AELFGIFU
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Name AELFGIFU, Gender Female 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 Death 944 Burial Shaftesbury Abbey Person ID I7278 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Mother Living Relationship natural Family ID F1785 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family EDMUND, I, b. 921 d. 26 May 946 (Age 25 years) Children 1. EDGAR, King I, b. 943 d. 8 Jul 975, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 32 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F1784 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Documents Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury - Wikipedia
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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.