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6 days ago · Son of King Cnut the Great king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Queen Ælfgifu of Northampton, King Harold I Harefoot c. 1015 –1040 King of the English r. 1035/1037–1040: Edmund Ætheling c. 1015/1017 – before 1054 Son of King Edmund Ironside: Edward the Exile 1016–1057 Son of King Edmund Ironside: Agatha, wife of ...
4 days ago · Cnut already had a wife, known as Ælfgifu of Northampton, who bore him two sons, Svein and Harold Harefoot. The church, however, seems to have regarded Ælfgifu as Cnut's concubine rather than his wife. In addition to the two sons he had with Ælfgifu, he had a further son with Emma, who was named Harthacnut.
5 days ago · In 944, Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, the mother of Edmund’s two sons, Eadwig (born circa 940) and Edgar (born circa 943) died. She may not have been legally married to Edmund. No marriage record exists and she may not have been officially recognized as queen.
5 days ago · Answer: Olaf Tryggvasson Olaf Tryggvasson led a fleet of 93 ships which ravaged the East coast from Sandwich to Ipswich. He then turned back South to the river Blackwater near Maldon in Essex, where he defeated Byrhtnoth of Essex, after which he received 10,000 pounds of silver, and again in 994 this time accompanied by Swein Forkbeard, he attacked London, Essex, Kent, Hampshire and Sussex and ...
4 days ago · #1. Nicholas_21. In 1050 king Edward and his wife queen Edith have a daughter named Aelfgifu. In 1065 William and Edward make an alliance marrying Robert to Aelfgifu a year later. When Edward was on his death bed Edward names William his successor since he is the father in law of his daughter.
2 days ago · At the time of the Domesday Survey Urse D'Abitot held 1 hide there of the bishop's manor of Northwick ; it had previously been held by Ælfgifu the nun. The bishop's overlordship is mentioned about 1212, but seems to have been allowed to lapse during the 13th century; there is no reference to it after this date. The lordship of the Earl of ...
6 days ago · Edgar (or Eadgar; [1] c. 944 – 8 July 975) was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. He became king of all England on his brother's death. He was the younger son of King Edmund I and his first wife Ælfgifu.
