Ælfgifu (wife of Eadwig)
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title:
Ælfgifu (wife of Eadwig)
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Ælfgifu was Queen of the English as wife of King Eadwig of England for a brief period of time until 957 or 958. What little is known of her comes primarily by way of Anglo-Saxon charters, possibly including a will, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and hostile anecdotes in works of hagiography. Her union with the king, annulled within a few years of Eadwig's reign, seems to have been a target for factional rivalries which surrounded the throne in the late 950s. By c. 1000, when the careers of the Benedi
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Queen of England from 955 to 958
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfgifu_(wife_of_Eadwig)
date created:
2005-02-05T11:43:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T13:59:58Z
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