Deceased
Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury
(-0944)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. King Edmund of Wessex I "The Elder"

Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury 1

  • Marriage (1): King Edmund of Wessex I "The Elder"
  • Died: 944
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bullet  General Notes:

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,[15] and these were apparently attracting some local attention.


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Ælfgifu married King Edmund of Wessex I "The Elder", son of Edward of Wessex I "The Elder" and Eadgifu of Kent. (King Edmund of Wessex I "The Elder" was born in 921, died on 26 May 946 and was buried in Glastonbury, SOM, England, UK.)


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Sources


1 Denis R. Reid, <i>Royals GEDCOM file 1992</i>, Surety: 3.


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