she bore two future kings, Eadwig (r. 955-959) and Edgar (r. 959-975). Like her mother Wynflaed, she 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. According to William of Malmesbury, Ælfgifu would secretly redeem those who were publicly condemned to severe judgment, she gave expensive clothes to the poor, and she also had prophetic powers as well as powers of healing.

Family/Spouse: EDMUND, I. I (son of EDWARD and EADGIFU) was born in 921; died on 26 May 946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. EDGAR, King I was born in 943; died on 8 Jul 975 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.