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Ælfgifu of Northampton (c. 990 – after 1036) was the first wife of Cnut the Great, King of England and Denmark, and mother of Harold Harefoot, King of England. She was regent of Norway from 1030 to 1035.
- c. 990
- 1030–1035
- After 1036
- Cnut the Great
Ælfgifu of Northampton, first wife of King Cnut the Great. Her name became Álfífa in Old Norse. 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.
Feb 24, 2023 · Ælfgifu of Northampton was a woman born into a noble family in the English Midlands during the reign of Mercia. She was the daughter of Ælfhelm, a southern Northumbrian ealdorman, and his wife, Wulfrun. Ælfhelm was killed in 1006, likely by King Æthelred the Unready, and Ælfgifu's brothers were blinded.
Nov 4, 2022 · Ælfgifu of Northampton: The English woman remembered as a tyrannical ruler of Norway. Ælfgif-who? Newsletter number 31. Florence H R Scott. Nov 04, 2022. Ælfgif-who? provides short biographies of early medieval English women. Click on the podcast player if you’d like to hear this newsletter read aloud in my appealing Yorkshire accent.
Ælfgifu of Northampton (Old English pronunciation: [ˈæɫvˌjivu]; Old Norse: Álfífa IPA: [ˈɑːlvˌiːvɑ], c. 990 – after 1036) was the first wife of Cnut the Great, King of England and Denmark, and mother of Harold Harefoot, King of England.
Apr 26, 2022 · from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ælfgifu of Northampton (c. 990 – after 1040) was the first wife of King Cnut of England and Denmark, and mother of King Harold I of England (1035–40). She served as Queen regent of Norway from 1030 to 1035.
Ælfgifu of Northampton ( c. 990 – after 1036) was the first wife of King Cnut of England and Denmark, and mother of King Harold I of England (1035–40). She served as Queen regent of Norway from 1030 to 1035. Contents. 1 Biography. 1.1 Family background. 1.2 Marriage to Cnut. 1.3 Regent in Norway (1030–1035)
