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 | Laviolette Ancestry
  Last Modified	4 Feb 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	4 Feb 2024

  
  

• Photos

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  Documents

  Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury - Wikipedia

  
  

• 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.