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Æthelgifu (Old English pronunciation: [ˈæðeljivu], fl. 870s to 890s) was a daughter of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex. She was the third surviving child of the marriage between Alfred and Ealhswith in 868.
Æthelgifu ( Old English pronunciation: [ ˈæðeljivu], fl. 870s to 890s) was a daughter of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex. She was the third surviving child of the marriage between Alfred and Ealhswith in 868.
May 15, 2023 · Little is known about Æthelgifu, the third daughter of Alfred the Great, except that she became the first abbess of a new house founded at Shaftesbury in around 893, which was...
Apr 26, 2022 · Æthelgifu was the daughter of King Alfred the Great, an Anglo-Saxon king of the 9th century. She was the third of Alfred and his wife Ealhswith's five children and the second eldest daughter. She was likely born sometime in the 870s.
- circa 875
- 896 (16-25)England?
- Wessex, Eng.
ÆLFGIFU [Lat. Elgiva] ( fl. 956), wife of King Eadwig, has been made the subject of monastic legend, and it should be remembered that she was the enemy of Dunstan, and that her fall marked the triumph of the party which he upheld.
May 6, 2021 · Æthelgifu (Wessex) of Shaftesbury is a member of the House of Wessex. Æthelgifu was the daughter of King Alfred and his wife Ealhswith. [1] [2] There is no firm source for her birth and death dates. She was the first Abbess of Shaftesbury Abbey, [1] [3] which her father founded. [4]
Jun 27, 2022 · Æthelgifu, a tenth-century noblewoman, was free to dispose of her husband’s property as she wished, but her inheritance as his widow was nevertheless disputed.
