Search results
Mar 23, 2023 · Ælfgifu of York. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ælgifu (c. 963- February 1002), also known as Elgiva or Elffleda, was the daughter of Thored of Northumbria, Ealdorman of York and Hilda. She married Ethelred the Unready, King of England, son of Edgar 'the Peaceful' and Ælfthryth, between 980 and 985. They had at least eight children:
- Thored Gunnarsson, Ealdorman of York
Note: we have positioned this Thored as the son of Gunnar,...
- Ælfgifu
Death: 1042 (39-40) Mercia, Lincolnshire, England (United...
- Thored Gunnarsson, Ealdorman of York
When Ælfgifu of York was born in 0970, in Wessex, her mother, Hilda Gunnarson, was 45 and her father, Thored Gunnarsson Ealdorman of York, was 32. She married Æthelred the Unready, King of the English in 0985. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters.
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, wife of King Edmund I of England; Ælfgifu of York, first wife of Æthelred the Unready; Ælfgifu, wife of Eadwig, king of England as Elgiva, the female protagonist of Edwy and Elgiva, a 1790 verse tragedy by Frances Burney; Emma of Normandy adopted the name Ælfgifu upon her marriage to Æthelred the Unready
Ælfgifu of York was born in 0968, in Northumbria, England as the daughter of Thored Gunnarsson Ealdorman of York and unknown. She married Æthelred 'the Unready' King of the English in 0985, in Northumbria, England. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 17 November 1002, in Wherwell, Hampshire, England, at the ...
- Female
- Æthelred 'The Unready' King of The English
Ælfgifu of York. was born in 0968, in Northumbria, England as the daughter of Thored Gunnarsson. Ealdorman of York. She married Æthelred 'the Unready' King of England in 0985, in Northumbria, England. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters.
- Female
- Æthelred 'The Unready' King of England
Emma of Normandy (referred to as Ælfgifu in royal documents; c. 984 – 6 March 1052) was a Norman-born noblewoman who became the English, Danish, and Norwegian queen through her marriages to the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred the Unready and the Danish king Cnut the Great.
